TR EMERITUS

What worked for Lee may not work for his successors. (Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)I failed to impress Lee Kuan Yew when we met for the first time a decade ago. It was in December 2004 in Bangkok and he was giving a speech arguing that rumors of America's decline were premature. "America," he declared, was "the most dynamic... 

(25 Mar) - To be both fair and informative in writing an assessment of Lee Kuan Yew requires a level of detachment that seems to be uncommon. Certainly his devotees, whether in Singapore or overseas, don’t usually come close to achieving it as they echo versions of Lee’s own story of how he took the country ‘from Third... 

I read about the plans to fly the Singapore flag on Sunday. I think it's very good to have such ground-up initiatives, and I strongly encourage this spirit of expression to pay tribute to Mr Lee. At the same time, I've received feedback from several members of the public that having flags displayed all over our HDB blocks may...