LKY have no idea who wants to poison him

[flkyflky]

He FORGOT that he is a defector of the British Colony who served the Japanese invader, and then Japs surrender he defected to British again. When Barisan fought for Independence he defected British to join Barisan. And after that he defected Barisan and (later) arrested Barisan. He joined Malaysia but he tried a coupe to take over Tunku's seat, like Dr M did to Anwar he got booted out. The only mistake Tunku did was he did not put LKY the DEFECTOR into ISD cell to rot away.:oIo::oIo:

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'MM Lee, does your food go through a food taster?'
The book cover of Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going. -- ST PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN

THE following is an excerpt from the 32 hours of interviews Straits Times journalists held with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew for the book Hard Truths, available in bookstores now.

Q: Does your food go through a tester before you eat it?

A: (long chuckle) 'What do I need that for? Who's going to poison me? I'm not a defector from the KGB.'

Q: Do you believe in love, and love at first sight?

A: 'I don't believe in love at first sight. I think it's a grave mistake. You're attracted by physical characteristics and you'll regret it.'

Q: But love, surely?

A: 'Yes, yes. I married a woman whom I knew for a long time. I had no interest in her when she was a student at Raffles College with me because I was too young and preoccupied with my work. But she told me later that she was interested in me.

'During the war, I was making gum mucilage. Yong Nyuk Lin was the chemist, so one production was at my home, the other production was at his home.

'I went to see him, and there she was. There was time on my hands, I was cycling. So I said, 'Oh, she's a nice girl.' We became friends. Then it gradually developed and I carefully considered the problem.

'I think I made the right choice. And with every passing year we adjusted to each other, until now even our habits become the same. That's life.'

Q: There was an interesting question that was submitted. It said, 'I heard that, like Sherlock Holmes, you do not read, watch or hear anything that is irrelevant to your work.' Is that true?

A: 'By and large, yes. Where is the time? But I read Don Quixote for relaxation when the new translation came up, which is well translated. I was in Spain and I got a copy in English. It's not relevant to my work but it carried me back to a different century. Cervantes imagined his knight-errant and Sancho Panza. Quite an interesting read.'

Q: Did you find any lessons in it?

A: 'You might mean well but don't tilt at windmills, it's a waste of time. But it was a comedy, it's a story. I don't tilt at windmills. I got mortal foes to fight against.'

Q: Is the 'climate of fear' Singaporeans feel here partly your doing?

A: 'Come off it! Are you fearful? If you're fearful why do you ask me this question? Is anything going to happen to you? Utter rubbish!'

Q: We may not personally be fearful but we did encounter quite a few young people who were.

A: 'I cannot explain that and I'm not interested whether they're fearful or not fearful. I think it's better that they're fearful and they take me seriously, than if they think I'm somebody they can brush off. That's all. And if you're the prime minister and you're brushed off, you're in trouble.'
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[halsey02]

I won't pay $10,000 for the book...even $39.90 for some days I may not even have that amount of money & I can't eat the book...:(

 

[Tristan]

You give me the book and I'll throw it in the bin. A book of evil thoughts and bad influence from one of the world's most despicable dictators.

 

[Dreamer1]

MM LKY has probably forgotten the conversation that he had with his good golf buddy,late dictator General Ne Win of Burma.

During one of their conversations,LKY seek advice fr General Ne Win about food tester,as it is well known in Burma that Ne Win was saved a few times by his food tester,one Indain guy called Rajoo,who cooked for Ne Win and tested all the foods before he served to General Ne Win.

Ne Win was throw into prison and died ,his whole family is now under lock up,house arrest,LKY must be thanking his iwn lucky star looking at what happende to he buddy,dictatot Genetal ne Win.