Posts Tagged ‘pap’
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
Lee Kuan Yew keeps his hands on the levers of power. CNA: Home Affairs and Law Minister, K Shanmugam, is a new face on the Central Executive Committee of the People’s Action Party. … Mr Shanmugam was among the 12 elected to the CEC at the PAP conference held at the University Cultural Centre on […]
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Tags: cec, central executive committee, lee kuan yew, pap
Send in the clowns
Alex Au offers a biting critique of Men in White, the PAP and Lee Kuan Yew himself. Yawning Bread: What has been revealed is that Lee was convinced that the leftwing of the PAP had pro-communist sympathies, and that they could potentially carry the electorate. Lee didn’t feel he was strong enough to stop the […]
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Tags: lee kuan yew, men in white, operation coldstore, pap, rogue government
The Malaysian media have noticed how much time Lee is spending with the opposition, while the Singaporean media are playing this down. Note the hint that the schedule is pretty punishing for an 85-year-old after all. Malaysia Insider: Lee exhausted himself yesterday trying to find an answer to that most pressing question: just who is […]
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Tags: abdul hadi awang, badawi, jamaluddin, khalid ibrahim, lee kuan yew, Malaysia, mukhriz mahathir, pakatan rakyat, pap
Financial Times chimes in on Singapore’s economic plunge and its effect on the economy; however, the Lee Kuan Yew quote within actually dates back to July 2008. The PAP government has long been one of Asia’s most secure. Singapore’s dominant one-party system has set an example for countries such as China, Russia and the Gulf […]
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Tags: economic crisis, lee kuan yew, pap
Lee Kuan Yew has been re-elected into the Central Executive Committee of the People’s Action Party for another two-year term. The CEC was re-elected in entirety, with no new members, as Lee Hsien Loong simultaneously proclaimed that “the PAP must constantly evolve to keep up with the times“. AsiaOne: THE same 12 ministers from the […]
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Tags: cec, central executive committee, pap, people's action party
Lee Kuan Yew Watch 
The PAP in crisis (Part 4): Likely post-LKY scenario and implications for Singapore
The Temasek Review has a four-part series entitled The PAP in crisis. Part 4 of the series contemplates life after Lee Kuan Yew: Likely scenario in the post-LKY era Some political analysts have predicted that without the elder Lee to hold the fort, factions will eventually emerge in the PAP leading to a repeat of […]
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Tags: crisis, lee kuan yew, pap, people's action party, succession, temasek review