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Mr Lee Kuan Yew: Public Man, Private Life
Singapores founding Prime Minister was well-respected among world leaders and worked tirelessly even after stepping down, to make sure the country was in good stead, but behind closed doors, Mr Lee Kuan Yew was a loving husband who read poems by.
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But many historians are at pains to note that perhaps Mr Lee Kuan Yew was just too brash, too bull-headed, a tad too chauvinistic, too ethnically Chinese-dominant, to fit into the aspirations of Malaysias fractious founding partners then.. What of.
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Another Singaporean, Kim Hor Toh, said most of his compatriots were sad to hear the news of Lees death, even if they were expecting it. ���I think everybody is grateful for LKYs role in building Singapore to what it is right now,�����.
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The Strongman of Singapore | Foreign Policy
The Strongman of Singapore. Five years ago, Lee Kuan Yew reflected on how he would be remembered. ���Im not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honorable purpose. I had to do some nasty things, locking fellows up. Singaporeans will now mourn their first prime minister, who led them from 1959 until his retirement in 1990, and remained a prominent voice on the city-states affairs and international politics for another two decades.
What foreign media are saying about Lee Kuan Yews passing
As news of Lee Kuan Yews passing in the wee hours of March 23, 2015, slowly but surely disseminates to the rest of Singapore that is waking up to the inevitable ��� as well as the start of a new work week ��� the local media is already in. bbc-lky. The city-states prime minister for 31 years, he was widely respected as the architect of Singapores prosperity. But he was criticised for his iron grip on power. Under him freedom of speech was tightly restricted and political��.
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At the heart of these upbeat messages, the long hand of Singapores first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, and the indelible imprint of his policies and principles on generations of my people are quite evident.. history,��� while Britains David Cameron noted that, ���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.���.
Top 10 Things You Didnt Know About Lee Kuan Yew.
Lee Kuan Yew Voice As much as I loved smoking, it was affecting my rally voice way too much. Oh, and my stunning vocals of course. (Source: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going). Lee Kuan Yew Jacket 2 Mr. Lee in a Chinese jacket hes been spotted in on many occasions. (Source: BBC News). boyfriend, I assure you its better and more satisfying than your PhD. If you dont get started now, soon, youll be 35, and past prime childbearing age.��� ��� Lee Kuan Yew��.
Lee Kuan Yew made Singapore Prosperous, Modern.
. Share on Google+ Print this page. With a sense of vision and a ruthless pragmatism, Lee Kuan Yew led Singapore as it transformed from a tiny island with no natural resources into a thriving economic success.. During his time in England, Mr Lee became a devotee of the BBC Home Service, forerunner to Radio 4, and took time out to campaign for a university friend who was contesting a parliamentary seat in rural Devon. Mr Lee, a committed socialist from his��.
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Bradley K. Martin on Lee Kuan Yew and North Korea | Asia.
(Nair meant that in a positive way: Over the long run, he argued, ���it is not possible to govern a country like Singapore with brute force alone as can be done in North Korea.��� With the. Thus it remained for 60 years now and in spite of all the sanctions the leadership has been able to feed and clothe its people while maintaining its hatred for the US. Wouldnt you. But the comparison is with Lee Kwan Yew.. March 22 signals Asia Times rebirth as an Asian news site.
Lee Kuan Yew leaves a legacy of authoritarian pragmatism.
���We in the west may quarrel with the way [Singapores prosperity] was achieved, but the achievement somehow seems to dwarf the critique,��� he said.. What now? Joseph Liow, a senior fellow who holds the Lee Kuan Yew chair in southeast Asian studies at the Brookings Institution, believes that the PAP will continue to be pragmatic. Although the pace of change will be slow, ���it is. Jeremy Clarkson dropped by BBC after damning report into attack on producer��.
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Singapore advertisers race to create tribute messages for.
There was a collective gasp when the news broke in December that Paul Soon would be leaving XM ��� now known as Mirum ��� after almost a decade at one of Asias most-loved homegrown digital agencies. Hes now just one week into his new job as Asia Pacific.. Advertisers in Singapore are preparing messages of tribute for the former prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, who is critically ill in hospital. Mumbrella understands that the news that Lees health��.
Emotional scenes as Singapore pays tribute to Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew has done so much for us, she said. We used to live in squatter (colonies) in Sembawang, my husband was a bus driver. Now my three sons have good jobs and nice houses. The children all go to school.
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Lee Kuan Yew: Which way now for Singapore?
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Lee Kuan Yew: Reaction in pictures and tweets
Thank you Mr Lee Kuan Yew for the Singapore we now have, wrote one man. Dont worry. Singapore will continue to do well, in the way you have worked hard all your life ensuring that, wrote another. At the hospital, meanwhile, Lawrence Hee, 68, said: .
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Singapore begins seven-day mourning following death of.
. Scotland �� Sunday �� Home �� News �� World; Singapore begins seven-day mourning following death of legendary founding Prime Minister. period of mourning for Lee Kuan Yew. Lee Kuan Yew died in hospital yesterday, aged 91, after suffering from severe pneumonia. Singapore has now been plunged into a state of sadness, with mourners taking to a well-wishing spot outside the Singapore General Hospital - set up shortly after Mr Lee was admitted on February 5.
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Youve probably heard it said that you can get arrested and flogged for chewing gum in Singapore. The truth, as usual, is more complicated than that ��� but there certainly are strict rules about mastication within the city limits.
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Singapore at 50: From swamp to skyscrapers
They paved the way for me to be educated and well-off. Its a story that. to govern itself. The charismatic Lee Kuan Yew of the Peoples Action Party won a landslide victory in the first fully elected parliament.. Singapore now has one of the.
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Legendary Founding Father Harry Lee Kuan Yew of.
Today is a very sad day for the Nation of Singapore! Many Singaporeans are mourning for the passing of Founding Father of Singapore, the first Prime Minister, (Minister Mentor) MM Lee Kuan Yew (LKY). People may have to��.
Lee Kuan Yew is gone. Where does Singapore go now.
Lee Kuan Yew is gone. Where does Singapore go now? In death, his reputation, choices and contributions are amplified, making it harder to see the man behind the icon, says a Singaporean. People paying tribute to Lee Kuan Yew at a community centre in Singapore. Photograph: Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images. There is no way to know for sure. I never knew Lee Kuan Yew. 2015 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.
Was Lee Kuan Yew an Inspiration or a Race Traitor.
When Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore, passed away at the ripe age of 91 on March 23, the elderly statesman was as controversial in death as in life ��� and nowhere was the debate more vigorous than in China.. Since more than 74 percent of Singaporeans are ethnic Chinese, including Lee and most of its senior leadership, some Chinese tend to think of Singapore as a nation of long-lost cousins that should, one way or another, rotate close within��.
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In Lee Kuan Yew, China Saw a Leader to Emulate.
With the death of Singapores founding leader, Lee Kuan Yew, on Monday, China lost a figure who, in the eyes of Communist Party leaders, showed that economic prosperity could be achieved under crisply efficient one-party rule,. Mr. Lee has been extravagantly mourned by Chinas news media, almost as if he were one of the countrys own leaders, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hinted at the status that Mr. Lee held in Beijing, as a sympathetic��.