A major disruption in 24 years is understandable – and forgivable
Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 20 Dec 2011 letter by Mr Samson Guanglin Lee. Mr Lee points to train disruptions in Japan and Spain to justify why a major breakdown in 24 years of SMRT operations is understandable and forgivable. SMRT has been operating only two lines for much of the past 24 years with the Circle Line being...
Facts on LKY incorrect in book
Dear Professor Vogel, I refer to the 14 Nov 2011 Straits Times print of excepts from your new book on Deng Xiaoping. You said Lee Kuan Yew came of age fighting colonialism and was leader of our country’s revolutionary struggle. That statement is not accurate. Anti-colonial and nationalistic sentiments emerged amongst the local...
Lee Kuan Yew and Deng Xiaoping ‘had special bond’
Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 14 Nov 2011 report on Prof Ezra Vogel’s new book on Deng Xiaoping. You referred to Lee Kuan Yew as the one who founded a nation of two million. That description is inappropriate. Lee Kuan Yew didn’t found the nation of Singapore, the nationhood of Singapore was thrust upon us when we were...
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