SM Lee: Facebook irrelevant; Staying alive more important

[SneeringTree]

The Straits Times
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Nov 20, 2010
MM Lee: I don't Facebook
By Rachel Scully, Multimedia Journalist

WHEN asked if he has a Facebook account on Friday, he said it is irrelevant and sees no point in having one.

87-year-old Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew shared these thoughts in an open dialogue session held to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Hewlett-Packard Singapore. He went on to add that he has yet to try out the Blackberry either because it is too small for him.

MM Lee also shared his thoughts on how Singapore stands a chance in competing with Asian giants China and India during the Asian Century. By being more well-connected, exposed to the world and speak more than one language, Singaporeans stand out from their Chinese and Indian counterparts.

In 1970, Hewlett-Packard was one of the earliest multi-national companies to set foot in Singapore. From a rented factory in Redhill with only 62 employees, HP Singapore has grown to become a multi-billion dollar company and the largest exporter in Singapore.

While speaking to a two-hundred strong crowd about the importance of MNCs to our country, the open dialogue session also revealed personal sides of Singapore's founding

Find out what keeps MM Lee awake at night, and how he would tackle the issue of a soft generation of youths on RazorTV. [Hacking each other down is soft meh????}

 

[cleareyes]

The Straits Times
www.straitstimes.com
Singapore
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Nov 20, 2010
MM Lee: I don't Facebook
By Rachel Scully, Multimedia Journalist

WHEN asked if he has a Facebook account on Friday, he said it is irrelevant and sees no point in having one.

87-year-old Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew shared these thoughts in an open dialogue session held to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Hewlett-Packard Singapore. He went on to add that he has yet to try out the Blackberry either because it is too small for him.

MM Lee also shared his thoughts on how Singapore stands a chance in competing with Asian giants China and India during the Asian Century. By being more well-connected, exposed to the world and speak more than one language, Singaporeans stand out from their Chinese and Indian counterparts.

In 1970, Hewlett-Packard was one of the earliest multi-national companies to set foot in Singapore. From a rented factory in Redhill with only 62 employees, HP Singapore has grown to become a multi-billion dollar company and the largest exporter in Singapore.

While speaking to a two-hundred strong crowd about the importance of MNCs to our country, the open dialogue session also revealed personal sides of Singapore's founding

Find out what keeps MM Lee awake at night, and how he would tackle the issue of a soft generation of youths on RazorTV. [Hacking each other down is soft meh????}

I think his comments are fair. Not everyone cares about FB and not everyone bother to use it.

As he is of an older generation, many might see it as very troublesome.

 

[coolguy]

Seriously, your think I care about your kiddo soft toys when I already have all the best things in the world?
Why do I still need a FB account or BB when I have all my servants around me 24hrs per day?
They are my FB and BB.

 

[bodycells]

I think his comments are fair. Not everyone cares about FB and not everyone bother to use it.

As he is of an older generation, many might see it as very troublesome.

who gives a shit what he thinks. he should step down long ago. only sinkies are stupid enough to let him had his hands on the reserves and money that all sinkie serf paid every moment in their life.

 

[jbsmith]

He must be sad, you have demoted him to SM. :p

 

[halsey02]

I think his comments are fair. Not everyone cares about FB and not everyone bother to use it.

As he is of an older generation, many might see it as very troublesome.

The older geneartion finds it easier to pick up the phone to call & chat or go to the coffee shop & talk cock...or write a letter..

MM Lee FB?....I won't even want to access...:p

 

[Dreamer1]

The older geneartion finds it easier to pick up the phone to call & chat or go to the coffee shop & talk cock...or write a letter..

MM Lee FB?....I won't even want to access...:p

MM LKY shows hia age.

Probably the first time he declared in public

"I do not know and not learing."

MM LKY's days are numbered!I think

 

[zuoom]

it would be unwise to ignore the facebook phenomenon.

it would be like what M$ did to the PC. as to what Google did to the search engines.

social media for now is Facebook.

 

[halsey02]

MM LKY shows hia age.

Probably the first time he declared in public

"I do not know and not learing."

MM LKY's days are numbered!I think

Was that why he is going back to school again, to learn? maybe he is forgetting his, "ABC giam chye, char roti"...and 1 + 1 maketh many...

 

[SneeringTree]

He must be sad, you have demoted him to SM. :p

Yah. Honest mistake. Let's move on.

 

[dysentry]

what a joker, calling FB irrelevant, his job more irrelevant

 

[Dreamer1]

Was that why he is going back to school again, to learn? maybe he is forgetting his, "ABC giam chye, char roti"...and 1 + 1 maketh many...

MM LKY going back to schools?

I think is to "con" votes,absolutely nothing else is more important to him than this,it is his life long mission.

Same for JBJ etc except that others suffered vastly different fate.

 

[Leongsam]

it would be unwise to ignore the facebook phenomenon.

Facebook is fantastic. However, I'm horrified that people actually put up their REAL IDENTITIES. It's a case of vanity gone absolutely mad!

The internet is all about being able to adopt a cyber persona while keeping ones private life under wraps.

People who who bare the sordid details of their lives for all to see are idiots of the highest order.

 

[red amoeba]

i believe very soon, his secretary will issue statement to "clarify" what he means as "irrelevant".

even China president Hu has an account albeit obviously not managed by him.

 

[SneeringTree]

Honestly, he is way more irrelevant than Facebook.

 

[glockman]

If that old fossil gets on FB, he will be poked constantly, and not in a good way.

 

[Cruxx]

Honestly, he is way more irrelevant than Facebook.

Indeed. None of his apologists could ever produce a single, unequivocal evidence of the good he had done for Sinkieland whenever I challenged them to.

 

[zuoom]

Facebook is fantastic. However, I'm horrified that people actually put up their REAL IDENTITIES. It's a case of vanity gone absolutely mad!

The internet is all about being able to adopt a cyber persona while keeping ones private life under wraps.

People who who bare the sordid details of their lives for all to see are idiots of the highest order.

it cuts both ways.

those in the business of making use of their real identities to further expand their name. that's fine. (there's no need to share every single private details though.)

those just wanting to showcase/showoff their newest n greatest... then that's not a good idea.

i think one of the better local facebook user (in the government) would be George Yeo.
http://www.facebook.com/georgeyeo

some/many might not like him. but he does go about doing his thing. meeting people, local, overseas. it's like a track record for all to see. in which, many would find relevant.

 

[red amoeba]

If our dear MM feels staying alive is more important - please step down gracefully and the world will remember ur deeds...

time to let go and relac one corner liao...

 

[Cuntamania]

What he knows abt FB he knows BJ better!:oIo:

The Straits Times
www.straitstimes.com
Singapore
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Nov 20, 2010
MM Lee: I don't Facebook
By Rachel Scully, Multimedia Journalist

WHEN asked if he has a Facebook account on Friday, he said it is irrelevant and sees no point in having one.

87-year-old Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew shared these thoughts in an open dialogue session held to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Hewlett-Packard Singapore. He went on to add that he has yet to try out the Blackberry either because it is too small for him.

MM Lee also shared his thoughts on how Singapore stands a chance in competing with Asian giants China and India during the Asian Century. By being more well-connected, exposed to the world and speak more than one language, Singaporeans stand out from their Chinese and Indian counterparts.

In 1970, Hewlett-Packard was one of the earliest multi-national companies to set foot in Singapore. From a rented factory in Redhill with only 62 employees, HP Singapore has grown to become a multi-billion dollar company and the largest exporter in Singapore.

While speaking to a two-hundred strong crowd about the importance of MNCs to our country, the open dialogue session also revealed personal sides of Singapore's founding

Find out what keeps MM Lee awake at night, and how he would tackle the issue of a soft generation of youths on RazorTV. [Hacking each other down is soft meh????}