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In case Lee Kuan Yew Watch isn’t enough. Straits Times: A collection of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s speeches, interviews and dialogues from 1950 to 1990 – some of which have not been published before – was launched on Friday. Published by Cengage Learning, the 10-volume collection titled The Papers of Lee Kuan Yew: […]
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Lee Kuan Yew changes his mind about the election results. CNA: Singapore’s former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew does not think a more populist form of government would have to emerge as a result of the general election in May. Replying to questions on Singapore’s political scene at the Russia-Singapore Business Forum on Tuesday, Mr […]
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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 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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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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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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Lee Kuan Yew Watch 
Overturning Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy in Singapore
Analysis of Singapore after Lee Kuan Yew, intended for an audience not already familiar with the topic. Foreign Affairs: Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s storied first prime minister, gave his countrymen two things that elude most developing nations: stability and prosperity. Now, a new generation of Singaporeans with little recollection of Lee’s crusade against poverty and […]
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