Ten personal experiences I had with Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s policies as Prime Minister:- 1. Defamation lawsuits – I grew up knowing more of LKY on his defamation lawsuits against his political opponents than anything else. I realised then that…
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There was no vainglory in the title of the first volume of Lee Kuan Yew’s memoirs: “The Singapore Story”. Few leaders have so embodied and dominated their countries: Fidel Castro, perhaps, and Kim Il Sung, in their day. But both of…
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Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who was Singapore’s first Prime Minister when the country gained Independence in 1965, has died on Monday (Mar 23) at the age of 91. “The Prime Minister is deeply grieved to announce the passing of Mr Lee…
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One has red and white colours on its wings. Another is a threatened species named after the tiger-like stripes on its wings. Both butterflies, together with four others, are vying for the title of Singapore’s national butterfly. The Nature Society…
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In what prosecutors described as the “worst case of sexual offences against pubescent males”, a 31-year-old engineer was today (March 20) sentenced to 30 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane, the maximum number of strokes allowed under the…
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