Almost suddenly, Kuan Yew sings a different tune about Muslims in Singapore. The move is executed in a patently Kuan Yewish fashion—what he has to say appear more dramatic than it really is and the media assists in the mystification of Kuan Yew as a sage who is an inch away from infallibility but whose [...]
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Kuan Yew has single-handedly popularized many words. Despot is one of them. Complacency another. The most recent word: daft. While I do not agree with Kuan Yew that voters who vote for the opposition in order to spite the PAP are daft, I have no idea why it is getting so much attention. It is, [...]
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“Over time, our political leaders have become less hard-driving and hard-striving, winning elections through GRC walkovers. That’s why it would be a good thing for the people to welcome more opposition in the Parliament. If the incumbent party is falling behind because of its own complacency, that is its problem.” (We should always learn from [...]
Filed under: Immigration / Foreign Talents | Tagged: Confession, Foreigners, Immigrants, KuanYew, Locals | 6 Comments »
Molly Meek