And The Event Reached Max Capacity
Thousands of Singaporeans flocked to Hong Lim Park on Saturday (July 1), as the much-anticipated Pink Dot was held after overcoming many obstacles.
Among them: Foreign sponsorship was banned, which led to local companies filling in the gap; foreigners were banned entirely, leading to barricades being erected around the park; and people complained over even the event’s ad at Orchard Cineleisure.
In happier news, however, Paralympian Theresa Goh came out and became a Pink Dot ambassador. Here she is at the event.
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Dabu County: The Ancestral Place of Lee Kuan Yew and Overseas Hakka
A trip to Dabu County of Meizhou Municipality in Guangdong Province, exploring the Hakka history, houses and heritage.
Why is the ancestral house of Lee Kuan Yew a Chaoshan-style house? Check out the video.
LKY already has a memorial to his name in Chinese region he has never visited
The Founders’ Memorial notwithstanding, there is already a memorial to the first Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kwan Yew. Mr Lee, on the other hand, had been known to say that he had no wish for a monument dedicated solely to himself. In Parliament on April 13, 2015, however, his son, now Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, called to honour his father but said that his father had been conscious that he had been part of a team that worked together to build the city-state. “One idea that has been suggested is to have a memorial for all of the founding fathers, perhaps coupled with an exhibition gallery to honour their legacy and educate future generations.
Indeed, Mr Lee himself had thought that there was value in such a memorial,” he said. The project broke ground last month and is set to open in 2028. The Business Standard reported two days after Mr Lee’s death on March 23, 2015, that many Chinese were coming to Mr Lee’s ancestral home in droves to pay homage to him. The report said that the village is located 500 kilometres away from Guangzhou “in search of a glimpse” into his life. It described the ancestral home as made of brick and wood, having been constructed in the traditional Chinese style in 1884 by Mr Lee’s great-grandfather, Li Muwen, with his earnings from Singapore. The home was called Zhonghandi. It also noted that the Lee family descended from the Hakka, a subgroup of China’s Han community, and came to Singapore in the middle of the 18th century. Local authorities refurbished the home and its surroundings between 2007 and 2008. Exhibitions of the Lee family tree, Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s family and political accomplishments, and an introduction to Mr Lee Kuan Yew were also set up within the structure.
In 2016, the year after Mr Lee passed away, authorities in Dabu County in Guangdong said that his ancestral home would be turned into a tourist attraction. Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po daily reported at the time that the site would become an international rural tourist destination that incorporated Chinese Hakka cultural characteristics. A total of 40 million yuan, then equivalent to S$8.8 million, was allocated for the endeavor. Constructing the site had begun the previous year, and the first phase, Lee Kuan Yew Memorial Hall, was set for completion by the end of 2016.
Lee Kuan Yew estate donates furniture, personal effects from Oxley Road home
Two of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew's shirts, one of which is a CYC
model with the label "Lee Kuan Yew", are among items that have been
donated to Singapore (Photo: Stamford Law)
An England-made brown vinyl bag labelled "L. K. Y." which was used
by Mr Lee when he travelled to London in the 1960s. (Photo: Stamford
Law)
Executors and trustees of Mr Lee Kuan Yew's estate, Lee Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang, have made a Deed of Gift of some furniture and personal effects from 38 Oxley Road, the home of Singapore's founding Prime Minister, to the people of the Republic. The announcement was made in a news release by Stamford Law, on behalf of the daughter and son of the late Mr Lee on Thursday (Jun 11).
The deed was signed with the National Heritage Board (NHB) on Monday. The items include all the furniture from the dining room, the study room, and work area desks, including the desk he worked on for many years, as well as his clothing worn on a number of historic occasions.
They have already been turned over to NHB in preparation for a planned major public exhibition at the SG50 Tribute Gallery in August or September, the news release said.
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Lee Kuan Yew passes away on 23 Mar 2015
7 days of national mourning declared
Mr Lee, aged 91 passed away at 3:18am on Monday morning, 46 days after admission to Singapore General Hospital.
Mr Lee was warded at SGH since 5 Feb for severe pneumonia and was on life support.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has declared a period of national mourning for Singapore's first prime minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew from today to Sunday (March 23 - 29).
Mr Lee's body will lie in state at Parliament House from Wed to Sat (March 25 - 28). Those who wish to pay their respects can do so from 10am to 8pm daily during this period.
A State Funeral Service will be held at on Sun (March 29), 2pm, at the University Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore.
The service will be attended by the late Mr Lee's family, friends and staff, the President, Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, Old Guards, senior civil servants, grassroots leaders and Singaporeans from all walks of life, said the statement. The state funeral will be followed by a private cremation at Mandai Crematorium.
State flags on all government buildings will be flown at half-mast from today to Sunday as a mark of respect.
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Lee Kuan Yew says he wants a quick death
Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who will turn 90 next month, said in a new book published Tuesday that he feels weaker by the day and wants a quick death.
"Some time back, I had an Advanced Medical Directive (AMD) done which says that if I have to be fed by a tube, and it is unlikely that I would ever be able to recover and walk about, my doctors are to remove the tube and allow me to make a quick exit," he wrote in the book "One Man's View of the World".
The book is dedicated to the Asian statesman's views on international affairs but an entire chapter contains his musings on death, religion and other personal issues. The 400-page work is dedicated to his late wife Kwa Geok Choo, whose death in 2010 shattered the normally stoic veteran politician.
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"One World's View Of The Man"
Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who will turn 90 next month, said in a new book that he feels weaker by the day and wants death "to come as quickly and painlessly as possible."
"Some time back, I had an Advanced Medical Directive (AMD) done which says that if I have to be fed by a tube, and it is unlikely that I would ever be able to recover and walk about, my doctors are to remove the tube and allow me to make a quick exit," he wrote in the book "One Man's View of the World" published Tuesday.
The book is dedicated to the Asian statesman's views on international affairs but an entire chapter contains his musings on death, religion and other personal issues.
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related: "One World's View Of The Man"
Singapore ex-PM Lee says wants a quick death
Lee has visibly weakened since then and revealed
in the book that despite daily exercise and a disciplined lifestyle,
“with every passing day I am physically less energetic and less active.”
“There is an end to everything and I want mine
to come as quickly and painlessly as possible, not with me
incapacitated, half in coma in bed and with a tube going into my
nostrils and down to my stomach,” he wrote.
On his fears for the future of Singapore, Lee,
who once famously vowed to rise from his grave if something went wrong
with the country, now seems ready to let fate run its course.
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A "Painless" Death?
MANY WHO SUPPORT Terri Schiavo's threatened dehydration assert that removing a feeding tube from a profoundly cognitively disabled person results in a painless and gentle ending. But is this really true? After all, it would be agonizing if you or I were locked in a room for two weeks and deprived of all food and water. So, why should we believe that cognitively disabled patients experience the deprivation differently simply because they receive nourishment through a feeding tube instead of by mouth?
An accurate discussion of this sensitive issue requires the making of proper and nuanced distinctions about the consequences of removing nourishment from incapacitated patients. This generally becomes an issue in one of the following two diametrically differing circumstances:
- Depriving food and water from profoundly cognitively disabled persons like Terri who are not otherwise dying, a process that causes death by dehydration over a period of 10-14 days. As I will illustrate below, this may cause great suffering.
- Not forcing food and water upon patients who have stopped eating and drinking as part of the natural dying process. This typically occurs, for example, at the end stages of cancer when patients often refuse nourishment because the disease has distorted their senses of hunger and thirst. In these situations, being deprived of unwanted food and water when the body is already shutting down does not cause a painful death.
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Note:
Advance Medical Directive (AMD) is not euthanasia or mercy killing. Euthanasia / mercy killing is the deliberate ending of the life of a person suffering from an incurable and painful disease by unnatural means, such as the administration of lethal chemicals.
Whereas Advance Medical Directive (AMD) is a legal document you sign in advance to inform your doctor that you do not want the use of any life-sustaining treatment to be used to prolong your life in the event you become terminally ill and unconscious and where death is imminent.
Singapore's Lee says he wants a quick death
Copies of a new book by Singaporean elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew (unseen) are seen on sale after the launch at the Istana Presidential Palace in Singapore on 6 August, 2013. Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew is widely credited with transforming Singapore from an economic backwater to one of Asia's fastest-growing economies. (Photo: AFP / Mohd Fyrol)
Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who will turn 90 next month, said in a new book published Tuesday that he feels weaker by the day and wants a quick death.
Lee has visibly weakened since then and revealed in the book that despite daily exercise and a disciplined lifestyle, "with every passing day I am physically less energetic and less active."
"There is an end to everything and I want mine to come as quickly and painlessly as possible, not with me incapacitated, half in coma in bed and with a tube going into my nostrils and down to my stomach," he wrote.
Singapore’s Lee says he wants a quick death
Asked where he drew comfort from if not from religion, he said: “It is the end of any aches and pains and suffering. So I hope the end will come quickly.”
Elsewhere in the book, Lee addressed what he considers the biggest long-term threat to Singapore — its low birth rate — and rejected as “absurd” suggestions that his population programme in the 1970s urging couple to stop at two children contributed to the current situation.
Despite a slew of so-called “baby bonuses” to encourage couples to have children, Singapore’s total fertility rate last year stood at 1.20 children per woman, far below the 2.1 needed to maintain the native-born population.
Lee Kuan Yew on life after Cabinet... and death
Mr and Mrs Lee at the Istana in 1989 with (from left) Hsien Loong's youngest son Haoyi (on Mrs Lee's lap), Hsien Yang's sons Shengwu and Huanwu, and Hsien Loong's second son Hongyi (with Mr Lee)
Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew's new book launched last Tuesday, One Man's View Of The World, presents what he thinks about the future of major powers and regions.
In these extracts, he speaks about death and dying, a younger generation of Singaporeans who have known only a thriving Singapore, as well as Japan's ageing society and Europe's currency woes.
Mr Lee: "My daily routine is set. I wake up, clear my e-mail, read the newspapers, do my exercises and have lunch. After that, I go to my office at the Istana, clear more papers and write articles or speeches.
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Die Happy, Die Pretty, Die Desperately Clinging to Life
The most famous Singaporean of all time wrote recently that he wants a quick death. - “I had an Advance Medical Directive (AMD) done which says that if I have to be fed by a tube, and it is unlikely that I would ever be able to recover and walk about, my doctors are to remove the tube and allow me to make a quick exit. I had it signed by a lawyer friend and a doctor…
If you do not sign one, they do everything possible to prevent the inevitable.
I have seen this in so many cases… Quite often, the doctors and relatives of the patient believe they should keep life going. I do not agree. There is an end to everything and I want mine to come as quickly and painlessly as possible, not with me incapacitated, half in coma in bed and with a tube going into my nostrils and down to my stomach.”
And these are the wise words of our former PM, Mr Lee Kwan Yew. I totally agree with him. Under those circumstances, I too would want a quick exit. The following piece had gone viral some time ago. You may have read this before:
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Singapore's Lee says not to blame for low birth rate
Reuters/REUTERS - Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (C)
looks at his son Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) as he arrives for
his book launch at the Istana in Singapore August 6, 2013. The new
Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew has denied his
policies were to blame for the city's low birth rate and said financial
handouts for young couples would not solve the problem.
In excerpts from a new book to be launched later Tuesday, Lee
insisted that the reluctance of couples to have more children was the
result of changed lifestyles and mindsets, which no amount of financial
perks could alter.
Despite a slew of so-called "baby bonuses" to encourage couples to have children, Singapore's total fertility rate last year stood at 1.20 children per woman, far below the 2.1 needed to maintain the native-born population.
One Man's View of the Afterworld
In a chapter entitled "Personal Life", Mr Lee declared himself an agnostic:
I wouldn't call myself an atheist. I neither deny nor accept that there is a God. The universe, they say, came out of the Big Bang. But human beings on this earth have developed over the last 20,000 years into thinking beings and are able to see beyond themselves and think about themselves. Is that a result of Darwinian evolution? Or is it God? I do no know. So I do not laugh at people who believe in God. But I do not necessarily believe in God - nor deny that there could be one.
In 2010, Mr Lee bade farewell to Mdm Kwa Geok-Choo, his wife and
companion of 63 years. In the above-mentioned chapter, Mr Lee said:
I wish I can meet my wife in the hereafter, but I don't think I will. I just cease to exist just as she has ceased to exist - otherwise the world would be overpopulated. Is heaven such a large and limitless space that you can keep all the peoples of the world over the thousands of years past? I have a large question mark on that.Later on in the chapter, Mr Lee was asked again about his late spouse:
Q: How often do you think of Mrs Lee?I have an urn with her ashes and I have told my children to put my ashes next to hers in a columbarium, for sentimental reasons
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When Singapore had a dream
Unexpectedly, Lee Kuan Yew rose to speak. He insisted on making his way, somewhat unsteadily, to the rostrum, waving away the microphones that were brought to him.
A new book entitled "One Man's View of the World" was recently published by PM Lee’s father. The book conveys senior Lee's views on foreign affairs, international politics and the future of major powers and regions of the world.
Looking at the possible future as described by his father, can PM Lee and his PAP team handle the situation well? Do we have the confidence that the PAP can face the future?
If not, PM Lee may claim that the one man’s view is just another Chinese Room Argument.
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LKY antagonising an entire generation of Chinese
From ‘Life after Cabinet…and death’, 11 Aug 2013, excerpts from ‘One Man’s View of the World’, Think, Sunday Times.
What we did not know about was the determination of one man to deprive grandma of her simple pleasures.
When filial elements in the Government were looking into reintroducing Chinese dialect programmes on free-to-air channels, Lee Kuan Yew put his heavy foot down. "I had antagonised an entire generation of Chinese, who found their favourite dialect programmes cut off.... Why should I allow Cantonese or Hokkien to infect the next generation? If you bring it back, you will find portions of the older generation beginning to speak in dialects to their children and grandchildren," according to his One Man's View. Apparently he's still sore Lee Dai Sor was more popular than Lee Kuan Yew, the man who "paid a heavy price getting the dialect programmes suppressed and encouraging people to speak Mandarin." Dude, suppression of any form is never popular in civil societies.
He would rather let the older folks live their last days in silence, unable to communicate with their children and grandchildren. This has to be the saddest tale of all history
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On Lee Kuan Yew and what he said
A few loose thoughts on Lee Kuan Yew, who found himself in the spotlight again as National Day came around. Just to be clear, I haven’t read his new book, but have read snippets of it online.
First off, I find it odd that Channel NewsAsia/TODAYonline uses the title “former Minister Mentor” to address Mr Lee, while The Straits Times and foreign media use “former Prime Minister”. The latter is more appropriate because it recognises the fact that he was once the leader of the country (not to mention the longest serving). What his last cabinet position was is secondary. Mediacorp, please take note.
Just a few years ago, it was the “Hard Truths”. Now, a more humble sounding “One Man’s Views of the World”. Perhaps — just perhaps — this is acknowledgement from the man himself that he could be wrong sometimes?
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A very much subdued Lee at the age of 90 at this year's NDP. Totally in contrast to his younger gung-ho days.
Q - What is the similarity between Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first PM and Franklin Roosevelt, America's 32nd President?
A - Both had mobility issues at one time of their lives and both do not wish the public to see their clumsy locomotive skills.
Q - What is the difference?
A - Roosevelt overcame that with class. LKY, well..... you judge it yourself...
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Still A Visionary After All These Years
One thing is sure; even in his advancing years, Lee Kuan Yew is still as sharp as a tack and remains a great futurist.
I found his observations on the emergence of China as the world's number one global superpower of interest. It's a country that always plays the 'long game' quietly getting where it wants to go without too much fuss.
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Mr Lee wrote in the preface to his latest book: “My understanding
is based on my observations and interactions with various people over
the course of the last 50 years in government, during which I managed
Singapore’s foreign policy and met many key figures who had first-hand
experience dealing with the global issues of the day.”
On whether big power play will cause the United States and China to clash militarily, he wrote: “There is at present no bitter, irreconcilable ideological conflict between the Americans and a China that has enthusiastically embraced the free market. The Chinese need friendly relations with the US to secure continued access to its markets, investments, technology and universities. And the US simply has no need to make a long-term enemy out of China.”
He added that China would be active in pursuing its territorial claims knowing they are “the biggest boy in the neighbourhood”.
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'Unvarnished account, minus some rough edges'
When Singapore had a dream
Unexpectedly, Lee Kuan Yew rose to speak. He insisted on making his way, somewhat unsteadily, to the rostrum, waving away the microphones that were brought to him.
Once there, he stood silently for a moment, gazing into the crowd gathered at the Istana.
"Old friends," he said, finally. "Thank you for coming. Thank you for making time to attend my book launch."
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One Man’s View, Can Lee Hsien Loong handle it?
One Man’s View, Can Lee Hsien Loong handle it?
A new book entitled "One Man's View of the World" was recently published by PM Lee’s father. The book conveys senior Lee's views on foreign affairs, international politics and the future of major powers and regions of the world.
Looking at the possible future as described by his father, can PM Lee and his PAP team handle the situation well? Do we have the confidence that the PAP can face the future?
If not, PM Lee may claim that the one man’s view is just another Chinese Room Argument.
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LKY antagonising an entire generation of Chinese
From ‘Life after Cabinet…and death’, 11 Aug 2013, excerpts from ‘One Man’s View of the World’, Think, Sunday Times.
- Occasionally, when I disagree strongly with something, I make my views known to the Prime Minister. There was an instance of this when the Government was looking to reintroduce Chinese dialect programmes on free-to-air channels.
- A suggestion was made: “Mandarin is well-established among the population now. Let us go back to dialects so the old can enjoy dramas.”
- I objected, pointing out that I had, as prime minister, paid a heavy price getting the dialect programmes suppressed and encouraging people to speak Mandarin. So why backtrack?
- I had antagonised an entire generation of Chinese, who found their favourite dialect programmes cut off. There was one very good narrator of stories called Lee Dai Sor on Rediffusion, and we just switched off his show.
- Why should I allow Cantonese or Hokkien to infect the next generation? If you bring it back, you will find portions of the older generation beginning to speak in dialects to their children and grandchildren. It will creep back, slowly but surely
Sad Stories
What we did not know about was the determination of one man to deprive grandma of her simple pleasures.
When filial elements in the Government were looking into reintroducing Chinese dialect programmes on free-to-air channels, Lee Kuan Yew put his heavy foot down. "I had antagonised an entire generation of Chinese, who found their favourite dialect programmes cut off.... Why should I allow Cantonese or Hokkien to infect the next generation? If you bring it back, you will find portions of the older generation beginning to speak in dialects to their children and grandchildren," according to his One Man's View. Apparently he's still sore Lee Dai Sor was more popular than Lee Kuan Yew, the man who "paid a heavy price getting the dialect programmes suppressed and encouraging people to speak Mandarin." Dude, suppression of any form is never popular in civil societies.
He would rather let the older folks live their last days in silence, unable to communicate with their children and grandchildren. This has to be the saddest tale of all history
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A few loose thoughts on Lee Kuan Yew, who found himself in the spotlight again as National Day came around. Just to be clear, I haven’t read his new book, but have read snippets of it online.
First off, I find it odd that Channel NewsAsia/TODAYonline uses the title “former Minister Mentor” to address Mr Lee, while The Straits Times and foreign media use “former Prime Minister”. The latter is more appropriate because it recognises the fact that he was once the leader of the country (not to mention the longest serving). What his last cabinet position was is secondary. Mediacorp, please take note.
Just a few years ago, it was the “Hard Truths”. Now, a more humble sounding “One Man’s Views of the World”. Perhaps — just perhaps — this is acknowledgement from the man himself that he could be wrong sometimes?
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LKY tries to do a 'Franklin Roosevelt' at NDP 2013
A very much subdued Lee at the age of 90 at this year's NDP. Totally in contrast to his younger gung-ho days.
Q - What is the similarity between Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first PM and Franklin Roosevelt, America's 32nd President?
A - Both had mobility issues at one time of their lives and both do not wish the public to see their clumsy locomotive skills.
Q - What is the difference?
A - Roosevelt overcame that with class. LKY, well..... you judge it yourself...
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Still A Visionary After All These Years
One thing is sure; even in his advancing years, Lee Kuan Yew is still as sharp as a tack and remains a great futurist.
I found his observations on the emergence of China as the world's number one global superpower of interest. It's a country that always plays the 'long game' quietly getting where it wants to go without too much fuss.
read more
Lee Kuan Yew: One Man’s View Of The World
On whether big power play will cause the United States and China to clash militarily, he wrote: “There is at present no bitter, irreconcilable ideological conflict between the Americans and a China that has enthusiastically embraced the free market. The Chinese need friendly relations with the US to secure continued access to its markets, investments, technology and universities. And the US simply has no need to make a long-term enemy out of China.”
He added that China would be active in pursuing its territorial claims knowing they are “the biggest boy in the neighbourhood”.
'Unvarnished account, minus some rough edges'
Making a 10-minute appearance and wearing a blue silk Chinese jacket at the book launch at the Istana on Tuesday, Mr Lee gave a brief 1½-minute speech
Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew on Tuesday described his latest book, which features his view of the world, as a "gathering of 90 years of various experiences".
It is also a "largely unvarnished account with some of the rugged edges shaved off", said Singapore's founding father, who turns 90 next month.
Appearing to be in good spirits at his book launch at the Istana, he quipped, to laughter from the audience: "I do not want to ruffle too many feathers."
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Launch of Lee Kuan Yew's new book
Straits Times Press, the book publishing unit of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), announced today the launch of Mr Lee Kuan Yew's new book.
Titled One Man's View of the World by Lee Kuan Yew, the 400-page volume conveys Mr Lee's views on the future of the major powers and regions of the world.
The book is made up of 11 chapters. The first seven cover countries or regions: China, the United States, Europe, other Asian powers (Japan, India and Korea), South-east Asia, Singapore and the Middle East.
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Lee Kuan Yew: New book is unvarnished account
Former prime minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew said that while his views are "largely unvarnished" in his latest book on geopolitics, some of the rugged edges were shaved off.
"I didn't want to ruffle too many feathers," said Mr Lee at the launch of his book on geopolitics "One Man's View of the World" on Tuesday.
SPH chairman Lee Boon Yang said in a speech that the elder statesman was "remarkably candid" in his analysis of international politics, now that Mr Lee is freed from the limitations of being in the Cabinet,
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New book by former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew to be launched on Aug 6
A new book by former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew will be launched on Aug 6. Titled One Man’s View of the World, the 400-page volume covers Mr Lee’s views on the future of the major powers and regions of the world. He also writes about the global economy and climate change, and reflects candidly on life and death.
The final chapter of the book captures a series of conversations between Mr Lee and his old friend, former chancellor of West Germany, Helmut Schmidt. The two met to discuss international affairs over three days in May 2012 when Mr Schmidt was in Singapore.
A team from The Straits Times provided research and editorial material, and conducted a series of interviews with Mr Lee. Excerpts of these interviews are included in each of the eleven chapters.
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Pure Fiction
You know credibility is at stake when the picture on the cover bears faint resemblance to the present day subject of another ghost written excuse to fill the book shelf. Asked why he would want to "write" another book, Lee Kuan Yew, 89 going on 90, said, "To recount what has struck my life before I lose my memory."
The ghost writers, Han Fook Kwang et al says - unlike the earlier two volumes of memoirs, "Singapore Story" and "From Third World To First" - this 400-page exercise in ego massage focuses more on the future than the past. Lee must be the only person who has "memories" of the future. Artistic licence has just embarked on a new frontier.
As in previous publications, Lee just can't resist insulting other countries, "The iPhone, iPad, Microsoft, the Internet - these were created in America, not elsewhere. The Chinese have many talented individuals compared to the Americans, but why have they not been able to come up with similar inventions?"
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LKY pessimistic about Singapore
The ST did an excellent job yesterday or was it Saturday introducing LKY latest book. Unlike Hart Truths, I think his book launching today is worth reading. Not that Hard Truth was a time wasting book, I feel that only some of the hard truths therein were hard and the rest were optional.
"I cannot solve the problem, and I have given up..."
He can't solve it, the younger generation of leaders could? Even if they are more creative, which I doubt, who is going to carry this politically?
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LEE KUAN YEW: MONEY WON'T SOLVE SINGAPORE'S LOW BIRTHRATE
In his new book 'One Man's View of the World', Lee Kuan Yew shares that he has given up on solving the problem of low fertility and also emphasised that money won't solve the problem.
He suggested that if he were the prime minister, he would introduce a huge baby bonus which was equal to 2 years of the average Singaporean's salary.
He expected that running such a scheme for 1 year would prove beyond doubt that even super-sized monetary incentives have only a marginal effect on fertility rates.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew talks about WP MP in latest book
He has “not turned out to be so brilliant”. That’s what former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew said about Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament Chen Show Mao.
This line can be found in his latest book, One Man’s View Of The World (above). Mr Lee said in his book that Mr Chen disappointed in Parliament despite having stellar credentials.
In an e-mail reply to The New Paper, Mr Chen said he hasn’t read the book, adding that it is “after all, but one man’s view"
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Just what did LKY say about babies, women and Chen Show Mao?
Time to buy another LKY book. The former Prime Minister is launching One Man’s View of the World today, which focuses on foreign affairs. Yet another book did you say? Haven’t we had enough books about the man or from the man?
Well, ST (which is, again, the team behind the book) gave a pretty good blurb today about some of the stuff inside which has more to do with home than away from home.
One quote: “I cannot solve the problem, and I have given up. I have given the job to another generation of leaders. Hopefully, they or their successors will eventually find a way out.”
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LKY tells Chen Show Mao to go back to China
Lets put it this way. Not all the opposition parties are good but some of them are decent. Not all of PAP are lousy but some of them just cannot make it. Why can't the opposition be given a chance to prove themselves. I am sure you want to be given a chance to try to do something for your fellow Singaporeans. All we are saying is that PAP had their time and they didn't perform at their best and they didn't admit their mistakes till the very last desperate moment. What i can see from PAP's reaction is that they have finally woken up and know that they should be serving us Singaporeans and not the other way around. By giving the opposition a chance to prove their worth, we are also giving PAP a chance to once again prove to us whether they are really sincere when it comes to listening to us. If the opposition really cannot make it, PAP can always make a great comeback and show us they can really deliver.
My personal view is that this gen of PAP is not like the old guards where they really went through hardships and put their heart and soul into running the country. That's why we are where we are now. Our current crop of PAP had gone through many elections UNCONTESTED and they are untested. So technically they are not proven success too. History has it when a new Kingdom is started, it is always great for the first 20-30 years becos they group that built the country will ensure it has a certain level of success for a number of years. When the old guards passed on, the new gen will be weakened if they are untested and uncontested (in terms of war), then complacency sink and slowly the structure will weaken and that is where dawn of a new era will kick in.
We are at this point now. So lets bring in some decent opposition to track PAP and let the PAP be transparent and prove to us they can deliver at the highest level. Then we can have our good times back. Please remember opposition are Singaporeans too and they also have good interest for the country. Surely we don't want people from other countries taking over our beloved country.
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Another Instance of Former Minister Mentor's Balderdash
From time to time the former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew had amused Singaporeans with his gaffes or his balderdash. Quite often he prided himself with commanding the world audience with his so-called bombastic world view of politics but it is a different story with the Singaporean audience who view his so-called pearl of wisdom with cynicism except his die-hard supporters. He likes to believe that he is popular with and liked by Singaporeans but he has only to surf the internet to see the kind of "tributes" that netizens heaped on him.
Perhaps it would be an eye-opener to his loving daughter to surf the internet to see for herself the kind of uncomplimentary remarks on his eminent father before she extols his so-called virtues in her writings. These praises cut no ice with the discerning Singaporeans who have ceased to be mesmerised by his so-called charm.
It has been his character to write books about himself, among other topics, in order to boost his standing locally and world-wide. In his latest book entitled One Man's View of the World, he had the impudence of commenting on the sensitive and much criticised subject of Singapore abysmal 1.2 fertility rate. He was the prime minister in the 1970s when he decreed the "Stop at Two" population policy and he now has the gall to say that the suggestion that his campaign of the 1970s played a part in bringing fertility rates down is "absurd".
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Chen Show Mao has not turned out to be so brilliant: Lee Kuan Yew
This line can be found in his latest book, One Man’s View Of The World. Mr Lee said in his book that Mr Chen disappointed in Parliament despite having stellar credentials.In an e-mail reply to The New Paper, Mr Chen said he hasn’t read the book, adding that it is “after all, but one man’s view”. Link
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Lky said Chen Show Mao is nothing special... But then Pinkie how leh?
In his latest book, former MM LKY had reportedly given his verdict that Chen Show Mao, despite his impressive credentials, has been nothing special as an MP. Since we are on this topic of post-election performance, I would like to ask MM what he thinks of his son’s LHL, and the other PAP MPs performance too.
Lets start with his son, LHL. And let us do it the most objective way possible – over the last nearly 10 years that LHL had been PM, do you feel that you life has been better or worse? Do you feel more, or less, confident about your future? More importantly, do you feel more, or less confident, that your children will have a better future than you in Singapore?
I believe that unless you are an Elite, most of you will feel less secure and more anxious. And I think the ruling Elites are beginning to realise that (err .. after almost 10 years of LHL’s era) – look at the slew of actions they are now taking to reduce the income gap, etc etc etc. In other words, LHL’s era had been a major negative for Singapore, not just “nothing special”. Maybe, when it comes to his son, former MM LKY cannot be objective?
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Gospel of Harry
– The Void Decker: On Lee Kuan Yew and what he said
– Everything Also Complain: LKY antagonising an entire generation of Chinese
– THE DIARY OF A REBELLIOUS BUDDHIST: One Man’s View of the Afterworld
– Where Bears Roam Free: LKY bronze bust indicates Lee is a dictator
– Din Merican: Lee Kuan Yew strikes again: Malaysia on the Defensive Mode
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Lee Kuan Yew on death: I want mine quickly, painlessly
Quote: Originally Posted by coldwarmhot
Yes! That is the look that I was talking about. It is sad to witness the deterioration of a once powerful man.
You mean from this:
to this:
Quote: Originally Posted by coldwarmhot
Yes! That is the look that I was talking about. It is sad to witness the deterioration of a once powerful man.
You mean from this:
to this:
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Lee Kuan Yew: The Funniest Asian Man To Ever Have Lived On Planet Earth
Lee in his birthday suit out for a swim
Some criticize him as being a dictator, who trampled human rights and smashed his competition to get his way. Some people think he is the savior of Singapore and kept Singapore from remaining a third-world city-state riddled with poverty. I think he is the funniest Asian man to ever have lived on planet earth.read more
Lee Kuan Yew through the years
An emotional Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew during the press conference in 1965 to announce Singapore's separation from Malaysia.
A look back at the life and times of Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
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90 reasons why you secretly fancy Lee Kuan Yew
He is telegenic
He was not a hit with his girlfriend/ wife’s parents who did not approve of him at first
Helped to develop a glue based on tapioca, which he sold under the name Stikfas in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II. The logo was on his wedding cake
You would give up an arm and a leg to wear that hat
He can still pull chicks one-fifth his age
He could turn into a zombie or vampire, if future leaders mess Singapore up
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The Star Online: Dr M on Lee Kuan Yew: He's old, give him some allowance
The Sun Daily: Lee Kuan Yew entitled to his opinion: Tun M
Astro Awani: Tun Mahathir: Former Singapore premier is old
Global Post: S'pore's Lee Kuan Yew airs concern about Malaysian economic zone
Sin Chew Jit Poh: Race-based policies put Malaysia at disadvantage: LKY
The Star Online: Lee: Even a 'baby bonus' won't help
Business Times: Latest Lee Kuan Yew book launched at Istana
The Sun Daily: Low birth rate not my fault: Lee Kwan Yew
Bernama: Former Singapore PM Kuan Yew Launches New Book
Straits Times: Lee Kuan Yew: New book is unvarnished account
Nzweek: Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew launches new book on world's major powers
The Malay Mail Online: Lee Kuan Yew airs concern about Iskandar
Malaysia Chronicle: World leaders praise Kuan Yew's new book but from Malaysia
Malaysia Chronicle: ABSOLUTELY TRUE? M'sia willing to lose talent so that Malays
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The Credit For Singapore's Success
During the past fortnight, many accolades were heaped on the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister, who died on 23 March. Many of the accolades ignored the contributions of others who contributed to the Singapore success story.
Who were some of these people? Mr Lee's fellow cabinet ministers in the 1960s and 1970s such as Dr Goh Keng Swee, Dr Toh Chin Chye, Mr Sinnathamby Rajaratnam, Mr Hon Sui Sen and Mr Lim Kim San.
Unlike Mr Lee who remained at the centre of political power, these men stopped participating in legislative duties and have dropped out of public view, and possibly public consciousness, for more than a quarter of a century. Mr Lee said:
"I'm not a one-man show. You see my picture everywhere; it make it easier for you to symbolise it with one man. Don't believe it is a one-man show. It cannot be done."read more
The Singapore Story
My earliest and most vivid recollection is of being held by my ears over a well in the compound of a house where my family was then living, at what is now Tembeling Road in Singapore. I was about four years old.
I had been mischievous and had messed up an expensive jar of my father's 4711 pale-green scented brilliantine. My father had a violent temper, but that evening his rage went through the roof. He took me by the scruff of the neck from the house to this well and held me over it. How could my ears have been so tough that they were not ripped off, dropping me into that well? Fifty years later, in the 1970s, I read in Scientific American an article explaining how pain and shock release neuropeptides in the brain, stamping the new experience into the brain cells and thus ensuring that the experience would be remembered for a long time afterwards.
I was born in Singapore on 16 September 1923 in a large two-story bungalow at 92 Kampong Java Road. My mother, Chua Jim Neo, was then 16 years old. My father, Lee Chin Koon, was 20. Their parents had arranged the marriage a year previously. Both families must have thought it an excellent match, for they later married my father's younger sister to my mother's younger brother.
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Former PM Lee Kuan Yew in the limelight
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Family feud over how to mark LKY's death spills out online
New Law to Protect Lee Kuan Yew's Name and Image
Govt rebuts Lawyer's comments on QFLP scheme
Li Hongyi & Li Shengwu: 2 latest Internet sensation from the Lee family
PM Lee’s Nephew Supports Pink Dot
Remembering Lee Kuan Yew 2016
LKY Passing: Good Intentions Gone Wrong
PM broke down in Parliament talking about his Dad
A State Funeral Service held for Mr Lee Kuan Yew
Former PM Lee Kuan Yew in the limelight
Lee Kuan Yew passes away on 23 Mar 2015
Lee Kuan Yew – The Man and his Legacy
Lee Kuan Yew in ICU with severe pneumonia
The Battle For Merger
Happy 91st Birthday Lee Kuan Yew from Singapore!
Singapore's Founding Father Hospitalised
Lee Kuan Yew turns 90
Lee Kuan Yew hospitalised: Suspected Transient Ischaemic Attack
Lee & Lee - The job has changed
"One World's View Of The Man"
Lee Kuan Yew on death: I want mine quickly, painlessly
A Post-LKY Singapore?
The politics of power dressing: Ho Ching
