The many facets of Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew, with his many strengths, is remembered differently by different people across the world. Here's a selection of tributes and obituaries:
Lee Kuan Yew: feared founder of modern Singapore
"Lee Kuan Yew, one of the commanding figures of Asia's post-war economic rise, was an authoritarian leader who transformed Singapore from a sleepy British imperial outpost into a global trading and financial centre."
"The Cambridge-educated lawyer set Singapore on a path that has seen average incomes rise 100 times, with investments across the globe, a widely respected civil service and world-class infrastructure."
"But he was criticised for his iron-fisted rule, forcing several opposition politicians into bankruptcy or exile, and once invoked Machiavelli in declaring: "If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless."
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https://sg.news.yahoo.com/lee-kuan-yew-feared-founder-modern-singapore-212231368.html
No man like him
"Yes, I have been reading obituary after obituary. I can’t get enough of them. It is so interesting to have the man viewed through different lenses. Some facets have come out. I was so surprised to read Mr Lee Hsien Yang saying that the family bathed by ladling out water from those big dragon-motif salted egg jars, and that his parents did so for almost six decades until a shower was finally installed in the bathroom in 2003 after his mother had a stroke."
"My goodness!"
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https://sg.news.yahoo.com/no-man-him-125558354.html
Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy seen in vibrant, controlled Singapore
"With characteristic bluntness, he summed up his own legacy in the book "Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going", published in 2011, just before the election."It's irrelevant to me what young Singaporeans think of me," he said. "I've lived long enough to know that you may be idealised in life and reviled after you're dead."
"Diane Mauzy, professor of political science at the University of British Columbia, said Lee's enduring legacy was his tough stance on corruption - an endemic problem in many of Singapore's neighbours. "(He is) a real rarity in the developing world - and developed too - that has seen public finances and resources squandered by corrupt elites," she said."
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https://sg.news.yahoo.com/lee-kuan-yews-legacy-seen-vibrant-controlled-singapore-023353560.html
Lee’s authoritarian legacy may fall short for new Singapore
"Lee Kuan Yew brought prosperity to Singapore with an authoritarian system designed to outlast him, but that legacy may be ill-suited for the 21st-century challenges facing the tropical city-state."
"His death is an inflection point for Singapore."
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https://sg.news.yahoo.com/lees-authoritarian-legacy-may-fall-short-singapore-081443654.html
