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Nanyang principal's story
'Mrs Lee presented her with a cane and requested that she use it, if necessary, for disciplining her son.'
DR REUBEN WONG: 'Listening to the eulogies to Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, one is saddened yet inspired by the principles which guided her life. My grandmother, the late Madam Cho Han Wah who was a long-serving headmistress of Nanyang Primary School, often recounted the time when Mrs Lee's eldest son, Hsien Loong, was admitted as a pupil in her school. Mrs Lee presented her with a cane and requested that she use it, if necessary, for disciplining her son who, as we know, grew up to be the Prime Minister of Singapore. Fortunately, this was never required. This and anecdotes about my grandmother's subsequent meetings with Mrs Lee spoke volumes of the values which she held fast to, and undoubtedly instilled in her children.'
Aiyah, everyone, isn't it obvious? Gay Loong cannot be caned by the same cane used on all the other students mah. His backside is special, and a cane that has touched the backside of hundreds of nanyang students is too proletariat to be used on him. His cane was a specially made Pierre cardin model, and was reserved only for his backside. Nothing is too good for clown prince, OK?