Posts Tagged ‘Malaysia’
No Country for Old Men
Asia Sentinel reports on the results of Lee Kuan Yew’s Malaysia trip. Lee Kuan Yew, the 85-year-old patriarch and minister mentor of Singapore, might have thought he was taking a pleasant eight-day valedictory lap across several Malaysian states last week, but it has turned out to be anything but. Not only did Mahathir release a [...]
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The Malaysian media have noticed how much time Lee is spending with the opposition, while the Singaporean media are playing this down. Note the hint that the schedule is pretty punishing for an 85-year-old after all. Malaysia Insider: Lee exhausted himself yesterday trying to find an answer to that most pressing question: just who is [...]
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Lee Kuan Yew speaks out after the first half of his Malaysia trip. CNA: Mr Lee said no private investor would go into huge projects like Iskandar Malaysia and the proposed third bridge linking Singapore and Johor unless there is long-term stability in policy. Mr Lee, who kicked off his week-long visit to Malaysia in [...]
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The Malaysia Insider has an interesting series of articles on Lee Kuan Yew’s visit, his focus on Malaysia’s ascendant opposition and the UMNO reaction: Kuan Yew learns about how a Pakatan government operates Lee was also interested in the relationship between the PR partners and the direction the federal opposition was heading in. Sources told [...]
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Tags: lee kuan yew, mahathir, Malaysia, pakatan, pas
Near content-free article from CNA, linked here solely for video analysis: SINGAPORE: Singapore is building on its good bilateral ties with Malaysia, following the recent introductory visit by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to the Republic. These were further cemented on Tuesday when Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew met Prime Minister Najib and his [...]
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A refreshingly frank Malaysian analysis of what Lee’s Malaysia trip actually means. Suara Keadilan: A proposed visit by Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew is being trumpeted by Malaysian premier Najib Razak as a ringing endorsement for his newly-installed administration, but has raised cynicism amongst veteran analysts who questioned the motives of both leaders. “Firstly, [...]
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Tags: democracy, keadilan, lee kuan yew, Malaysia, singapore
Bernama reports on Lee’s trip to Malaysia next week — in an article curiously similar to one published by Malaysia Insider several days earlier? His eight-day visit, from June 8 to 15, starts with a meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak as well as with several high-level officials, top editors and [...]
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Tags: ipoh, kelantan, lee kuan yew, Malaysia, pahang, penang, perak, state visit
Lee Kuan Yew will be visiting Malaysia in “early June”. The Malaysian Insider: In early June, Singapore’s veteran leader Lee Kuan Yew is expected to make one of the longest visits he has ever made to Malaysia. Over 10 days, the Mentor Minister will visit Johor, Kuala Lumpur and Kelantan and several other states. He [...]
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Tags: johor, kelantan, kuala lumpur, Malaysia, state visit
S’pore congratulates Najib
Lee Kuan Yew (or at least his ghostwriter) is delighted to see another dynastic succession in a nominal democracy. Straits Times: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said of Datuk Seri Najib’s appointment: ‘Your father, Malaysia’s second Prime Minister, held the office with great distinction. He would have been very proud of you, were he still [...]
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Lee Kuan Yew Malaysia visit roundup
A few final opinions on the fallout from Lee’s trip. The Star has a piece called Negotiating with Singapore: Lee offered his advice, whether unsolicited or not, and in not-so-diplomatic language – which is his style – laid out what he expected in return for cooperation with Malaysia. You see, we are dealing with Singapore [...]
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Tags: ahmad mustapha hassan, cooperation, lee kuan yew, Malaysia, racial politics, third bridge