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“Comrade” Lee Kuan Yew and much of the old guard resign from the PAP CEC. PAP: At today’s meeting, the PAP CEC accepted the resignation of six of its members who proposed to step down to facilitate leadership renewal in the party. They are: Mr Lee Kuan Yew Mr Goh Chok Tong Mr Lim Boon […]
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Lee Kuan Yew isn’t retired just yet. ST: THE Prime Minister has decided that the Government will continue to provide staff support to Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr Goh Chok Tong. Both men, who stepped down from the Cabinet in May, continue to make significant contributions to Singapore, especially internationally, the Prime Minister’s Office […]
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Facing yet another defeat in Singapore courts, Dow Jones finally gives up its appeal in the FEER defamation case, cuts its losses and agrees to pay damages. Asia Sentinel, including Dow Jones’ own statement: Dow Jones Corporation, the owner of the soon-to- be-defunct Far Eastern Economic Review, has capitulated and agreed to pay US$175,000 in […]
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Tags: appeal, dow jones, far eastern economic review, feer, lee hsien loong, lee kuan yew, press freedom, singapore
On the road again. Prime Minister’s Office: Mr Lee Kuan Yew will visit the UK from Sep 13-17, the Republic of Armenia from Sep 17-19 and the Russian Federation from Sep 19-23. In London, he will meet David Miliband (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs), Jack Straw (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for […]
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Tags: david cameron, david miliband, george osborne, jack straw, lee kuan yew, peter mandelson, serzh sargsyan, skolkovo, tigran sargsyan, united kingdom, william hague
Not much Lee Kuan Yew news lately, but here’s a press release on a meeting. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, who is here on an official visit, paid a courtesy call on Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew today. During the meeting, they affirmed the strong bilateral ties between Singapore […]
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Tags: hoang trung hai, lee kuan yew, vietnam
It took half a year, but as previously announced, Dow Jones has now appealed the ruling against FEER for defaming the Lees. AFP: Peter Low, a lawyer for the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER), argued there was nothing in the article, published in 2006, that defamed the Lees. The Lees had sued editor Hugo Restall […]
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Tags: defamation, dow jones, feer, lee hsien loong, lee kuan yew
LKY World City Prize
Since a school and one prize apparently isn’t enough, here’s another. One more paving stone on the way to Lee Kuan Yew Int’l Airport? Straits Times: WHAT does it take to become a world-class city? Innovative planning projects, policies and solutions that show foresight and good governance, it seems. These are the qualities that Singapore […]
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MM Lee has minor surgery
Lee Kuan Yew has surgery to implant a pacemaker. This follows Lee’s earlier hospitalization for atrial heart flutter. Straits Times: MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, 85, had a minor surgery on Saturday to implant a cardiac pacemaker, said a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday. The surgery was performed because MM Lee has […]
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Tags: atrial flutter, health, hospital, lee kuan yew, pacemaker
MM Lee’s wife critically ill
As Lee Kuan Yew’s uncharacteristic absence from the public eye continues, his wife Kwa Geok Choo suffers a massive brain hemorrhage (her third) and the end looks near. This time, the statement was issued with only a day’s delay, but as usual it’s not available to the public. MM Lee’s wife critically ill MRS Lee […]
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Tags: kwa geok choo, mrs lee, prime minister's office, stroke, wife
Crisis spoils Singapore celebrations
Financial Times chimes in on Singapore’s economic plunge and its effect on the economy; however, the Lee Kuan Yew quote within actually dates back to July 2008. The PAP government has long been one of Asia’s most secure. Singapore’s dominant one-party system has set an example for countries such as China, Russia and the Gulf […]
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