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The crowd cheers as Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (C) arrives at the Marina Bay Floating Platform for the annual National Day Parade celebrations in Singapore August 9, 2012. (REUTERS/Calvin Wong)
by Samir Atallah | Mar 4, 2013 | Opinion
Lee Kuan Yew is 89 years old and his health is failing, but his interviews with two Harvard professors over the years have recently been collated and immortalized in a book, with both authors considering the Singaporean leader to be a “grand master” of the modern day....
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Confetti falls as lion dance troupes perform on a street during a ceremony to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Singapore’s Chinatown district February 24, 2013 (REUTERS/Tim Chong)
by Hussein Shobokshi | Feb 4, 2013 | Opinion
The least you can say about Singapore is that it is an impressive and successful country by various standards and in spite of recent global experiences in general. It is no secret that this success is mainly down to the personality of one renowned politician; the...
