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An Ex-Singapore Expat Reflects On Lee Kuan Yew’s Passing

Author: Rilek1Corner March 23, 2015 0 Comments

During the three years my family and I lived there, I was always aware we were living in Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore. It was Mr. Lee, of course, who had the extraordinarily bold vision back in 1965 that the tiny patch…
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Col (Ret) John Morrice: The Passing of a Heroic SAF Pioneer

Author: Rilek1Corner October 28, 2014 0 Comments

SINGAPORE: “Without John and his generation of officers, we would not have today’s SAF (Singapore Armed Forces),” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wrote of the late John Morrice. The retired Army Colonel died on Oct 24 of a heart attack….
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