China's ancestry tourism claims Lee Kuan Yew, snubs 2019-1-21 · A new two-storey Lee Kuan Yew memorial hall and a tourist centre stand in the middle of the village, while a house described as Lee's ancestral home … Remembering Lee Kuan Yew | A Straits Times special 2015-3-24 · Remembering Lee Kuan Yew via @STcom. RETIRED diplomat Joe Conceicao recalls a recent function he attended where Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew was present. The conversation turned briefly to Mr Lee's 80th birthday, and the former Katong MP remarked to the former Prime Minister that "people are talking about wanting to build monuments and statues and what-have-you".
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Exclusive: Lee Kuan Yew's grandson left Singapore because ... By Tim McLaughlin CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A grandson of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s late founding father and ruler for more than three decades, said he left the city state in July after friends expressed concerns he might be detained by the authorities in a contempt of court case. Heng goes against LKY's wish to have fewer foreign workers ... Heng goes against LKY’s wish to have fewer foreign workers Correspondent 2019-04-09 Opinion Nine years ago in 2010, then former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said at a public dialogue that Singapore should scale back its need for foreign workers (‘ Fewer foreign workers in five years, says MM ‘, 28 Jan 2010). Singapore teen in court over anti-Lee Kuan Yew video ... A Singaporean teenager arrested after posting an expletive-laden YouTube video attacking the country's late founding leader Lee Kuan Yew and Christianity was charged Tuesday with jailable offences ...
During World War 2, Singapore was conquered and occupied by the Japanese Empire from 1942 to 1945. When the war ended, Singapore reverted to British control, with increasing levels of self-government being granted, culminating in Singapore's …
Students in Hong Kong putting up posters protesting against Mr Lee Kuan Yew's visit to the Chinese University of Hong Kong in December 2000 (right) to receive an honorary doctorate. Mr Lee was the ...
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Apr 9, 2013 ... Three years after Singapore allowed casinos to open, Genting ... Many of the suits filed in the Singapore court are against gamblers based in the ... on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in ... TODAYonline | The economic pragmatist Mar 22, 2015 ... Right up to the end of his life, Mr Lee Kuan Yew believed in constantly ... the ordinary arguments for or against, but at the end of it says, 'Look, will this work, .... to holding Formula One races and allowing casinos in Singapore.
Lee Kuan Yew was against gambling. However, he eventually changed his mind because he saw the benefits that it could bring to the country. Perhaps, in this belief, Lee Hsien Loong also thinks 38 Oxley Road can be preserved. But as seen in gaming in casinos, the outcome is not always positive, sometimes, it depends on your luck.
Singapore pushes through plan to open first casinos 2005-4-19 · Singapore yesterday approved the opening of two casinos after an unprecedented public debate and unusual criticism of the government over its plans. Gambling operators from around the …
Lee Kuan Yew, uncompromising leader and opponent of corruption. The father of modern Singapore was a pragmatist who displayed little tolerance for those who failed to measure up to his standards ...