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Some people might think that Singapore’s prosperity is due to the work and accomplishment of Mr Lee Kuan Yew – an accomplishment worthy of Lincoln’s legacy. That would be a grave mistake. Singapore was already an important and prosperous port city soon after its founding. Even in 1960, around the time when Lee Kuan Yew took power, Singapore was already one of the most prosperous in Asia, bettered only by Japan, oil rich Brunei and Hong Kong. While it is true that our per capita GDP grew manifold after Lee Kuan Yew took power, the architect of that progress wasn’t him but Dr Albert Winsemius, a Dutch economist sent by the United Nations to help us industrialise.
President Lincoln is said to have given hope to nearly all regardless how humble their beginnings. But Lee Kuan Yew once implemented the Graduate Mothers Scheme which advantaged a small number of graduate mothers and disadvantaged many more non-graduate mothers. He is thus an elitist quite unlike President Lincoln.
President Lincoln is said to be the master in the art of rhetoric. Lee Kuan Yew recently threatened voters with five years of repent if they voted in the opposition. He once referred to Singaporeans as ‘working animals’ whose spurs are not stuck deep enough in the hide. He once said that our women will become maids in other countries if not for his good government. Does Lincoln ever give such crass rhetoric?
- http://trulysingapore.wordpress.com...rds-theatre-lincoln-medal-to-mr-lee-kuan-yew/
President Lincoln is said to have given hope to nearly all regardless how humble their beginnings. But Lee Kuan Yew once implemented the Graduate Mothers Scheme which advantaged a small number of graduate mothers and disadvantaged many more non-graduate mothers. He is thus an elitist quite unlike President Lincoln.
President Lincoln is said to be the master in the art of rhetoric. Lee Kuan Yew recently threatened voters with five years of repent if they voted in the opposition. He once referred to Singaporeans as ‘working animals’ whose spurs are not stuck deep enough in the hide. He once said that our women will become maids in other countries if not for his good government. Does Lincoln ever give such crass rhetoric?
- http://trulysingapore.wordpress.com...rds-theatre-lincoln-medal-to-mr-lee-kuan-yew/
