Your letters: Lee Kuan Yew and lessons for us

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Singapores founding father Lee Kuan Yew dies aged 91

Remembering Lee Kuan Yew. Singapore mourns. By Warren Fernandez, Editor, The Straits Times, 24 Mar 2015. SINGAPORE entered the post-Lee Kuan Yew era yesterday, with the passing of founding father Lee Kuan Yew, 91. It was a day.. United States President Barack Obama said in a statement: He was a true giant of history who will be remembered for generations to come as the father of modern Singapore and as one of the great strategists of Asian affairs..

Your letters: The role of Indonesias middle

Indonesias middle class exists, grows and has a say. The public opinions are, in part, cultivated and formed through social media, the middle class ultimate weapon. Current national issues are openly discussed through ���posting���, ���twitwar��� and widely.

MAGICK RIVER: THE GOD OF NO MERCY (revisited)

While Lee Kuan Yews 31-year iron-fisted authoritarian rule - which, in truth, never ended since he created an advisory post for himself as Minister Mentor to the government - facilitated a prosperous, efficiently managed city-state whose. DEVAN NAIRS LETTER TO LEE KUAN YEW (DATED 8 JULY 1988). There was this businessman who was in Jakarta when the Marriot was bombed and he ended up in hospital back in Singapore for 2 months with no income.

Indonesian Maid Speaks Out About Abuse in Hong Kong

Her father, a farmer, told The South China Morning Post in an interview that he makes less than $300 a year growing chili peppers. She worked as a waitress in Jakarta, the capital, ���but my income wasnt enough to send money home to my family,��� she said.

Lee Kuan Yew: Muslim integration in Singapore is failing.

The Straits Times on the claim by Lee Kuan Yew, published in his new bookHard Truths to Keep Singapore Going, that Muslim integration in Singapore is failing: MMs [Minister Mentors] remarks on integration draw flak.

Your letters: Capitalism and poverty eradication

Before we can go deeper on this issue, we must first understand how Indonesias capitalistic economy allows the growth of a middle class and yet prohibits the complete disappearance of poverty. In every capitalist society, the emergence of social.

ABC Rear Vision: The US Economy post the 2008 Crash.

I was recently interviewed by Rear Vision for a retrospective on the crisis, entitled Here we go again: A look at the US economy post the 2008 GFC crash��� which debated why the crisis is still with us today. Other speakers were Ed.. And just in a three-page letter with no background or anything. And of course they turned... Youve really got to go back and reproduce somebody like Reagan or-in your context-like Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore. Go back to 1965, when��.

Re: Indonesian President cautions Spore on ���overreacting���

Contact Us �� Letter submission �� Log in �� Subscribe �� Store.. The Presidents spokesman said, ���We have already developed our friendship to ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), our bilateral ties are also strong, lets not allow things like this to return us to the past when its. Even the great Lee Kuan Yew, father of modern Singapore didnt dare to piss Indonesia off and thats EXACTLY why he scattered flower petals on the grave of these two terrorists.

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. As he later wrote, he emerged from the war ���determined that no one ��� neither the Japanese nor the British ��� had the right to push and kick us around���.. A genius among intellectual midgets, who were your peers in a world full of false compromise.

2 Worlds of Hong Kong, and a Fatal Intersection

They tell the story of impoverished immigrants who, trapped by harsh work rules that relegate them to second-class status and desperate to support families at home, were drawn to the bars of Wan Chai, and a banker who had a great deal of expendable.

Another Vietnamese bride murdered in South Korea.

Posted on May 29, 2011. 13. Korean expats in Saigon offered condolences to the murdered Vietnamese brides family. A brutal murder in North Gyeongsang again points out the dangers and risks that are still prevalent in international marriages... Penh Post; Workers in ASEAN: A race - Jakarta Post; Government Confirms Trip to Nauru - The Cambodia Daily (subscription); China to invite foreign forces to join military parade for war anniversary - The Guardian; Lee Kuan Yew a good,��.

thailands lesson for indonesia���strengthen institutions.

During the Cold War, Southeast Asia was led by a handful of autocratic strong leaders���Soeharto, Mahathir, Marcos, Lee Kuan Yew, and arguably the King of Thailand���who all benefited from the Cold War dynamic that supported leaders who could, even in the. These men were very successful in that mission and transformed their countries from post-colonial commodity-based economies into Asias newly developed ���tigers.. Add ShareThis to your Bookmarks ��.

Your letters: Lee Kuan Yew and lessons for us

Some people, perhaps including us, think Lee governed Singapore with an iron fist, even violating human rights. We judge Singapore as not being a democratic country because freedom of expression is curtailed and the government watches over people .

Nuraina A Samads 3540 Jalan Sudin: Tuesdays With Bapak

Bapak had left Utusan Melayu about the same time after returning from his Jakarta sojourn, by which time his relationship with his boss, Yusof Ishak had soured, and with Lee Kuan Yew, had deteriorated.. Samad was due back in Singapore by November 1957 but Yusofs letter, dated November 26, 1957, further instructed him to continue his stay in Indonesia for an indefinite period!.. Kak Eda and I were in the same class throughout until we were in Form One.

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ClickSoftware ��� 2014 North American Integrated Field Operations and Service Optimization Solutions Customer Value Leadership Award. Is your organization prepared for the next profound wave of industry convergence, disruptive technologies, increasing competitive intensity, Mega Trends, breakthrough best practices, changing customer dynamics and emerging. Lee Kuan Yew remains critically ill for a third day. Your letters: Death penalty: Why all the fuss?

Most Americans See Combating Climate Change as a Moral Duty

The result of the poll suggests that appeals based on ethics could be key to shifting the debate over climate change in the United States, where those demanding action to reduce carbon emissions and those who resist it are often at loggerheads.. The.

Armenia seeks more visible presence in RI

Armenia is a relatively new face on the Indonesian diplomatic scene, having opened an embassy here in late 2013. As a whole, Indonesian awareness and interaction with part of the former Soviet republic has been minimal at best. Armenian Ambassador to .

Your letter: Difficult choice for Jokowi

That means all faith in the political class will evaporate. At which point, people are going to. Like the builders next door who only stopped damaging our roof when my wife and I stopped being nice to them and made them fear us. A revolt, marches.

Your letters: Dont change the 2013 curriculum

I refer to an article titled ���Govt to improve teaching methods,��� (The Jakarta Post Online, Nov. 13.) I totally agree with the new culture and elementary and secondary education minister and have made the same comment at all the schools Ive worked at.

Remembering Lee Kuan Yew, the Founding Father of.

On 23 March 2015, Singapore fell into a grieving state as Lee Kuan Yew, widely regarded as the countrys founding father, passed away at the age of 91 at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH).. After a brief discussion with former Singapores Ambassador to Indonesia Lee Khoon Choy (born 1924), Lee Kuan Yew, on his official visit to Indonesia in 1973, decided to pay respect at the Jakarta Kalibata Heroes Cemetery by. lee kuan yews speech at us senate 1985.

The GE 2011 Political Demise of Lee Kuan Yew: A Supreme.

But none could have imagined that the biggest casualty would be Lee Kuan Yew, one of the founders of the PAP, Singapores first prime minister and subsequently, de facto Chief despite holding only an advisory role as Minister Mentor. Indeed, the nations. The necessary follow-up action for this public repudiation had obviously been part of the promised post-election soul-searching, which must have concluded that indeed MM must go. Despite MMs assertion, in��.

Singapore. It is a dictatorship, not a democracy

The Lee Kuan Yew family which has ruled Singapore through the PAP has cleverly managed to introduce all the trappings of a democracy, such as Parliament and elections at intervals of every 5 years, but in truth all these things.. Fremont, CA 94538, USA Tel: 510 657 6107. Fax: 510 657 6914. Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com. Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/ Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your��.

Indonesian PRs cannot serve in SAF? | The Online Citizen

The Jakarta Post also reported that they have been ���deported��� to Singapore following the incident. The discovery.. Anyway, if Mr. LKY wants to start suing, I am sure I am somewhere in the queue far, far, far, far behind. I dont... Cinere Satu, I am ashamed of my uncouth countrymen, just as I was disgusted with your President for coining us as a ���little red dot.��� I am also. YOU dont even know the history lesson..obviously YOU dont even served National Services. JT.

Singapores budget boost for the middle class

Similarly, seniors aged 55 and above cheered the cash fillip of up to S$600 (US$441) in the form of an enhanced GST Voucher to help them with daily expenses. What is more. Associate Professor Tan Khee Giap of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

LankaWeb ��� Reply to Dayan: In Sri Lanka the Lunatic.

History has treated very badly those who failed to learn this lesson.. In 2012 LKY told a forum in Singapore it was vital for the Chinese majority state (of Singapore) to stand up to its majority Muslim neighbors, Malaysia and Indonesia. He said the attitude of. We will ask the government to send a letter of protest to Lee,��� Djoko Susilo, a member of the House of Representatives Commission I overseeing security and international affairs, told The Jakarta Post. Several��.

Does social class impel bad behavior?

Yet, those of lower social class can also behave badly, but they tend to do so for different reasons. Take Mark Smith, aged 59, who walked into a bank in Watsonville, California and declared that he had a bomb in his backpack and demanded US$2,000.

Your letters: An inquirer is a true learner

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Lessons from Singapore

Even the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping was so impressed that he openly told former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew that China would take lessons from Singapore to enhance the progress of the country. When former Chinese President Hu Jintao opened .

Crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 Spotlights Indonesias Poor Air Safety Record

JAKARTA, Indonesia ��� When a team of United Nations auditors visited Jakarta in May to rate the countrys aviation safety, they came to a troubling conclusion: Indonesia was well below the global average in every category, and scored just 61 percent in.

If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Lee Kuan Yew.

More than 1.2 million people have paid their last respects to Mr Lee Kuan Yew at Parliament House and community tribute sites islandwide, as the public mourning period comes to an end on Saturday evening.. She said: Mr Lee means so much to all of us, he is the father of Singapore. Others, like.. In a Facebook post, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said four ceremonial 25-pound guns at the Padang will fire the 21-gun salute at the start of the funeral procession.

Your letters: Happy Teachers

Greater Jakarta: Bogor official residence used for businesses. 18. After heavy rain, floodwater again inundates Jakarta. 19. House queries Badrodins nomination. 20. IS groups in RI get cash from Oz. 21. Indonesia expresses condolences for Lee Kuan Yew.

Bali nine duo lose chance to escape execution

The rejection letter was signed by the court head, Sugeng Riyono, on Wednesday.. Both Sukumaran and Chan have set up several rehabilitation programs in Kerobokan prison, including art and computer workshops, cooking classes and tennis lessons.