Posts Tagged ‘tom plate’
Tom Plate’s Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Some Wise Words for Dysfunctional Western Democracies
Tom Plate’s book gets negative reviews in Singapore, but a positive review in America. Huffington Post: When the history of the 21st century is written, Afghanistan will matter little. But the rise of China modeled on the pragmatic, soft-authoritarian template of Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore will be seen as the game changer of our time. […]
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Tags: conversations with lee kuan yew, huffington post, lee kuan yew, nathan gardels, tom plate
LKY’s prejudice
A throwaway quote in Plate’s new book incites wrath and an unflattering political cartoon in Sri Lanka. Daily Mirror: He is certainly ill-equipped to make a sweeping racist statement like the one he has made in his latest book that “Sinhalese who are less capable are putting down a minority of Jaffna Tamils who are […]
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An atypically critical state media review of Tom Plate’s new book on Lee Kuan Yew. Today: Mr Plate tries to get under the skin of this man during two interviews over a total of four hours, especially in the second part of his slim, soundbite of a book. The result is a 211-page rewind of […]
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The thin field of Lee Kuan Yew biographies is apparently going to get a new entry by columnist Tom Plate. Regrettably, it seems highly unlikely to punch harder than a newborn kitten, as it will be published by Singaporean company Marshall Cavendish in the “Giants of Asia” series, and Plate’s previous book is full of […]
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Tags: biography, giants of asia, lee kuan yew, marshall cavendish, tom plate
Lee Kuan Yew Watch 
Yew did it very well
Tom Plate heaps more praise on his master. Khaleej Times: Exceptional leaders are hard to find anywhere on the globe, including Asia. Until his recent retirement, this tough-as-nails guy—now 89 — had helped organise and run tiny Singapore almost like nobody has ever run anything. He certainly didn’t do things 100 per cent the American […]
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Tags: china, human rights, lee kuan yew, lincoln medal, singapore, tom plate