Posts Tagged ‘lee kuan yew’
Lee Kuan Yew makes his first appearance since his hospitalisation. CNA: Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said that one key factor for Singapore’s success is the confidence people have in the country. Mr Lee was speaking at a dialogue organised by Standard Chartered Bank on Wednesday evening. Joining Mr Lee for the dialogue were […]
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Tags: confidence, institutions, lee kuan yew, paul volcker
A more positive review from the Wall Street Journal: China already dominates Asia and intends to become the world’s leading power. The United States is not yet a “second rate power,” but the inability of its political leaders to make unpopular decisions bodes poorly. Russia, Japan, Western Europe and India are, for the most part, […]
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Tags: china, grand master's insights, lee kuan yew, united states, wall street journal, wsj
Lee Kuan Yew out of the hospital. Wall Street Journal: Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has been discharged from hospital after recovering from a strokelike condition, the Singapore government said on Sunday. Mr. Lee, 89 years old, was “resting at home” after being discharged from Singapore General Hospital, where he was admitted Friday after […]
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Tags: discharge, hospital, ischemic attack, lee kuan yew, mini-stroke, stroke
No word from Lee lately. Meanwhile, a scathing book review in the Vancouver Sun: If Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding father and at 89 still the “Minister Mentor” of his patrimony, feels he has been maligned in speech or print he is always swift to bring charges of criminal libel or slander. And Singapore’s judges, […]
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Tags: graham allison, grand master, hagiography, lee kuan yew, robert blackwill
A review of OB Markers: My Straits Times Story, by Cheong Yip Seng, former Editor-in-Chief of the Singapore Press Holdings, published by Straits Times Press. Asia Sentinel: From the very first chapter of this book to the last, it is full of detailed and astonishing revelations about the mainstream media in Singapore. It is an incredible […]
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Tags: censorship, cheong yip seng, lee kuan yew, ob markers, singapore, singapore press holdings, straits times
CNA, with video: Singapore’s former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has said that the country is well-placed to ride on China’s growth. And while Singaporeans have a distinct advantage given their ability to read, write and speak both English and Mandarin, it does not mean they fully understand the Chinese culture. Speaking at the Business […]
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Tags: business china, china, lee kuan yew, mandarin, singapore
New books on Singapore and Lee Kuan Yew launched — in Malaysia, for obvious reasons. Malaysia Chronicle: Comparison and analysis about the styles and qualities of two notorious Southeast Asian autocrats – Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamad – are bound to be reignited with the release of two books published this year to coincide […]
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Tags: lee kuan yew, low yit leng, mahathir mohamad, Malaysia, maria chin abdullah, operation spectrum, singapore, succession, tan wah piow, teo soh lung
Mercy, or just a tactical move? South China Morning Post: Prominent Singapore opposition leader Chee Soon Juan has been discharged from bankruptcy, the government said, after an unprecedented concession by two former prime ministers to whom he owed about S$500,000 (HK$3.2 million). Ex-prime ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong agreed to accept a […]
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Tags: bankruptcy, chee soon juan, defamation, discharge, indonesia, lawsuit, lee kuan yew, loan, singapore democratic party, suharto
Lee Kuan Yew, of Seremban, Malaysia, is dead. Borneo Post: A motorcylist died after he was ran over by a lorry following his machine going out of control and skidding on the main road of Taman Bukit Galena here last night. In the 8pm incident, the victim, Lee Kuan Yew, 48, died at the […]
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Can you imagine Singapore without Lee Kuan Yew?
Reuters via ABS-CBN: They crammed into an art cafe in Singapore and pulled no punches, deriding authoritarian officials who ruled with an “iron fist” and complaining that government ministers with million-dollar salaries were out of touch. One woman, a middle-aged professional, got nods of agreement when she said modern Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, […]
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