Posts Tagged ‘sph’
More Lee worship, as always printed by SPH. ST: A bilingual pictorial book that chronicles the life of Mr Lee Kuan Yew was launched on Friday, to commemorate his 90th birthday on Sept 16. Titled Lee Kuan Yew: A Life in Pictures, the 268-page book contains a curated collection of about 480 photographs. It includes […]
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Tags: book, lee kuan yew, life in pictures, pictorial, sph
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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Tags: lee kuan yew, media, nathan, sph, straits times
Lee Kuan Yew Watch 
Followup: Yoong Siew Wah vs SPH, Lee Kuan Yew
After Temasek Review’s hard-hitting reporting, the Yoong Siew Wah/Men in White flap makes finally it into the mainstream media, but with all mention of Lee Kuan Yew and Yoong’s demand for an apology omitted. Straits Times Channel News Asia See also this interview with Yoong, again courtesy of Temasek Review: Interview with Mr Yoong Siew […]
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Tags: francis seow, internal security department, Interview, isd, men in white, sph, temasek review, yoong siew wah