Ex-ISD Director: Already 90 but lacks civility and humanity

[Confuseous]

Tomorrow our former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew will be celebrating his 90th birthday, a longevity by any standard. No doubt there will be felicitous greetings from far and near to congratulate this nonagenarian on his so-called auspicious 90th birthday. In Singapore there will be many like Mr. Chua Thian Poh and Mr. Wee Cho Yaw, two prominent Chinese community leaders who will fall over one another to show their so-called obeisance.

In fact never to be outdone in their obsequious zeal, Mr. Chua Thian Poh, president of the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations and Mr. Thomas Chua, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry had organised a grand pre-birthday bash at the Shangri-Le Hotel meant to celebrate the so-called auspicious occasion in a grand way but with a pathetic imperfect element in that the birthday nonagenarian could not attend on his doctor's advice.

He was represented by his second son Mr. Lee Hsien Yang who received an award on his behalf, an opportunity lost in glorifying his presence. A picture book "Lee Kuan Yew : A Life In Pictures" was also published to commemorate the occasion. The celebration will not be complete without congratulatory messages from present and past world leaders. Of course they are not to know the unconscionable aspect of Lee Kuan Yew's persona.

All this pomp and pageantry has the illusion of giving a veneer of veneration to former MM Lee Kuan Yew, but does not really give an insight of the............http://singaporerecalcitrant.blogspot.sg/2013/09/already-90-but-lacks-civility-and.html

 

[johnny333]

To get the real picture of his achievements, we will have to wait until the he ups the lorry & more people coming forward to tell their stories. I for one want to know if there's anything left in the CPF

 

[laksaboy]

To get the real picture of his achievements, we will have to wait until the he ups the lorry & more people coming forward to tell their stories. I for one want to know if there's anything left in the CPF

The CPF is like religion and its promise of an afterlife in heaven if you obey the rules.

They tell you heaven exists and salvation is guaranteed because they say so, but no one had come back from the dead to verify that.

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[zhihau]

They tell you heaven exists and salvation is guaranteed because they say so, but no one had come back from the dead to verify that.

the CPF was a splendid scheme, check with those retirees in their mid 70s now. they managed to enjoy the fruits of their labour when they withdraw their CPF savings in the mid 90s at the age of 55.