The little North Korean in every (older) citizen

04Nov10

Guest essay at Yawning Bread: The internet and slow political liberalisation in Singapore has changed many things, mostly for the better. But now and then, one still sees little propaganda exercises and I think…aww, how sweet, how very nostalgic. Recently, these exercises have come about in the form of a curious sort of state orchestrated […]

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MM says goodbye with a red rose and a final kiss

09Oct10

Lee Kuan Yew at his wife’s funeral. Today: One by one, family members placed pink carnations beside her body and said their final goodbyes. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, who earlier described his grief at his wife’s death as beyond words, then placed a large, red rose beside his wife’s body. He edged closer, paused […]

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Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s eulogy for Mrs Lee

06Oct10

Full text at AsiaOne: I brought her home on July 3, 2008. The doctors expected her to last a few weeks. She lived till October 2, 2 years and 3 months. She remained lucid. They gave time for me and my children to come to terms with the inevitable. In the final few months, her […]

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Tags: death, eulogy, funeral, kwa geok choo, lee kuan yew, mrs lee kuan yew