Media blackout imposed on Lee Kuan Yew?

21Jun11

Temasek Review suspects a conspiracy: It appears that a media blackout has been imposed on PAP supreme leader Lee Kuan Yew who was last heard in public announcing his stepping down from the Singapore cabinet last month. Since then, the state media had not carry any news about the octagenarian Lee who usually dispenses his […]

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Precious porcelain

31Mar09

A telling anecdote about how Singapore’s media and government are inextricably entwined.  AsiaOne: WHEN President S R Nathan took over as the chief of The Straits Times Press in 1982, then prime minister Lee Kuan Yew told him that it was a precious piece of porcelain. Mr Lee said: ‘Nathan, I’m giving you The Straits […]

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