Singapore well-placed to ride on China’s growth, says Lee Kuan Yew

29Nov12

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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Prelude to the Post-Lee Kuan Yew Era

22Nov12

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

Singapore’s ex-leaders write off political rival’s huge debt from defamation case

22Nov12

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 dies in bike-lorry crash

15Nov12

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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Public housing must keep up with rising aspirations of people

06Nov12

LKY on HDB.  CNA, with video: Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said public housing has to keep up with the rising aspirations of Singaporeans and that the facilities and design of older estates should also not fall behind newer ones. … I started this campaign 50 years ago in the 1960s, I saw Hong […]

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Tags: hdb, housing, lee kuan yew, property, property prices, public housing, real estate