Harvard Kennedy School - HKS In The News
Outlook (India), February 2. An interview with Joseph Nye about President Obamas trip to India. Why Judges Tilt to the Right New York Times, January 31. A spotlight piece on Maya Sens research on politics and the judicial selection process... New York Times, June 9. Commentary by Amitabh Chandra on U.S. health care costs. Re-balancing alliances. Cyprus Mail, June 6. Commentary by Ali Wyne on shifting international alliances following Russias annexation of Crimea.
Singapores PMET (Professionals, Managers, Executives.
Indeed, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew once observed: ���The spurs are not stuck on the hinds (of Singaporeans). They are part of the. Aon Hewitts Mr Na, too, has noticed a distinct change in attitude to work: ���Where Im seeing change is in these workers wanting work-life balance instead of just focusing on career progression, the more qualitative aspects... Still, juggling work with part-time studies for two years entailed its share of sleepless nights. He did not��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 06.01.11
According to a report in the Indian Express of January 3, Bhutan has conveyed to India its unhappiness over the releases, particularly of leaders like Bhimkanta Burogohain, whom it had handed over to Indian authorities following the Royal Bhutanese.. It has succumbed to tradition and now runs an authoritarian, Asian values type of regime that was first made popular by Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore. We, in. I freeze up when the temperature dips below 20 degrees.
Yale Has Gone to Singapore, But Can It Come Back?
But it has been, and thereby hangs our sorry tale.. Its deft balancing of surveillance and seduction makes the doughty little city-state look, on the surface, like the United Colors of Benetton bubble that Yales campus in New Haven would love to be.
Lee Kuan Yews life hangs in a balance; still in intensive care unit
Lee Kuan Yews life hangs in a balance; still in intensive care unit. Singapores first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew remains on life support in an intensive care unit at a hospital here, the Prime Ministers Office said today. The update was issued.
London celebrates century of Chinese cinema
Augmented by lectures, events, on-stage interviews (Hong Kong New Wave pioneer Ann Hui On-wah is due in on August 24) and even a new, illuminating British Film Institute (BFI) book of critical essays, Electric Shadows, it is curated by Noah Cowan.
Can PAP stay dominant? A daunting task, says Ho Kwon Ping
SINGAPORES best days are still ahead of it but, in contemplating its next 50 years, a key question to ponder is whether the ruling party will stay dominant, said leading public intellectual Ho Kwon Ping yesterday. The Peoples Action Party (PAP),... Singapore achieved its enviable, probably unrivalled record of incorruptibility largely because Mr Lee Kuan Yew set a tone of governance which equated to an almost ascetic personal lifestyle. If future political leaders��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 14.12.10
THE INDIAN EXPRESS. EDITORIAL. BIHAR SHOWS THE WAY. The NDAs landslide victory in the Bihar assembly elections would predictably have given Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a long honeymoon. But even with the... Deepak Parekh: I am aware of the fact that it has been 10 years that the Tatas have been trying to put up a steel unit in Orissa and they still havent got the land... Instead, he was allowed to hang around and make more offensive statements!
The State of the State - Foreign Affairs
The state is the most precious of human possessions,��� the economist Alfred Marshall remarked in 1919, toward the end of his life, ���and no care can be too great to be spent on enabling it to do its work in the best way.��� For Marshall, one of. This reinforces Singapores attempt to combine universal health and welfare programs with frugality; Lee Kuan Yew, modern Singapores founder and guiding hand, dismisses the Western welfare state as an ���all you can eat��� buffet. Meanwhile, as��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 25.03.11
It was astonishing, he exclaimed when we were discussing my last book, Looking East to Look West: Lee Kuan Yews Mission India. Then he seemed very pro-Soviet, the most pro-Soviet among the Indian diplomats.
NUSS 60th Anniversary Lecture and Dialogue with PM Lee
There are major changes in the Asian landscape which are having a big impact on us, more so because we are a small country, he said, citing changes in Indonesia, India and China.. Next Thursday, The Battle For Merger, a book compiling former prime minister Lee Kuan Yews radio talks in 1961 - aimed at exposing the communists and rallying people to support the merger with Malaya - will be republished.. I think that is a difficult balance to strike in real life.
Hongkongers should see the bigger picture on mainland Chinese visitors
When you are narrow-minded, mean-spirited and ignorant, you end up being one of those 100 or so people rallying in Tsim Sha Tsui against mainland visitors. Yeah, yeah, I know. I have heard all the arguments about how mainland visitors dont benefit the .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 23.10.09
HONEYMOON FOR CONG CONTINUES; 250 mothers will die of childbirth in India today - Patralekha Chatterjee; CANTILEVERED DESIGNS - SHEKHAR BHATIA; LIFES METER - ROBIN SHARMA; A MIRAGE OF PEACE SHIMMERS... Therefore, there can only be two possibilities: Either there was a rare glitch in the system or the driver of Goa Express had overshot the signal.. The more recent conversation was with Singapores Minister Mentor, Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
100 Things We Love About The 80s | Remember Singapore
Life seemed to be a little slower, a little less stressful and perhaps also a little boring since there were no internet, iPhone, Facebook and cable TV.. Oh yes, these Kinos snacks can still be found in the supermarkets today. 2... They stuck out in the back pocket, creating cool ���ah beng��� impressions.. Oh yes, there was also a famous urban legend that then-Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew approached Venerable Hong Chuan for advice about his plan of a MRT system.
DPP delegation meets Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon
The DPP delegation conveyed a message from Chair Tsai Ing-wen, who wished to express her greetings to Aung San Suu Kyi in person, but as she is currently running as the first female candidate for the next presidential election, she was.. Save Burma and save human lives.. The 45-minute movie is critical narration of how Mr Lee Kuan Yew rode to power championing democracy and then using it to consolidate his power by crush his opponents and the media.
Yale Has Gone to Singapore, But Can It Come Back? | Jim.
But it has been, and thereby hangs our sorry tale.. Its deft balancing of surveillance and seduction makes the doughty little city-state look, on the surface, like the United Colors of Benetton bubble that Yales campus in New Haven would love to be if only the Yale Corporation.. The very idea that basic human rights are anything but universal is a racist one (and the fact that it was so eloquently articulated by Lee Kuan Yew indicates the depth of his personal racism.).
Why mainland consumers have an big appetite for luxury goods
According to the 2013 Julius Baer Wealth Report, affluent Chinese consumers see buying luxury products and services not as an occasional treat, but an integral part of their lives. From 2011 to 2012, the report says, the percentage of consumers with.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: KRI Usman Harun.
A few years later in 1973, Singapores then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew placed flowers on the graves of the two executed marines, thus bringing the episode to a close. Both actions - standing firm on fundamental principle��.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Sticker Lady: What.
I hope for a parliamentary review of the Vandalism Act, with revisions to allow first-time offenders to serve Corrective Work Orders or community service.. If one such artist is allowed to express herself freely on public property with impunity, how can we say no to others (Artists arrest revives vandalism debate; Wednesday)? Societies... The Prime Minister at the time, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, gave further examples of the type of behaviour and person that was targeted.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Prof Leo Tan - Man.
Along the way, he breathed life into the sleepy Singapore Science Centre, overhauled the teaching of science in schools, infected a generation of teachers at the National Institute of Education with his love of learning, and, as chairman of National Parks Board, championed Gardens by the Bay... After six days in the intensive care unit, he sprang up, asking: How come Im still alive?.. PM Lee at Chatham House �� Is there an ideological cleavage in Spore?
Singapores MFA strongly condemns Urumqi attack
���We are deeply saddened by the loss of lives from this incident, and express our deepest sympathies and condolences to the victims and their families. We hope that those responsible will be brought to justice swiftly,��� MFA said. The attack was.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 18.03.11
Why should Batcha who, from all accounts, was fully cooperating in the investigations and, as an approver, could have escaped harsh punishment, suddenly end his life?.. THE INDIAN EXPRESS. EDITORIAL. STILL STANDING. Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has finally been given his long-marching orders by his estranged party. He hasnt been allowed to contest the coming assembly elections by the state committee of the CPM; they denied him a��.