Did PM Lee ever lived in a kampung:

[griffin]

We all know LHL had a very regimented upbringing and a childhood crafted by his strict parents who ensured he had no social intercourse with ordinary folks. Nothing wrong with that since it is their prerogative. So what does LHL know about kampung spirit, especially when kampungs have been relegated to history and only remains a faint memory among greying Singaporeans approaching their graves?

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pm-lee-says-singapore/798372.html

PM Lee says Singapore needs "gotong royong" spirit to do well

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said the strong community spirit present in kampongs should still be maintained today for Singapore to do well.

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said the strong community spirit present in kampongs should still be maintained today for Singapore to do well.

Mr Lee made these comments at a book launch, specially held for former residents of Kampong Radin Mas.

Kampong Radin Mas is believed to be among the oldest villages in Singapore.

While it was the birth place to many Malay-Muslim institutions, Mr Lee said it also produced leaders who made important contributions in politics, as well as in arts and culture.

He asked: "How did Radin Mas produce so many talented people? Some people said it's because of the 'air pancur' - the spring water, which flowed from Mount Faber to the kampong. Others said maybe it was the ice ball kacang, or the kuti kuti and the kana. All the sights and sounds and colours and activities of the old kampong.

"But everybody agrees that the 'gotong royong' spirit had a lot to do with it, where people help one another, where everybody knew everyone else and each spurred the other to go on and do their best.

"Even today, when we are in HDB flats - much bigger towns, not a few hundred people, but hundred thousand people perhaps - it's still necessary for us to maintain that strong community spirit for us to do well."

 

[Boliao]

Yes, his home is as big as a kampong and has as many man-servants and maid servants as village

 

[halsey02]

If you consider Oxley Rd & Istana, a kampung, yes!.

 

[tanwahtiu]

Everywhere is kampong PA and he is Kampong Chief under PMO.

If you consider Oxley Rd & Istana, a kampung, yes!.

 

[Agoraphobic]

Yes. And his papa was the Kampung Pengulu.

Cheers!

 

[Glaringly]

Easy. Permits HDB dwellers to raise chickens and let them runs wild in their corridor and reviving the good old kampong spirit.

 

[griffin]

I just realized that this is the Hungry Ghost month. So LHL must be talking of spirits in the kampung.

 

[halsey02]

I just realized that this is the Hungry Ghost month. So LHL must be talking of spirits in the kampung.

You mean the pontianak hiding in the banana plant?? Nowadays, the 'pontianaks' are hiding in the RC's....that is the kampung spirit!!

 

[Satyr]

We all know LHL had a very regimented upbringing and a childhood crafted by his strict parents who ensured he had no social intercourse with ordinary folks. Nothing wrong with that since it is their prerogative. So what does LHL know about kampung spirit, especially when kampungs have been relegated to history and only remains a faint memory among greying Singaporeans approaching their graves?

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pm-lee-says-singapore/798372.html

PM Lee says Singapore needs "gotong royong" spirit to do well

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said the strong community spirit present in kampongs should still be maintained today for Singapore to do well.

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said the strong community spirit present in kampongs should still be maintained today for Singapore to do well.

Mr Lee made these comments at a book launch, specially held for former residents of Kampong Radin Mas.

Kampong Radin Mas is believed to be among the oldest villages in Singapore.

While it was the birth place to many Malay-Muslim institutions, Mr Lee said it also produced leaders who made important contributions in politics, as well as in arts and culture.

He asked: "How did Radin Mas produce so many talented people? Some people said it's because of the 'air pancur' - the spring water, which flowed from Mount Faber to the kampong. Others said maybe it was the ice ball kacang, or the kuti kuti and the kana. All the sights and sounds and colours and activities of the old kampong.

"But everybody agrees that the 'gotong royong' spirit had a lot to do with it, where people help one another, where everybody knew everyone else and each spurred the other to go on and do their best.

"Even today, when we are in HDB flats - much bigger towns, not a few hundred people, but hundred thousand people perhaps - it's still necessary for us to maintain that strong community spirit for us to do well."

Guess who destroyed the gotong royong spirit and made it every man for himself.

 

[jw5]

Guess who destroyed the gotong royong spirit and made it every man for himself.

"he's the best, his family members are the best, who agrees with him is for him, who disagrees with him is against him, those who are for him will be rewarded, those who are against him will be hounded, stop people from having independent thought, from having their own ideas of governance and individual rights and from having a different stance from him........................ "

 

[leetahbar]

those who really lived in a kampong before would know that many kampongs were mysteriously torched. many suspected the gahmen behind it. they exploited the secret societies gangsters to do all the dirty works.

bt ho swee's great fire was rumoured to be one. it's a very strange and X-FILE case. no exact reasons was presented. many might not know it. this case was filed NOT under criminal case but in a political 's X-FILE case or the ISD file.