Archive for the ‘Quotes’ Category
Lee Kuan Yew raises waves at the Singapore Global Dialogue. Shanghaiist: Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who stepped down from the cabinet this year following the ruling People’s Action Party’s worst showing in post-independence elections, revealed recently that he considered Taiwan to have been independent since 1989. Speaking at the recent Singapore Global Dialogue, [...]
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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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Lee Kuan Yew on the importance of English. Today: The choice of English as Singapore’s working language had ensured its survival, said Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Launching the English Language Institute of Singapore yesterday, he said that had the nation not chosen English, it would have been left behind. When Singapore became independent in 1965, [...]
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Lee Kuan Yew once again tells people to stick with the PAP. ST: FORMER prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has warned of the dangers of Singapore moving towards a two-party system and electing weak and ineffective governments. The progress made by the country since independence is not cast in stone and would ‘spiral downwards’ with [...]
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Lee Kuan Yew is prognosticating again. CNA, with video: Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said Singapore would not be able to punch above its own weight if it were to depend on talent from its own population. Mr Lee said: “For some time, the Singaporean has felt the competition from talented foreigners. But these [...]
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Tags: foreign talent, immigration, india, lee kuan yew
Lee Kuan Yew opines on China and shares his views on eugenics again. ST via LexisNexis: CHINA’S next helmsman, Mr Xi Jinping, may not have announced what he plans for the country, but he will seek a legacy as weighty as that of his four predecessors. And if one had to guess what the ‘Xi [...]
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Tags: china, eugenics, futurechina, india, lee kuan yew, xi jinping
Lee Kuan Yew interviewed, although apparently only via a “written statement”, with softball questions and answers. Asahi Shimbun: Question: Do you think Japan will emerge from this period of enormous challenge stronger or weaker? Lee: Stronger as a united people, but weaker in its economy. Q: You point out in your new book, “Lee Kuan [...]
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The Mentor of Singapore
An interesting new blog covering Lee’s reaction to various historic episodes. The Mentor of Singapore: The purpose of this blog is to educate Singaporeans (especially the generation that does not remember from whence Singapore came from) about the importance and relevance of Lee Kuan Yew as the mentor of Singapore. … Those who depict Mr [...]
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Lee Kuan Yew on China. Chosun Ilbo: Former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew says China is unlikely to challenge the U.S.’ military supremacy in the near future. Speaking at the 17th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, Lee said China’s military buildup “is an inevitable development which the civilian government has [...]
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Ex-Singapore leader denies Islam slur
Lee Kuan Yew in hot water over remarks on Islam again — this time for something he said in 2005. AFP via The Australian: SINGAPORE’s outspoken former leader Lee Kuan Yew has denied calling Islam a “venomous religion” after leaked US diplomatic cables set off a furore in the multiracial city-state. One of hundreds of [...]
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Tags: islam, lee kuan yew, venomous religion, wikileaks