TR EMERITUS

Let’s start with the first one. Lee Kuan Yew very succinctly and forcefully why he and his colleagues set out to create a “fair, not welfare” society. I quote from his memoirs: “[W]hengovernments undertook primary responsibility for the basic duties of the head of a family, the drive in people weakened. Welfare undermined self-reliance.... 

PAP scholars and ministers are so full of themselves and have always refused to apologise sincerely. One such outstanding minister is (Colombo Plan) scholar and LKY’s former PPS Khaw Boon Wan. By refusing to offer a sincere apology for LTA’s failure and perpetually doing the ‘twist’, Khaw has made himself into a laughing... 

The most FAMOUS and memorable speech of PM LEE HL is.... NOT “Mee Siam Mai Hum”, but it is “fix the opposition”. I am not saying this because I am frightened by his subtle threat of “fixing” opposition like me but it is a glaring exposure of political immaturity within a Democracy that alarms me. He said that if...