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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... 

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... 

Dear Mr Tom Plate, I refer to your article which was carried by the Straits Times on 10 Nov 2011. Exceptional leaders are sometimes exceptional only because the works of others have gone to their credit. Lee Kuan Yew is no exception. Without Dr Albert Winsemius, without Goh Keng Swee, without Singaporeans, Lee Kuan Yew would...