Posts Tagged ‘integration’
Lee Kuan Yew backpedals on his controversial earlier remarks. ST: MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said on Monday he stands corrected on how well-integrated Malay-Muslims are in Singapore. He issued a statement late last night, referring to comments he made in the new book, Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going, and the […]
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Tags: integration, islam, lee kuan yew, muslims, singapore
MM’s views on Muslims not Govt’s
The Government backpedals on Lee Kuan Yew’s controversial remarks about Muslims. AsiaOne: THE views on Singapore Muslims expressed by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in a new book are his personal opinions, and not those of the Government, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. … Speaking to the media on the sidelines of a […]
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Tags: integration, islam, lee hsien loong, lee kuan yew, muslims, singapore
Lee Kuan Yew suggests putting Singapore before Islam. AFP: Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew has urged local Muslims to “be less strict on Islamic observances” to aid integration and the city-state’s nation-building process. Singapore has a predominantly Chinese population, with minority races including Muslim Malays and Indians, and Lee has always stressed the importance […]
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Tags: chinese, integration, islam, lee kuan yew, muslims, opposition, pap, people's action party
Embrace migrants: MM Lee
Lee Kuan Yew bangs on a familiar drum. CNA: Speaking at the Indian New Year celebrations in Little India on Saturday, Mr Lee said Singaporeans must recognise that with a declining population, the country needs such people, including those who have studied or worked in the US and Europe. With the economy in a buoyant […]
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Tags: immigration, integration, lee kuan yew, migration
Lee’s first major speech in a while, tackling not the economic crisis, but the challenge of keeping up Singapore’s population (with a few heavy hints about the Chinese needing to breed more) and integrating immigrants. CNA: SINGAPORE: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has highlighted two challenges for Singapore to undertake in order to do well […]
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Tags: adaptation, foreign workers, immigration, integration, mandarin, permanent residents
Lee Kuan Yew Watch 
Straws for optimists
Alex Au on Lee Kuan Yew’s correction. Yawning Bread: When Lee Kuan Yew said, earlier this week, that he stood corrected over the remarks about Malays he made in the book Hard Truths, I thought to myself: That is the biggest sign of the People’s Action Party (PAP) getting election jitters yet. As someone very […]
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Tags: alex au, elections, hard truths, integration, lee kuan yew, malay, singapore