From ‘NYC gets Lee Kuan Yew Prize’, 22 March 2012, article in Today. New York City has been awarded the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize this year, after beating more than 60 nominations from all over the world. The prize was awarded yesterday to the Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, and [...]
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From ‘Parents slam MOE scheme’, 25 Feb 2012, article in insing.com Parents feel that the volunteer scheme in the primary one registration process should go. In a radio survey carried out by Lianhe Wanbao on radio FM100.3, most listeners feel that the government should scrap the parent volunteer scheme. …The scheme has so far drawn [...]
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From PM Lee: Singapore’s fertility rate up last year, 22 Jan 2012, article by Judith Tan/Lydia Lim, Sunday Times Singapore’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) picked up slightly last year to 1.20, up from a historic low of 1.15 in 2010. The Prime Minister announced the figure on Saturday in his Chinese New Year message, which [...]
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From ‘M’sia religious body still studying Hard Truths’, 10 Dec 2011, article in Today Malaysia’s government has said that a book on Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew is “still being studied” despite federal Islamic authorities earlier confirming that it has been placed on a list of books declared “haram”, or forbidden to Muslims. Minister [...]
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From ‘Comfortable with the face I’ve earned’, 4 Dec 2011, article by Lee Wei Ling, Think, Sunday Times …I have said in this column before that I myself am aesthetically challenged, and I meant it in all honesty. But there was a time when I looked reasonably attractive – average, I would say. The past [...]
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From ‘The truth about my father’s health’, 6 Nov 2011, article by Lee Wei Ling, Sunday Times …The following week, when I showed him the positive feedback from two readers on the article (Living a life with no regrets), he paused for a moment, then said: ‘Let the readers know I have sensory peripheral neuropathy.’ [...]
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From ‘A world without white knights’, 5 Nov 2011, article by Janice Heng, ST …The possibility that Greece may leave the euro zone has raised questions over the future of a unified Europe. If convergence in Europe fails, Mr Lee (Hsien Loong) said, the world will face a difficult situation. That includes Singapore, which depends [...]
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From ‘Abolish ISA in S’pore’, 17 Sept 2011, ST Forum (Tan Si An): IN 1991, then Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore would consider abolishing the Internal Security Act if Malaysia were to do so (‘S’pore ‘will consider scrapping ISA if KL does so”; Feb 3, 1991). …On Thursday, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib [...]
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From ‘My mind was a total blank’, 8 Sept 2011, article by Koh Hui Theng, New Paper SHE had a burning question for former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew last night. Given the big influx of immigrants here in a short time, and a dilution of the national identity, what can we do to create [...]
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From Wikileaks claim is false:Lee Kuan Yew, 5 Sept 2011, article in Today. SINGAPORE – Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said the claim in a cable released by WikiLeaks, in which he had “characterised Islam as a ‘venomous religion’”, is false. Mr Lee this morning issued a statement following the release by Wikileaks of [...]
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