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It was the first time in her life that the girl was at the Kotel. They [her parents] took pictures, they held her up to face the Temple Mount, and they told her this is the holy place, this is the Temple Mount,��� said Halperin, an Israeli who has lived.
Mr and Mrs Lee kuan Yew | Sharealcommunicatess Blog
I was deeply touched after watching and reading the eulogies given by Mrs Lee Kuan Yews family at her funeral. Mr Lee Kuan Yew has always been good at giving public speeches, saying them with confidence and zest. However, the above video was not like any other speeches, it was. A simple body gesture like that touched the hearts of many when the following picture appeared in the Straits Times. Affect displays was apparent at this scene. Although he was ill��.
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SINGAPORE - Dr Lee Wei Ling, 60, the only daughter of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, pays tribute to her father in a piece published in The Straits Times on March 24, 2015. STs Tribute Wall Day 1: More than 2,000 pen their tributes to Mr Lee��.
The world will miss Lee Kuan Yew
By insisting on quality education, by suppressing corruption and by basing governance on merit, Lee and his colleagues raised the annual per capita income of their population from US$500 at the time of independence in 1965 to roughly US$55,000 today.
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Download your free digital copy of The Straits Times special 24-page edition to mark life of Mr Lee Kuan Yew �� The Straits Times We could always count. it at funeral procession: Lawrence Wong. SINGAPORE - Its no go for a call to allow Singaporeans to display the national flag in front of their homes on Sunday, when the state funeral.. Seven children killed in NY fire tragedy buried in Israel after father gives moving eulogy �� British police hunt thieves who stole 38��.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew and the spectacle of death: The first.
The first Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, passed away at 0318hrs on 23 March 2015 at the age of 91. His death at this time is especially significant as this year is to be Singapores 50th year of independence,��.
Remembering Lee Kuan Yew: Daughter Lee Wei Ling on Mr Lee as a father
SINGAPORE - Dr Lee Wei Ling, 60, the only daughter of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, pays tribute to her father in a piece published in The Straits Times on March 24, 2015. In it, she notes how he wasnt one to panic because ���doing so would never positively .
5 Quotes From Singapores Lee Kuan Yew
I should find solace in her 89 years of a life well lived. But at this moment of the final parting, my heart is heavy with sorrow and grief.��� (Mr. Lees eulogy to his wife, who died in 2010). #5: On Singapores Famous Chewing-Gum Ban: ���If you cant.
Eulogies for Mr Lee Kuan Yew on Sunday
SINGAPORE- Ten eulogies will be delivered at Mr Lee Kuan Yews state funeral service on Sunday. Among those who will be speaking are Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, President Tony Tan Keng Yam, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and the .
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Well, he has got a tough time, but he has got more resources than I had when I started.��� Tom Plates Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew. lky. Tough love from dad. 18. On ESM Goh being the UN Sec-Gen: ���Hes got to please... We could have bankrupt them earlier.��� ��� Straits Times, Sept 14 2003. 53. On political opposition (2): ���And I dont think its the numbers in the opposition which counts. Its the quality of the alternative which you put before the people���. Transcript of��.
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Woe to the national leader tested sorely in a merciless existential conflict while at the same time also being worn away by unremitting troubles on the home front. He has no peace of mind, no refuge from corroding acrimony. He never knows when and in.
Funeral procession for Mr Lee Kuan Yew to pass landmarks, heartlands; starts.
SINGAPORE - The funeral procession for Mr Lee Kuan Yew on Sunday, March 29, will pass significant landmarks like the Old Parliament House, as well as heartland areas. The procession, which will cover a distance of 15.4km, will commence at 12.30pm.
Adele, even the sky is crying over you
Adva Biton asked God to end her four-year-old daughter Adeles suffering as she watched her take one painful breath after another in Schneider Childrens Medical Center in Petah Tikva. The girls sudden fatal bout of pneumonia followed almost two years.
Did LKY lie about Singapore being kicked out of Malaysia.
MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew made an interestingly significant remark about Singapores separation from Malaysia in his eulogy at Sundays state funeral for his colleague-in-arms, former Deputy Prime Minister Goh Keng Swee.. In the following article published in the Straits Times dated 5 Sep 09, Did Lee become PM by one vote?, Old Man claims he has no knowledge of the one vital vote, casted by Dr Toh Chin Chye (the Chairman of the PAP then), that��.
Diana Engel, lawyer and co-founder of Levine music school, dies at 77
���What this city needs is a good music school,��� Ms. Engel told a friend, according to a eulogy read at her funeral by her son Samuel Engel. ���Lets start one.��� She and two other displaced New Yorkers, Ruth Cogen and Jaclin Marlin, launched the Levine.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: The Lee Kuan Yew I.
By Tommy Koh, Published The Straits Times, 25 Mar 2015. MR LEE Kuan Yew was the most famous Singaporean in the world. For nearly half a.. I began this eulogy by mentioning my friendship with Lee. He was not a man��.
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Separating Myths from Reality | The Real Singapore
During this time of mass sympathising, I think it is important to keep certain things in perspective. SEPARATING MYTHS FROM REALITY. 1.. I downloaded The Straits Times special 24-page edition to mark the life of Mr Lee Kuan Yew. I have also read several local as well as foreign. It comes as no surprise that a lot of the details from the darker side of Singapores history have been left out of the eulogies for LKY. For instance, in Lee Kuan Yews Singapore, T.J.S.��.
Knowing Lee one of the great blessings of my life: Kissinger
When Mrs. Lee had a stroke, Kissinger wrote, ���Lee sat by her bedside in the evening reading to her. He had faith that she understood despite the evidence to the contrary.��� ���Perhaps this was Lee Kuan Yews role in his era. He had the same hope for our.
The Passing of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew | Din Merican: the.
March 23, 2015 Our sincere condolences to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his family, my friends and associates and the people of Singapore on the passing of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore. In our view, Mr. Lee. As first Prime Minister of Singapore, serving for three decades until 1990, and a continuing cabinet presence for the two that followed, Lee Kuan Yew, who has died aged 91, was a man whose story reflected his times.
Singapore Rebel : An Eulogy
The other refrain was his utter contempt for Lee Kuan Yew.. In his one and only interview with the Straits Times, when asked by the reporter if he had read Mr Lees autobiography, Dr Lim replied,I read it like Harry Potter.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Lee Kuan Yew.
By Robin Chan And Sumiko Tan, Deputy Editor, The Straits Times, 24 Mar 2015. LEE Kuan Yew was a man with few close friends. Those who knew him best and. Mr Lee had three younger brothers and a sister who looked up to him and had regarded him as the man of the house during long periods when their father was away. He was a.. As the grandchildren got older, some would engage him on his favourite subject - politics - over Sunday lunch. But overall, he��.
Rightways: Lee Kuan Yew: The last farewell to my wife; A.
Sunday, October 10, 2010. This eulogy by Singapores Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was delivered at the funeral service of his wife, Kwa Geok Choo, at a private ceremony at Mandai Crematorium on Wednesday. Kwa Geok Choo 1920-2010.. Mrs Lee was great in many ways ��� as a legal luminary, as a mother of an illustrious family, and more than that, for her stoic presence next to Mr Lee Kuan Yew during times of turbulence and tension in the many years of his political struggle.
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Hundreds attend funeral of criminal lawyer and pro bono champion Subhas.
To his family, Vimala and Sujesh, Subhas was a loving husband and a loving father who often lamented that he should have spent more time with you, said Law Minister K. Shanmugam, who was one of those to deliver an eulogy. Sujesh, your dad is .
Farewell and Goodnight, Harry Lee Kuan Yew ��� 7 Reasons.
7-day Period of National Mourning for Lee Kuan Yew: On the Fifth Day of National Mourning for Lee Kuan Yew On the Fourth Day of National Mourning for Lee Kuan Yew Third Day of National Mourning: Long Snaking Queues to Pay Last Respects to Lee. ���Lady Thatcher once said that there was no Prime Minister she admired more than Mr Lee for the strength of his convictions, the clarity of his views, the directness of his speech and his vision of the way ahead.
on eagles wings: s rajaratnam: a forgotten giant
Some also argued that the continued prominence of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has virtually reduced all of his peers contribution in Singapore history. Although these two factors.. As Ms Monica Yap wrote in The Straits Times Forum page: If it was not for the death of Mr Rajaratnam, would we know all the past historic events and the writer of our Pledge? My plea is, please do. 15 Lee, ���Minister Mentors Eulogy for Mr S. Rajaratnam.��� 16 Chua Mui Hoong,��.
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NTU pays tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who paid close attention to the.
Much of this, he said, is due to the leadership of Singapores first Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Professor Boey delivered an emotional eulogy on Wednesday, and had to fight back his tears as he spoke. More than 2,500 staff, students, alumni and.
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In a speech to University students in 1966, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew invoked the Enright Affair to express his frustration with the students persistence in defending an abstract notion of academic freedom.. [4] On the occasion of a University of Singapore lecturer alluding to the Enright Affair at a university forum on university autonomy and academic freedom in July 1966, which was reported by the Straits Times, Enright sent the Straits Times a letter in which��.
California reports four more measles cases in Disneyland outbreak
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) - California public health officials on Monday reported four new cases of measles, bringing the total number people infected in the state so far to 123, most of them linked to an outbreak that began at Disneyland in December.
The Humanity of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew.
His persona and achievements are larger than life and it was so very easy for me to see him as Lee Kuan Yew and not a human being ��� a man of flesh, blood���. Posted by DD under Politics, Singapore | Tags: choo, death, eulogy, funeral, geok, humanity, husband, kuan, kwa, lee, love, Singapore, wife, yew |. Image Source: The Straits Times.. It is said that Singapores greatest asset is its people and that was part of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and his wifes hearts. LikeLike.