Archive for the ‘Video’ Category
Lee Kuan Yew makes a brief but silent appearance on video, standing unassisted and placing a hand on a globe. CNA: Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew joined Tanjong Pagar and Radin Mas residents for the annual Tree Planting Day on Sunday (Nov 2). It was Mr Lee who started the tree planting campaign in […]
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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
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
Lee Kuan Yew is back, and he wants more Singaporean babies. CNA: Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has expressed concerns over Singapore’s low fertility rate. He was speaking in Mandarin and English at the Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru National Day celebration dinner on Saturday. Mr Lee said Singapore’s birth rates have been steadily declining. He […]
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Tags: birth rate, children, demographics, immigration, lee kuan yew, population, singapore
Playing the broken record again. CNA, with video: Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has called for the understanding of Singaporeans towards the government’s decision to continue taking in immigrants. Speaking at a Lunar New Year gathering in his constituency of Tanjong Pagar on Friday, Mr Lee said Singapore’s per capita income is one of […]
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Tags: birth rate, chinese new year, immigration, lee kuan yew, tanjong pagar
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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Tags: foreign talent, immigration, india, lee kuan yew
Lee Kuan Yew urges the government trade union monopoly to pretend to care more about workers. CNA, with video: The minister mentor told his audience that throughout his political career, he has always been mindful of the interests of workers and their unions. He said: “In government, I have never forgotten that it is in […]
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Tags: lee kuan yew, ntuc, trade unions
The Workers Party team in Aljunied has even Lee Kuan Yew running scared. CNA, with video: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has urged the voters of Aljunied GRC to exercise their vote carefully in the 7 May General Election. This is because a wrong choice would mean they lose a strong team of office holders […]
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Tags: aljunied, freak result, general elections, lee kuan yew, property prices, workers party
Lee Kuan Yew on why people should keep voting for the PAP. AsiaOne, with video: On Saturday, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew addressed residents of Tanjong Pagar GRC at Bukit Merah for the GRC’s Family Day. He spoke on why Singaporeans should take the coming election seriously. “Every General Election is a serious choice of the […]
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Tags: bukit merah, general elections, lee kuan yew, tanjong pagar
Lee Kuan Yew plans to stay in Parliament. 87 years old now, he will be 92 by the end of the five-year term. CNA: Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has confirmed his candidacy for Tanjong Pagar GRC in the coming general election. In a video posted on the People’s Action Party’s website, Mr Lee […]
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Tags: candidate, general election, lee kuan yew, tanjong pagar