Archive for November, 2009
Bilingual policy difficult
03Nov09
Lee Kuan Yew admits he was wrong. Straits Times: ‘Initially, I believed that intelligence was equated to language ability. Later, I found that they are two different attributes – IQ and a facility for languages. My daughter, a neurologist, confirmed this,’ he said in an interview carried in Petir, the People’s Action Party magazine. Asked [...]
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Tags: bilingualism, english, lee kuan yew, mandarin, petir
Chinese netizens dissatisfied over speech by Lee Kuan Yew
Lee’s remarks last week about “balance” between US and China are raising some ripples in China, where they’ve been interpreted as anti-China. China.org.cn: Singapore’s Minister Mentor Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has warned the United States that it risks losing global leadership if it does not remain engaged in Asia to “balance” China’s military and economic [...]
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Tags: balance, china, lee kuan yew, singapore, united states, us-asean business council