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CNA: One of Kazakhstan’s highest state awards has been conferred on former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew for promoting ties between the two countries. Mr Lee was conferred the Order of Friendship by the Ambassador of Kazakhstan, Yerlan Baudarbek-Kozhatayev, at the Istana on Tuesday. The ambassador also gave Mr Lee a medal representing Kazakhstan’s 20th [...]
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Playing the broken record again. CNA, with video: Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has called for the understanding of Singaporeans towards the government’s decision to continue taking in immigrants. Speaking at a Lunar New Year gathering in his constituency of Tanjong Pagar on Friday, Mr Lee said Singapore’s per capita income is one of [...]
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Tags: birth rate, chinese new year, immigration, lee kuan yew, tanjong pagar
The Hard Truths and Islam controversy hasn’t quite died down yet. Now the book is banned in Malaysia, or is it? AsiaOne: The Department of Islamic Development of Malaysia (Jakim) has not banned a book by former Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew that allegedly offends Muslims. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri [...]
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Tags: censorship, hard truths, islam, lee kuan yew, Malaysia
The Lees’ wealth is not often discussed, but as the figures here show, they certainly have quite a bit. Straits Times: Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew on Monday launched what he described as the ‘most important book’ he has ever written and kicked off a fund to help children become bilingual early. Hoping that [...]
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Tags: bilingualism, fund, lee kuan yew, my lifelong challenge, wealth
Lee Kuan Yew follows up on his daughter’s disclosure of his condition. Today: Speaking to reporters, who asked for his comments on the news, Mr Lee said: “We learn to adjust. It started two years ago when I was 86. And at 86, many of my contemporaries are either on wheelchairs or aren’t around. So [...]
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Tags: condition, disease, illness, lee kuan yew, neuropathy, sensory peripheral neuropathy
More from Lee Kuan Yew in America. AFP: China is in no rush to overtake the United States as the world’s leading power but the two Pacific nations will need to find ways to work together, Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew said. … In his acceptance speech, Lee said that historically wars have broken [...]
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Tags: acceptance speed, america, china, lee kuan yew, lincoln medal
Lee Kuan Yew on bilingualism. AsiaOne, with video: Singaporeans should not give up on their Chinese language, said former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew at a dialogue session at World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention on Friday. He said: “Everybody knows you got to do English, otherwise you won’t get on in Singapore…you won’t get on in [...]
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In case Lee Kuan Yew Watch isn’t enough. Straits Times: A collection of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s speeches, interviews and dialogues from 1950 to 1990 – some of which have not been published before – was launched on Friday. Published by Cengage Learning, the 10-volume collection titled The Papers of Lee Kuan Yew: [...]
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Tags: archives, dialogue, Interview, lee kuan yew, papers of lee kuan yew, speech
Lee Kuan Yew changes his mind about the election results. CNA: Singapore’s former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew does not think a more populist form of government would have to emerge as a result of the general election in May. Replying to questions on Singapore’s political scene at the Russia-Singapore Business Forum on Tuesday, Mr [...]
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88 years of Lee Kuan Yew. AsiaOne: On his 88th birthday on Sept 16 , former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew launched the Chinese edition of the best-selling book, Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going. … Speaking in both English and Mandarin at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Mr Lee stressed the [...]
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Tags: bilingualism, birthday, chinese, english, lee kuan yew, mandarin
