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Here's why I won't buy or borrow to read this egomaniac's books

dr.wailing

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His works may be entertaining as story books but as guides to solving problems of today, they fail miserably.

We just have to look at LHL. He must have read his father's books but look at what Sinkieland has become under his rule: crumbling healthcare system, public transport system overstretched, percentage of Sinkie citizens shrank to less than 40%, good jobs being snapped up by foreign PMEs (whose fault is it that our universities are not preparing and training our undergrads for work in the real world?).

Summary: we can see how relevant Old Fart's books to our modern Sinkieland are when we just have to look at the failures of his son in managing Sinkapore.

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"Digital edition of Mr Lee's memoirs out on Monday"

The Straits Times, August 23 2014, page A12

Two volumes of memoirs by Singapore's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew will be available for downloading at selected e-book stores from Monday.

They include an author's note in which he expresses his wish that the books - The Singapore Story and From Third World To First - reach a new generation of online readers.

He says that he wrote the books to apprise younger Singaporeans of the Singapore he grew up in: "It was to give them an understanding of the difficulties Singapore faced then in its struggle to survive in the midst of larger, newly independent nations pursuing nationalistic policies."

The two-part memoirs, the first out in 1999 and the second in 2000, details his early years till Independence in 1965, and his life from then up to the 1990s.

They describe his battles against colonialists, communists and communalists and the challenges he and his colleagues faced in building Singapore's education, defence, economy and infrastructure.

He also relates anecdotes of significant moments in his life and gives insights into the men he worked with, including Cabinet colleagues Goh Keng Swee, S. Rajaratnam and Toh Chin Chye and leaders such as Malaysia's Tunku Abdul Rahman.

In the digital edition's note, he says that while globalisation and technology have changed the world and Singapore since then, threats remain and the challenge to national survival is grave.

"It is my hope that the experiences of my generation find relevance with a generation that grew up with digital literacy and technology," adds Mr Lee, who turns 91 on Sept 16.

More than 430,000 copies of both books have been sold in Singapore and Malaysia.

The e-books, produced and sold under licence from Singapore Press Holdings which owns the publication rights to the memoirs, will be available for $34.99 each at major e-book retailers.

The Singapore Story will be available on Amazon Kindle, Applie iBookstre, Google Play, Ebooks.com, Booktique, E-Sentral, Overdrive, ebrary, Net Library and Cyberlibris; while From Third World To First will be available on Google Play, E-Sentral, Kobo, Booktique and Ebooks.com
 

frenchbriefs

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its funny cause Lee kuan Yew doesnt read fiction story books,he believes the imagination is a waste of time.yet his books are stranger than fiction.
 

escher

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More than 430,000 copies of both books have been sold in Singapore and Malaysia.


I rather believe horseface can sing and dance with her CDs flying off the shelves bought by fans insane over her singing.

WHO THE FUCK BUY SMEAR OF SHIT ON SOLE OF SHOE LKY TRASHY BOASTINGS?
DID LKY TALKED ABOUT HOW HE EAT BETTER AND LIVE BETTER BY VOLUNTEERING FOR JAPANESE KEMPEI TAI?
DID LKY EXPLAIN HOW HE CAN BE TRANSLATOR KNOWING JUST ONE FUCKING LANGUAGE?
 

scroobal

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Some people buy the book to see how he thinks and what he reveals. I am sure many do not accept his model. Look at his treatment of Marshall and JBJ. The way he describes them is like they raped his mother. The hatred and disdain is so overboard that it surprised many. Also look at his description of Lee Siew Choh who is also a medical doctor. You thought he was describing a sugar can seller. Look at the way he describes Dominic Puthucheary's father and yet the son still joined PAP.

These help to see the measure of the man and you then realise that despite all his talk about being squeaky clean, there has to be a lot of dirt and that his family must have got the lion's share of the loot.
 

frenchbriefs

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Some people buy the book to see how he thinks and what he reveals. I am sure many do not accept his model. Look at his treatment of Marshall and JBJ. The way he describes them is like they raped his mother. The hatred and disdain is so overboard that it surprised many. Also look at his description of Lee Siew Choh who is also a medical doctor. You thought he was describing a sugar can seller. Look at the way he describes Dominic Puthucheary's father and yet the son still joined PAP.

These help to see the measure of the man and you then realise that despite all his talk about being squeaky clean, there has to be a lot of dirt and that his family must have got the lion's share of the loot.

did he really write that in his books?anyway im not sure whats the point of writing books,his supporters are too dumb to read a book and even if they do have the intelligence to read books they would realise that his books are about as flaky and full of illogical fallacies as those religious books and gospel.
 
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kingrant

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You should write a book. I will read it. I am sure it will not be dry, if at all, it will be dry humour. I never fail to laugh at yr similies and analogies..."like they raped his mother", "describing a sugar cane seller." ROTL. And that caustic touch. Classic Scroo.

Have to say it even if people think I am you, and think this is a soliloquy.



Some people buy the book to see how he thinks and what he reveals. I am sure many do not accept his model. Look at his treatment of Marshall and JBJ. The way he describes them is like they raped his mother. The hatred and disdain is so overboard that it surprised many. Also look at his description of Lee Siew Choh who is also a medical doctor. You thought he was describing a sugar can seller. Look at the way he describes Dominic Puthucheary's father and yet the son still joined PAP.

These help to see the measure of the man and you then realise that despite all his talk about being squeaky clean, there has to be a lot of dirt and that his family must have got the lion's share of the loot.
 

virus

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look no futrther than china. they did not stop inviting him becos of pro usa gestures.
dictatorialship does not hv a place there. neither is their intention to squeeze the public into slavery. those r colonial behaviors.
Some people buy the book to see how he thinks and what he reveals. I am sure many do not accept his model. Look at his treatment of Marshall and JBJ. The way he describes them is like they raped his mother. The hatred and disdain is so overboard that it surprised many. Also look at his description of Lee Siew Choh who is also a medical doctor. You thought he was describing a sugar can seller. Look at the way he describes Dominic Puthucheary's father and yet the son still joined PAP.

These help to see the measure of the man and you then realise that despite all his talk about being squeaky clean, there has to be a lot of dirt and that his family must have got the lion's share of the loot.
 

frenchbriefs

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You should write a book. I will read it. I am sure it will not be dry, if at all, it will be dry humour. I never fail to laugh at yr similies and analogies..."like they raped his mother", "describing a sugar cane seller." ROTL. And that caustic touch. Classic Scroo.

Have to say it even if people think I am you, and think this is a soliloquy.

no no it could be a romantic comedy like fifty shades of grey(which i have not read) considering the faggotry that goes on around this forum,jesus h christ im starting to think im in the twilight zone or something where clones are having coversations with clones.
 

escher

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These help to see the measure of the man and you then realise that despite all his talk about being squeaky clean, there has to be a lot of dirt and that his family must have got the lion's share of the loot.


We will see very soon the measure of that smear of shit on sole of shoe LKY

In coming days or weeks or even month, that bastard LKY will become a rotting corpse.
We then will see how long Arseloon and PAP last .

Will they even last the time a joss stick take to burn?

PAP consist of all the fucking greedy scums of society united only by greed and the fear of LKY. Those in PAP consist of moral degenerates and moral filths presented to us as moral compasses.

Even now, those in PAP are sharpening knives ready for use the moment LKY die.

Arseloon will be chop into pieces with Ho Ching and the LEE KWA gang
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS AT STAKE WITH THE MOST GREEDY VICIOUS BASTARDS AND COWARDS GATHERED INTO PAP

THEY FEAR IF THEY DO NOT STRIKE, OTHERS WILL STRIKE THEM FIRST

NOT TOO LONG TO SEE IF ARSELOON AND PAP CAN LAST EVEN THE TIME FOR A JOSS STICK TO BURN
IF ANYONE EVEN BOTHER TO BURN THAT JOSS STICK FOR THAT SMEAR OF SHIT ON SOLE OF SHOE LKY
 

scroobal

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After reading a few pages of his first tome, I put it down and told myself that I needed a good dictionary. The old man carefully choses his word to represent his feelings to a t. And I am not talking about a chim word every pages. Nearly every page an adjective.

I then realised that he also chose the words carefully knowing that most of his followers have no idea what it means and it became a form of cryptography. Which is I gather is your point.

did he really write that in his books?anyway im not sure whats the point of writing books,his supporters are too dumb to read a book and even if they do have the intelligence to read books they would realise that his books are about as flaky and full of illogical fallacies as those religious books and gospel.
 

scroobal

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I use to engage in satire in this forum and Sam used to laugh at me knowing the audience. Sam on the other hand will take them for a long bus ride. Some are still on the bus.

When it comes to analogies and similes, I realised the extreme and sometimes exaggerated form does deliver the message. People are generally nice and politically correct and may not understand what transpired. If Lee Siew Choh was not medical doctor and if I had no background about what he did, I would have taken his description at face value - a sugar cane seller. Lee Siew Choh was an absolute socialist and the first among his kind. He was heavily influenced by John Eber a dye in the wool communist who was banished to the UK. But he was for the people. As a medical doctor he could have been with the elites.

And remember the shock people got when the father and son sent the terrible letter of condolence to Kenneth and Philip Jeyaretnam on the demise of JBJ. I was not shocked at all taken back because I read his book and remembered how he thought of him.

If I write a book, I have to leave Singapore for good. I am however sure PSC will laughing and will make the connections over many interactions over the years.

You should write a book. I will read it. I am sure it will not be dry, if at all, it will be dry humour. I never fail to laugh at yr similies and analogies..."like they raped his mother", "describing a sugar cane seller." ROTL. And that caustic touch. Classic Scroo.

Have to say it even if people think I am you, and think this is a soliloquy.
 

frenchbriefs

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rubbish,the way u describe him,that means hes a mastery of prose,a shakespearean author and his plays should be studied in every native english classroom.NO!!It is but of horseshit,cowshit and bullshit.

it is like one of those self help books by stephen R covey "seven habits of highly successful people",where its one thick tome where each chapter is like bohemian rhapsody,like a freaking 2 hour long opera of intelligible italian falsetto singing and a clown crying.....where he weaves the most complicated logic and the most complex paradigms where u crack ur head for days and weeks trying to decipher this marvellous alien knowledge,thinking when u finally "get it" u would unlock the key to success.....and then it dawns on you that all these could jolly well be nothing but horseshit and bullshit!!!!!

i know ur trying to tempt me into taking a peak at one of his books but im not a fool.

After reading a few pages of his first tome, I put it down and told myself that I needed a good dictionary. The old man carefully choses his word to represent his feelings to a t. And I am not talking about a chim word every pages. Nearly every page an adjective.

I then realised that he also chose the words carefully knowing that most of his followers have no idea what it means and it became a form of cryptography. Which is I gather is your point.
 

eatshitndie

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i have all his books and will buy more as gifts to those who suffer from constipation and spend considerable time in the restroom. :o
 

scroobal

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His demise is unlikely to change the scene much at least in the short and medium term. The Lee and the OCBC axis is strong. After the great Tan Chin Tuan's daughter broke away from OCBC, I knew that this empire will carry on for a while.

Remember when they did the sweet deal for the second son with a $1m consultancy fee that led to resignation of Dr Han Cheng Fong.

And guess what the brother and wife do, they sold F&N, APB, Raffles Hotel, Tiger Beer, all Singapore icons.

The clan will be living overseas while their cronies will be running the show.

We will see very soon the measure of that smear of shit on sole of shoe LKY

In coming days or weeks or even month, that bastard LKY will become a rotting corpse.
We then will see how long Arseloon and PAP last .
 
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