Farewell to a Matriarch
MM Lee Kuan Yew's wife, Madam Kwa Geok Choo, had been bedridden for the past two years in a vegetative state and her passing last Saturday came as no surprise. Perhaps God is benevolent in releasing her from her suffering. It must be a very painful experience to MM Lee who is known to be a very loving and caring husband. But...
Lee Kuan Yew’s wife dies, do we grieve or rejoice?
Singapore's state controlled newspaper the Straits Times online edition of Oct 3, 2010 has the story "Mrs Lee dies, aged 89". Kwa Geok Choo, an ethnic Chinese Singaporean woman, the wife of the ethnic Chinese Singapore strongman Lee Kuan Yew who is himself 88 years of age and presently himself hospitalized for a chest infection...
The Youth Olympic Games: Complacency in the PAP Governance Model?
A couple of stories over the past few weeks on the recently organized Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore caught the eye. All centered around the Ministry of Youth Sports’ (MCYS) management of YOG volunteers and the MCYS Minister, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s response to the inflated YOG budget in parliament. On 21 Sep 2010,...
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