Archive for October, 2012
A Malaysian newspaper offers analysis that the local papers would not dare to touch. The Star: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says he intends to stay in office for 10 more years. If he does, it will result in a record father-and-son tenure as prime minister. FACED with a host of tough problems that challenges […]
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Tags: lee hsien loong, lee kuan yew, nepotism, seah chiang nee, succession, the star
Lee Kuan Yew Watch 
Socialism or Free Markets? Consider Myanmar and Thailand
Lee Kuan Yew opines in Forbes: IN TERMS OF LAND area and population Myanmar and Thailand are close in size, and i n the 1960s both countries had similar rates of growth. But in 1962 Myanmar’s General Ne Win led a coup d’état, establishing a nominally socialist military government that followed an economic policy of autarky. […]
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Tags: burma, forbes, free trade, investment, lee kuan yew, Malaysia, myanmar