PM Lee referred to his father LKY as Singapore’s founding prime minister. But Singapore has no founding prime minister for neither 1959 nor 1965 were founding years but the years we attained total internal self-government and independence respectively. We have only one founder – Sir Stamford Raffles, whose name is behind the school that educated LKY, PM Lee’s father.
I refer to the 10 Feb 2014 Straits Times report “PM Lee outlines health-care package for 450,000 pioneers”.
PM Lee reportedly paid tribute to those who were at least 16 years old in 1965 as the pioneers who built the Singapore nation from its infancy. But the Singapore of 1965 had been thriving and prospering for 146 years already since 1819 and not at all at infancy.
First generation of Singaporeans
PM Lee thanked this first generation of Singaporeans. But the generation of 1965 wasn’t the first generation of Singaporeans. Generations of Singaporeans have existed since colonial times as these letters attest to:
http://trulysingapore.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/correcting-pm-lees-pioneer-package-address/
I refer to the 10 Feb 2014 Straits Times report “PM Lee outlines health-care package for 450,000 pioneers”.
PM Lee reportedly paid tribute to those who were at least 16 years old in 1965 as the pioneers who built the Singapore nation from its infancy. But the Singapore of 1965 had been thriving and prospering for 146 years already since 1819 and not at all at infancy.
First generation of Singaporeans
PM Lee thanked this first generation of Singaporeans. But the generation of 1965 wasn’t the first generation of Singaporeans. Generations of Singaporeans have existed since colonial times as these letters attest to:
http://trulysingapore.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/correcting-pm-lees-pioneer-package-address/