Posts Tagged ‘politics’
More uncensored comments by Lee Kuan Yew released on WikiLeaks, with his opinions on the Anwar Ibrahim trial and Malaysian politics making the largest waves. Sydney Morning Herald: The cable that deals with Dr Anwar’s sodomy case, dated November 2008 and released exclusively to The Sun-Herald by WikiLeaks, states: ”The Australians said that Singapore’s intelligences […]
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Tags: anwar ibrahim, burma, china, india, japan, lee kuan yew, Malaysia, politics, sodo, thailand
Lee Kuan Yew polishes his crystal ball. CNA: Political leaders cannot be trained, but must be found and be people with passion, says Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. … “Many voters now tell us openly – “my family, three of us vote for you but two of us voted against you”. Just to let you […]
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Tags: economic crisis, elections, freak result, lee kuan yew, politics, safeguards, singapore
Lee Kuan Yew turns 85 on September 9th, and consented to a Straits Times interview by e-mail. No surprises: “evolve in sync with… our society” being code for “at a pace dictated by the PAP”. In an e-mail response to questions from The Straits Times ahead of his birthday on Tuesday, he adhered to his […]
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Lee Kuan Yew Watch 
A credible challenge emerging
Interesting commentary in The Star: FEARED for his destruction of political foes, Lee Kuan Yew once predicted that when he quit, a new breed of quality politicians would come out to challenge his party. Today Lee remains very influential in the Cabinet, but his prophecy is prematurely coming to pass. At 87, the Minister Mentor […]
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Tags: lee kuan yew, politics, reform party, retirement