Posts Tagged ‘temasek review’
The Temasek Review says what Singapore’s mainstream media won’t. There are some who think things will get worse if MM goes, and eventually when he is no longer there. Then, there will be no one to crack the whip. One can be sure, despite all his Act of God claims, he’s kicking ass over the […]
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Tags: lee kuan yew, retirement, temasek review
The Temasek Review asks a simple question. If you were to ask 10 elderly Singaporeans in the streets randomly who the Prime Minister of Singapore is, chances are quite a number will answer “Lau Lee” in reference to Singapore’s octogenarian leader Lee Kuan Yew. Lee was the first Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to […]
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Tags: lee hsien loong, lee kuan yew, minister mentor, temasek review
Interesting anonymous opinion piece about the NUS dialogue at Temasek Review: The criteria used in selecting the questions were left deliberately unanswered. Needless to say, only politically correct questions found their way to the audience. Is this the kind of “forum” we expect from a supposedly renowned world-class university like NUS? Why can’t the undergraduates […]
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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
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
An interesting editorial piece on Lee Kuan Yew’s ubiquitous presence at National Day parades. Temasek Review: For those of you who have watched last night’s National Day Parade (as well as previous years), you will not fail to realize a recurring theme: the images of MM Lee Kuan Yew either from the past or the […]
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Tags: lee kuan yew, national day parade, ndp, singapore, temasek review
Lee Kuan Yew Watch 
Media blackout imposed on Lee Kuan Yew?
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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Tags: lee kuan yew, media, temasek review