Dumping the fallacies LKY created
February 9th, 2011 | 
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Firstly, let me qualify that LKY did many good things for Singapore. He led a team of capable leaders to bring where Singapore is today. Any other man would have….well, done the same.
It is just that LKY has taken far, far more credit than he deserves. He is no god, nor deity, but just an ordinary man, who outwitted his adversaries. He was at the right place at the right time, and he capitalised those opportunities with shrewdness like a fox.
In other words, a lesser shrewd man would still have brought Singapore to where we are today, but taken much less credit for it.
Here are some of LKY’s propagated fallacies that need to be ditched.
Fallacy #1 – LKY was charismatic
Ha ha. Those of you who are old enough to remember Lim Chin Siong, will know what I am talking about. I myself was born after his era, but I managed to dig up some enlightening facts about this fiery man.
There was a documentary aired by Discovery Channel, on the history of Singapore. It was a series of documentaries actually, and the feud between Lim Chin Siong and Lee Kuan Yew was discussed.
In the 1950s, it was Lim Chin Siong who commanded the respect of the masses. LKY was well… just a spectator. What Lim could do, Lee could not. When Lim wanted the masses to demonstrate against the Brits, they did just that. With fiery speeches, he moved the masses. LKY was a Nobody, spelled with a capital “N”.
What tilted the favour for LKY was the merger. It was planned that the only way to get rid of Lim was for Singapore to merge with Malaysia, putting pressure on the Tunku to lock Lim up.
Lee played his cards well. Lee pretended to work for Lim’s release (the people’s leader) after the merger. But by then, the position of PM of (autonomous) Singapore, under Malaysia, was already filled – by LKY, of course.
So it is really by wit, using the merger as an alibi rather than charisma, that Lee was made the PM of Singapore.
In another parallel event, we were also told that LKY was made PM of Singapore by a single vote by the Party Chairman, Toh Chin Chye. Of course Lee now tries to deny that event happened – because he wants all the glory to himself (see: Old Man wants all the glory to himself).
It can be seen that it was due to his wit and shrewdness that he became PM. It hardly had anything to do with charisma, where he could move the masses on the ground, as what PAPpy would like us to believe.
Fallacy #2 – LKY led Singapore to prosperity even when we don’t have natural resources
That’s the perfect fairy-tale, isn’t it? It is not a lie that Singapore has no natural resources. It is that it is not the whole truth either.
Singaporeans are bombarded since schools that the great LKY brought Singapore to where it is today, even though we lack all the natural resources.
What we are not told is that all the infrastructure that was needed to run and govern the country, was already in place for LKY when he became PM.
When we broke off from the merger, we already had all the infrastructure. We had well-developed roads, hospitals, fire department service, the police, airport, sea ports, schools, judicial courts, the various statutes and laws, even our own currency, and most important of all, the various ministries and govt agencies needed to govern a country – including parliament itself.
Singapore was already a thriving city (thanks to the Brits) in its own right, and LKY simply took over what was already an established city with trade pacts and commercial deals in place, and all the other necessary systems in good working order.
It is not like he and his team brought Singapore from zero to hero. Yet, LKY, being the narcissist he is, makes it look like he was the Great Man who against all odds, pulled this tiny nation that has no natural resources and means, to where we are today.
Besides being overly narcissistic, he is also insulting all the other parties (including the citizens) who have contributed one way or another, to make Singapore a success.
Fallacy #3 – LKY managed to keep Singaporeans united in spite of race tensions -
This is LKY’s favourite. He likes to play the race card. He did it when Singapore was part of Malaysia, and he continued to do so decades after we broke off from the Federation.
Firstly, there were only two “race riots” where it involved the Chinese and Malays. Secondly, the Chinese were involved in more riots than the Malays. Thirdly, there were more riots in which the govt was the target, than there were riots where particular races were the target (see: History of Riots in Singapore – LKY’s racist version has to be stopped).
So why the emphasis that riots in Singapore has always been about race? Isn’t this just a fallacy perpetuated by LKY, so that you would believe that he was able to handle a highly explosive situation, hence, elevating his status as a “great leader”?
Fallacy #4 – “We were kicked out”
Really? In LKY’s eulogy (when Dr Goh Keng Swee passed away), he unwittingly let the cat out of the bag that it was the Singapore side who planned that we leave Malaysia – hence, putting to rest the lie that we were “kicked out” once and for all (see: Did LKY Lie We Were Kicked Out of Malaysia?).
Besides unwittingly admitting he lied we were kicked out, the above shows that Singapore leaders were well prepared to go alone. So all this talk that we were “left in the lurch suddenly to fend for ourselves” is just humbug.
Fallacy #5 – The Great (Malay) Bogeyman from the North and South is out to get us! -
I leave this to the last because this fallacy is one that has been played the longest. This myth has been played since the 1960s till today. That’s a good long half a century! (Hey, Old Man, move with the times!)
LKY and his PAPpy leaders have always said that our neighbours are out to attack us. They cite the tension during the Confrontation Period. But that issue was one Malay country (Indonesia) against another Malay country (Malaysia).
Indonesia was not too happy that Malaysia merged and assimilated Sabah and Sarawak. They saw it as Malaysia’s expansionist plan, right at the doorstep of Indonesia’s Kalimantan border. Singapore was targeted only because we were also part of Malaysia then.
However, LKY, the racist who always plays the race card, turned that Malay-Malay dispute into “a sea of Malays out to get us” scenario. With a magician’s sleight hand, he deceives Singaporeans into believing that the Bogeyman out there is trying to eat us.
When the Confrontation Period was over, LKY would of course need to whip up more bogeymen. So in came the argument that the North will threaten to cut off their water supply to us.
Hello, old man, who are you trying to fool? Isn’t it easier for Malaysia (and Indonesia) to just control their air and sea space to choke us? Every time a vessel or plane leaves or lands in Singapore, it somehow has to cross Indonesian or Malaysian air/sea space. All they have to do is to put up a high tax, or put up some security checks (in the guise of controlling terror) and all the best sea and air ports we have will be nothing but nice exhibits to look at.
With a high tax, we have to work hard to earn bucks, while their cash registers keep ringing endlessly. With stringent security checks, they not only slow down our operations, but also have an excuse to tax us for what they can say is needed to cover their security checks cost.
Cutting off water is an international crime which Malaysia would never do. But controlling air and sea space is legal. Yet, this Old Man tries to bluff Singaporeans about the water stuff. Hardy har har.
LKY has long known to be a racist. He played the race card in the 1960s and he is still playing it today, 50 years later.
Conclusion -
LKY is a shrewd politician. That, no one disputes. But when you say that he is a charismatic leader, one who could move the masses, that is hardly the truth. I am sure those from the Lim Chin Siong era will remember LKY as a wimp who stood by the sidelines, watching Chin Siong antagonizing the Brit govt with demonstrations after demonstrations, and riot after riot.
As for LKY’s never ending race card play, that’s about the only game he knows. He knows of no other way to play politics.
LKY is trying to deify himself before he dies. The hard truth about his book, The Hard Truth, is that in between the hard truths, there are hard lies embedded within.
Let’s stop believing his lies before he dies.
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Solo Bear
* Solo Bear was born in Singapore in the 1960s era and was married in the 1980s with three grown children. He and his family lived in Canada for awhile before decided to return and remain in Singapore. He blogs at http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com.
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I like LKY to come clean and tell us the Hard Truth of the personal wealth he and his family amass during his 50 odd years of absolute power.
Not just him but his political cronies too.
Mubarak have 60 Billion in 30 years of absolute power.
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This is one person who knows manupulation and lies to get away from finger pointed! Back in the 80’s when the then President of Israel came to Singapore amidst the protest from the muslim countries, he says he was not told about his visit. So the fault lies with Dhanabalan who was the foreign minister. Next, when Devan Nair was accused of misbehaving while under the influence of alcohol, he openly said that he never knew Devan was a drinker! …despite the fact that both were together for a long time meeting in coffee shops and elsewhere.
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You are talking about dinosaur time.
Suharto and Marcos were very good too. Also during dinosaur time.
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mFART MUST MATI
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Excellent article.
Old man lies too much and now cannot tell the difference between his lies and the truth.
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well GOD has prepared for lky’s arrival soon.
GOD will chain himself on HIS throne in case someone will snatch it away from HIM upon arrival.
with mahatma Gandhi and martin luther king, jr., their arrivals in heaven came with a warm reception personally attended to by GOD.
this new fellow is different.
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An eygpt murtabak cost 60 Billion and how abt our own self local made PRATA neh .
let me think it will cost singapore 80 to 100 Billion , and it DOES NOT come with cheese and onion and egg itself. For LKY, any one can dig out Li ka shing say he is the richest men on world!!!!
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it is called “hallucinations of the truths”.
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////LKY did many good things for Singapore////
With due respect to good writers like Solo Bear and others, i just wish that they don’t repeat the above disgusting sentence in their contributions(articles). Whatever good that people think LKY accomplished in Singapore was done through tyrannical, despotical and undemocratic means. In any other fair country his so called accomplishments would have been considered null and void. The exploitation of labour, the GINI coefficient, the complete disregard of citizens, with almost zero social welfare and the loss of billions of the nation’s monies, in any other democratic country would have put lky and his cronies behind bars. So what justifications have writers of articles in saying lky accomplished many good things when the actual good work in bringing up the nation was through the hard work of citizens and the leadership provided by other conscientious leaders besides the GOON lky who now wants to take all the credit. BAH, i hope,at least in TR articles, i don’t ever read about the ‘good’ that lky has done or i am gonna puke over my computer.
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Thanks to the ‘Great (Malay) Bogeyman’ myth that he is perpetuating, we are spending something like a third of our national budget, approximately $10 Billion, on defence every year now…
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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It’s totally different to be shrewd to advance the country’s interest than to be shrewd to advance his personal interest.
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Hard Truths? Or half-truths?
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Has God got no eyes?
Before my mother bade goodbye to this world, she has to go thru a lot of suffering becoz of cancer. She was such a well-liked woman, compassionate and kind, always giving and helping those in need. Yet in her last days, she has to endure a period of 9-10 mths of pain.
Here we have a almost 90 yrs old liar; cruel, heartless & arrogant man, still drawing top dollars from taxpayers’ hard-earned money and still enjoying a luxury, VIP life!
Anyone able to explain why LKY has got such good life for doing so much evil?
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Papies and its cronies like to propagandize the old fart single-handledly brought singapore from a ’sleeping fishing village to what it is today, blah blah blah….’
Singapore was already a striving and vibrant city in 1938 when old fart was still school boy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvvhY6DtfZs
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Wonder what Hitler thinks? Oh, good, he’s dead so we’ll never know for sure. Better still, we won’t have to contend with Straits Times”balanced report’ for the sake of Singapore’s nationhood. Yes, I’ve been reduced to such silly-nilly opinions. But aren’t we all to a larger or lesser extent in a system of hushed fascism? See Jan 2010 essay Hushed Fascism here http://www.myspace.com/xhobooks/blog It includes the 14 basic characteristics of fascism
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I always have regrets when i visit Malaysia and reflect on the fact that i once was a Malaysian. This vast hinterland that includes Sabah and Sarawak, that Singapore was actually a part of, and that it actually belonged to us, as citizens of Malaysia. I always pondered on the reasons for the break up. Why were we kicked out ?
As more and more facts emerge, it is becoming obvious, that while Tunku and his team were negotiating with the 13 other states, and macro managing a difficult situation, that LKY and his team were only focussed on Singapore and what could they get. In the end, it did not work. LKY was a problem that Malaysia did not want. They did not arrest him or lock him up but aceded to the reality that LKY had the poular support of the Singaporeans and that, they wanted out. Tunku always was a gentleman, and he was not up to the constant conniving of LKY, and i suspect, he was happy to see the back of LKY.
Singaporeans have to live with the fact that we once were a part of Malaysia, and as a result of 50 years of propoganda and hatred in LKY, that we are today even furthur estranged from them than ever before. That we constantly are subjected, through the Singapore’s media, of negativity, in things Malaysia. We are told that we are lucky to not be part of this huge hinterland with massive resources. We ridicule the fact that their development is not as fast as ours without taking into account that they are a country and that we are a city state. That they have to spread development to a massive area and not just focus on KL.
Malaysia is still macro managing a big country and u seldom read about Singapore in their media. They have 13 states and are not fixated on Singapore, as Singapore is on Malaysia. They are progressing well and the country is growing from strength to strength. Singapore sprinted out of the gates and is today, slowly running out of steam. Malaysia is comfortable to pace themelves, fully aware they are running a marathon.
LKY’S adamance at being the sole unquestioning ruler of Singapore, which he intends, bequeating to his son, is the price Singaporeans are paying in that we are no longer a part of Malaysia. We are constantly being asked to sacrifice more and more and to work harder and harder, whilst he, his family and his ministers live comfortably and constantly preach how lucky we all are.
Today, we are having an FT issue, which has changed the entire deomograph of the Singaporean way of life. We are having doubts on the integrity, ability and credibility of the PAP. We have problems with our CPF and our HDB policies. We serve with the instinct of a running dog nation having to focus on the interest of our masters rather than on ourselves. Our nationalism has been dashed by racism in every facet of life. Even the majority Chinese today are discriminated against in the job market due to unfavourable FT and housing issues.
This compares against the strong sense of nationalism and a succesful multi cultural society in Malaysia with an open democratic system with freedom of expression. Politics is a part of the Malaysian way of life and opposition parties manage their own states without fear of draconian tactics and ruthless vengeance fom the ruling party. Malaysia has grown in every aspect of nationhood whereas in Singapore we are stuck in the pursuit of materialism and the acquisition of an HDB is the hallmark of success.
I wonder if it is wrong of me to question the wisdom of pulling out of Malaysia and whether that makes me a traitor to Singapore. But then, isnt the FT issue and the unrestrained handing out of PR and citizenship a traitorous action in itself. Can i not ponder on the reality of past decisions that could have avoided this anti nationalistic stance taken by our govt. The future is going to be the best judge of the conseqence of LKY’s decision. I am just beginning to seriously question the wisdom of not being a part of Malaysia and walking away from something that we were in fact, a part of.
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I agree with Solo Bear. Singapore existed for 150 years under British rule before this slimy old man took over. Under British rule, many of the infrastructures were already in place such as the airbases of Tengah Air Base, Changi Airbase, Sembawang Air Base, Seletar Airport. But this old man gave the British no credit and instead claimed all the achievements.
This old man claimed too much credit for himself when all he does is to give 2 cents worth of nonsense in exchange for millions of dollars that he pays to himself. What a complete rip-off.
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@budamax1952:
February 9, 2011 at 10:02 am budamax1952(Quote)
////LKY did many good things for Singapore////
With due respect to good writers like Solo Bear and others, i just wish that they don’t repeat the above disgusting sentence in their contributions(articles). Whatever good that people think LKY accomplished in Singapore was done through tyrannical, despotical and undemocratic means. In any other fair country his so called accomplishments would have been considered null and void. The exploitation of labour, the GINI coefficient, the complete disregard of citizens, with almost zero social welfare and the loss of billions of the nation’s monies, in any other democratic country would have put lky and his cronies behind bars. So what justifications have writers of articles in saying lky accomplished many good things when the actual good work in bringing up the nation was through the hard work of citizens and the leadership provided by other conscientious leaders besides the GOON lky who now wants to take all the credit. BAH, i hope,at least in TR articles, i don’t ever read about the ‘good’ that lky has done or i am gonna puke over my computer.
You’re absolutely positively right !!! I couldn’t agree more with you. You’ve hit the nail on the head !!!
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Whatever he has done well, he was very well rewarded for.. To a point when he is still very well rewarded for his past contributions..
3 million dollars – forcasting for the PM, is a bit crazy.. if the PM needs help, take it out from his salary to pay for a forcaster.
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People still treat him like god, thinking he has done so much good. However, when they get betrayed, they still cling on to the lightning, thinking it will benefit them, when their sons died in NS due to some freak accident, still they continue to support, when they realise they could make a change, it was too late. Because both father and son were kicked out of the house, living in tents in changi beach, due to high cost of living, job replacement, house ownership replace by FTrash.
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DID I GOT MY SPELLING WRONG OR IS IT MY VISION ACUITY TRICKING ME? HARD TRUTH = HYPED TRUTH = LIED TRUTH?
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I wonder if the main reason for changing the “inheritance tax law” recently, before Mrs LKY passed, was done so that the wealth under Mrs LKY will not be needed to be make public???
Before the changes, a tax will have to be paid – by so doing, everyone will know how much wealth she had, by just some simple maths.
If my assumption here is correct – the question we need to ask is “WHY THE NEED TO GO TO THIS EXTEND (changing important policy that could have added to revenue to the government tax collection from the rich and very rich) JUST SO THAT NO ONE WILL KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE AMASSED – MULTI-BILLIONS DOLLARS???
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LKY is paying under table money to the corrupted leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia to prevent them from controlling the air and sea space to choke us.
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On the surface Lee Con You seems to be a highly shrewd politician. The truth is all the shrew ideas were actually from his late wife Kwa Geok Choo. She was the real shrewd politician who was working from the backside.
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Lee may say that he never knew Devan Nair, his friend of nearly 40 was a drinker. Being friends for such a long time, they must at least known how many strands of hairs they have in each other’s arseholes.
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“Lee may say that he never knew Devan Nair, his friend of nearly 40 was a drinker. Being friends for such a long time, they must at least known how many strands of hairs they have in each other’s arseholes.”
Typo error, one word missing and should read:
Lee may say that he never knew Devan Nair, his friend of nearly 40 years was a drinker. Being friends for such a long time, they must at least known how many strands of hairs they have in each other’s arseholes.
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LKY’s cold hard truth? I accept that it is cold, but it is rather the “hard to believe” truth.
Minister Mentor, which means mentoring the Prime Minister, actually means puppeteering his often clueless son, Lee Hsien Loong.
The PAP of today has degraded in standards and intelligence, Lee Hsien Loong being the head of the cabinet is a clear example of the supremem sloppiness and stupidity.
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‘DUPLICITY’ the hallmark characteristic of LKY has been similarly indelibly stamped onto the “Pro Alien Party”.
LKY had dubiously introduced Lim Chin Siong – as ‘the FUTURE Prime Minister of Singapore’ [*1] – to David Marshall, who was then the Chief Minister of Self-Governing Singapore.
As subsequent events had borned itself out, this introduction was made to expertly conceal LKY’s own political ambitions with careful deceit – so as to lower Lim Chin Siong’s guard towards LKY.
In the book – ‘The Fajar Generation’ – it included the release of archived correspondences by Colonial Officers that had dealings with LKY; and who had documented the deceit and conspiracy in which LKY wished to appear as a hero to Singaporeans, while pushing to the British Colonial Officers to carry the burden of political responsibility to arrest LKY’s own political comrades – who were largely Left Wing politicians but not seen to be Communists in any way by the British Special Branch.
<strong'Political Deceit' has been the strong suit of LKY, which even his political peers in the British Colonial Government and in the Malaysian Federal Government had similarly said about him:
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It is not a surprise that Dr Lim Hock Siew called LKY ‘a political coward’ in his speech documented in a Martyn See movie that was banned but went viral on YouTube. [*5]
If Confucianism honorable traits in meritocracy is to be followed, LKY and his “Pro Alien Party” will fail in such dismal fashion to be true followers.
They have instead abused Confucianism by adopting selectively the Principles that will benefit their own political position, while expecting the citizenry to follow clearly the distinctions between the Rulers and the Ruled.
Clearly, ‘DUPLICITY’ is the strong suit that is heavily depended by LKY and his “Pro Alien Party” to remain politically relevant into the future.
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[*1} 'Lim Chin Siong - the Future Prime Minister of Singapore'
http://singaporegovt.blogspot.com/2006/07/history-of-pap-part-iv-lim-chin-siong_06.html
[*2] ’The Fajar Generation’ – Pg 192, Para 5
[*3] ’The Fajar Generation’ – Pg 207 – 208, Para 8
[*4] ‘The Fajar Generation’ – Para 8, Pg 212, Para 3
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toomanythoughts/4116921548/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24524253/THE-FAJAR-GENERATION
http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/12/27/book-review-the-fajar-generation-merger-and-the-decimation-of-the-left-wing-in-singapore-part-1/
[*5] ‘Dr Lim Hock Siew speech on YouTube’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aia_lZ7ccdI
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I always find it interesting to be told that we, the people, are the ‘only’ natural resources. And yet, it seemed like the government like to suppress this very resource.
Oh ya, we are a tropical island with plenty of sunshine. Sea waves, wind and solar energy anyone?
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The writer left out another fallacy — that LKY is Singapore’s founding father.
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Now that all the hidden secrets are exposed by the opening of the British archives, some old man is regretting he is still alive.
Did you notice that this old man is too ashamed to face the truth!
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@ wui:
February 9, 2011 at 2:22 pm wui(Quote)
I believe one of the answers is to enslave the people or at least majority of the people. Imagine all the people independent & financially self sufficient. Every single policy they draw out will be challenge & debate by the people. They have to work even harder , manage better , more accountability & more result oriented. Therefore, suppress of opposition is necessary so that the people will not have leverage against them. I think “leverage” is what we really need.
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his bootlickers in the system and govt and media will mention that
when he dies soon.
for now, it’s all wayang only.
watch out for looting and thefts amongst his cronies following his death before these cronies run overseas and singaporeans take back the control of singapore.
freeze these cronies assets first.
remember, pm lee ’s younger has already bought a house in perth, australia.
the lees have started running already.
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when good people die,they go to heaven and be let into the kingdom of heaven to be with god and the angels.
when lky dies(gecko choo as well),they will be shown the middle finger at the pearly gates by saint peter and be smite down to hell by michael.
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Dear Sola Bear
Should the majority of TR agree with your views,why not step out and join a party to let the rest of Singapore hear your views like Dr. Chee who stayed and took everything Lee & co. threw at him.Kenneth like you went away and return to contest and so did Eugene the principal of RI son.
Blogging and posting comments can only do that much in the net,we need people like you to join the stage and not wayang behind the stage.we the ordinary can only wayang but you and your kind must come out to support the poor Chees and Kenneths fighting an uphill battle.
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Make no mistake about a FamiLee of DIE NASTY
DRAGONISTISM DYNASTLEE
Bringing CONFUSIONISM A COMMNUNISTINKER enemy
Menber of BRISTISH FREEMASON AND ILLUMINATI SECRET SOCIETY.
LKY LIAR KAH YIU has lost in all HUMANITY
Who served as a traitor at the JAPANEES KNEE
LHL LIAR HOW LONG can you hold on for PAP
To rule another corrupted 4 years what’s your GARANTEE
For 50 years LKY, LHL, PAP and CRONIE
Will all soon end with Dictators in MISERY
Taking second citizen in SPAIN country
All the Democratic SINGAPOREAN say go away FREE
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I shudder to think with this relentless torrent of low-skilled, highly paid FTs are let in by the thousands under this PAP regime! Woe is me, a Singaporean! Remember this Singaporeans!
My cpf will not be given to my family if I drop dead someday and even if so, by trickles and drops.. My house that is as small as a pigeon hole paid for with 30 yrs of my toil will one day be returned ( before I drop dead) as it’s only 99 yr lease. Remember
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Look at how greedy and deceptive this pariah leader can be.
The sinkies too are the same is it not.
If only the majority knew all this , he is a goner sooner than later.
Have a shameless big ego , but, seems to have not much brains at all , except to deceive the very Singaporeans.
The son is a puppet anyway!
You want this pathetic liar to govern us again after this term , or his son ?
Or are we going to put a stop to it?
Vote them out!!!!!!!!!
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Unfortunately some of ST senior staffs take his SHIT whole and even helped him write (edit, manipulate, fix?) his book to look “GOOD” or him as “GOD”.
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More like The Hardly Truths…And please don’t die on a public holiday, the best is before/after one and declare it a yearly public holiday !!!
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Yeah, ky can you die on a sunday and we get a holiday to celebrate your death of evil and dance to joy of freedom.
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cannot believe all this ant-pap rantings here.
for just one election, show me guys you mean what you say about voting out the pap.
i have heard these anti-pap talk going on for as long as i can remember.
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February 9, 2011 at 9:59 pm (Quote)
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February 9, 2011 at 9:38 pm (Quote)
ky, it is time to quit before you are dumped in sin river. looking back…..
no one listens to your son.
your foreign min talk cock on his analysis of egypt.your other min predict flood to occur once in 50 years n flood occur within two weeks and repeatedly.
under the command of your wong kan sing, singapore no 1 terrorist slip off, and oh wks forgot to search his family home.
vb not aussie beer, but vivian bala.. thinks poor do not deserve three square meals a day.worse still, he hoodwink ioc and host youth olym. only to see cost tripled.
your son wants to fix oppo. bec he is the youngest appointed bg in the world but malu to say, no combat experience.
many more stories to tell you in case your shitty times shy to tell, your youth pap caught for criminal indecent acts, and forgot, i say, teh cheng wah, minister for housing was caught red handed with accepting corruption and charge in court because a witness came forward, and finally teh committed suicide taking overdose of pills not aviable to ordinary sinkies, and the last person to vist Teh was you.
Have you had anything to do with …?
hmm i wonder. sinkies wonder.
yet you called him after his death as ‘oriental gentleman’ when he was caught redhanded with his hand in the till.
None of your opponents were dishonest and you called them duds.
yes your time is up, it is time to go, death is silently creeping into you. get lost from sin.
majulah singapura.
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and for all these pap mistakes, many ministers are STILL holding on to their multi-million dollar salaries.
PAP WTF PAP WTF PAP WTF PAP WTF PAP WTF PAP WTF WTF
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Hope this article will be a real eye opener to all Singaporeans regardless of race and religion,i say again its now or never to kick all the pappies out
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Old man knows DN inside out…..
He is afraid of the union headed by DN……who is a workaholic
To retake this union power, he psycho “promoted” him to a president…..
When DN became the President, he has nothing to do…..very bore (sian)….and old habits came back to him…..drink and drink !
If a person can set a trap for his long standing friend, can he be trusted?
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Solo Bear,
Singaporeans are smarter than the J Mallot, the former US Ambassodor to Malaysia. Right? Mallot (no vested interest) can’t be biased and wrong. Right?
He was there, like many other diplomats. He’s neither an Indian nor a Chinese. A smart diplomat simply reporting on what he experienced.
He’s telling it all. Please don’t assume people are STUPID like you just because you have an axe to grind. The world is also seeing what the Indonesian Muslims are now doing to their fellow non-Muslims.
Clown . . this is the digital age. The world acknowledges that our MM is great. At 84 he is still invited to sit on top international management boards. You? The world still seeks him out to sit at his feet and listen to this wisdom. All these are open and transparent in the net. Can’t bluff people.
Btw check this breaking news in the Asian Wall Street Journal -
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704422204576129663620557634-search.html?KEYWORDS=Malaysia&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month
Racism in Singapore. There isn’t an NEP factor to push our minorities (unlike Malaysia’) to emigrate. Their steady numbers since Separation over the years are evidence.
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Do you remember LKY shouting merdeka with the crowds in a frenzy?
The British left Singapore in good shape? Hey, unemployment was very high and industrialisation is non-existent. The Brits forces were moving taking away a large chunk of Singapore’s GDP away with them.
You’ve no idea.
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you mean he embellished his resume? hahahahhaa
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Many naive Singaporeans still believed that Singapore was a fishing village during the pre-PAP era. You-tube footages on old Singapore have painted a thousand words that it was not a small fishing village as it was being portrayed. Thats for sure, no one can twist facts with propagandas.
As Singapore progressed with time from the 1960s to the 1990s, HK our twin sister city, had also made significant and impressive progress and development with their city and economy. As the matter of fact, in term of world standing, the HK economy is far more dynamic, vibrant and globalised than ours.
I agreed with Solo Bear, credits have to be given to the British for their contribution in leaving behind a good infra-structure, educational, health care, beauracracy and justice system for both Singapore and HK to progress and advance on.
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Wow, 20K donations achieved ! ( the way i look at it, worthy donations at least can have opp party to fight for the people benefits, interests, rights & welfare. Better than donating our money to unjustified foreigners )
A strong mandate maybe ? Lan lan, Will pappies delay elections ?
Or will be interesting to see what tricks they will come up next ?
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It is Karma, dear guy, that is the reason. He has benefited because of some events by his forefathers and not because of his actions. What he does will eventually get on his children, no matter where they live. It will go on for many generations until his evil deeds are expunged. He talked about good genes, look what happened to his children. Look what happened to his wife, his most prized possession. She suffered years in bed. There are more to come, so do not worry.
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This is to maintain his power over Singaporeans not outside people/countries. A couple of bombs will wipe Singapore out.
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Have you considered the amount of money paid for his security staff. This is the first time I hear where an ex prime minister still has bodyguards.
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Cold Hard Truth:
February 10, 2011 at 4:18 am (Quote)
haha, what’s the big deal? $20K? how long? more than a month? I think a big chunk of that were donated by SDP mambers themselves!
Each LKY book + a signature already worth 10K. If LKY were to raise $20mil you can bet it will be faster than a lightning strike!
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when you are senile and old and lonely to the extent to grand children calls you an old radio, what do you do?
resort to all kinds of flattery and be sucked in by salesmen who offer you $10,000 for your book to “buy” a million dollar salary.
good deal, even if there is hardly any truth in the book.
deal?
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it’s called:
japanese wife,chinese food, british administration and of course gurkha guard.
no where is lky or the pap featured or mentioned – not even in youtube.
youtube mentions the following on singapore:
geylang, overcrowded mrt trains, sgpolitics, the old and poor in singapore by wendy neo, etc.etc.
some are banned from commentaries because they received to date nearly 1 million hits.
check youtube out on these titles.
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NEP?
cause for maalaysian minorities to run for their lives?
try greed instead.
churches get burned down in malaysia and indonesia?
try failure to integrate by minorities and pernumpangs instead.
go to europe and america and sell the idea of chop suey to them.
if not, watch how asians integrate with them like monkeys see monkeys do.
oh no.
just look around in singapore will do – especially the fashion scene and others.
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It is all propaganda.
The smart Singaporeans can do better by simply leaving Singapore and migrating elsewhere for good.
Singapore is a lost cause.
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LKY is the boss of Singapore.
Don’t mess with the old man, okay?
Because he said that he has a hatchet in his bag for anyone who dare to mess with him.
Such threat of physical violence should be reported to the police, and in any event should not be taken lightly.
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LKY was luck in the early years where there are the old guards to pull him back from making all the stupid mistakes that he could have done donkey years ago.
Now, without the old guards, all his weaknesses is exposed.
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Is it not a fact the MM had done many good things for Singapore? People can continue to twist the facts in any form but the fact still remains that Lee Kuan Yew was the PM during the tumultuous period of Singapore history when the world believed Singapore would not survive.
Survived, we did. We prospered actually. And will continue to be, under a competent and honest government.
While some people do not have feeling of guilt in washing away their parents’ sacrifices, it is comforting to know that most Singaporeans still hold high respect for the MM. In fact there were some people who would have preferred to vote for an opposition party but they told us that they would do so only after the MM passed away. This is more than ‘respect’, this is ‘filial piety’! It showed the MM holds a place in the nation’s affections.
Since people in their early 30s, late 20s, are also aware of the MM’s great sacrifices and contributions for Singapore, we should encourage the younger generations to hold the MM as a high example in their serving of the nation. The MM’s books and speeches should be seen as light-house in an ocean, guiding our future generations in navigating through troubled waters.
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THIS IS THE MOST DISHONEST GOVT AS FAR AS SINGAPOREANS ARE CONCERNED.
NO GOVT WILL SELL OUT ITS OWN CITIZENS.
ONLY TRAITORS AND INGLORIOUS BASTARDS DO THAT.
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He should have realised that he is no more loved by the people when they asked if he pays for the air ambulance.
No one will ask such a question of a beloved!
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The Hard Truth is that under the guise of doing good for Sg and Sgans he and his family have ripped off $xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.00 from RD.
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The hard truth is that LKY and his idiots “running dogs” made Singapore into the current messy, congested and rojak state. Give us back the Singapore that we use to know! Why always need to be economy No. 1, can’t we do with passable? Remove those 42% foreigners that worsen our living conditions daily… We want our quality living condition back. F U LKY!
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LKY MISUSED this ISA in the most cruel and evil way onto the citizens who voted him into power.
In his so doing, he has effectively revealed the demonic nature in him.
At the same time, he desperately suppresses the population from speaking of his very evil act.
He does not seem to realise that (or pretends not to understand) such action of his over the years, has doubly confirmed that the most evil demonic spirit is dwelling in him.
For any normal individual who is ‘infested’ with this kind of spiritual disease, there are 2 options to stop the problem:
(1) Like Adrian Lim, arrest him, through the legal proceeding, put him away.
(2) Before he has commited the crime, exorcise him by a acompetent and very experienced priest in exorcism.
LKY is trying to deify himself before he dies.
The hard truth about his book, The Hard Truth, is that in between the hard truths, there are hard lies embedded within.
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(tr transferred texts for maximum exposures)
for your reading pleasure and analysis.
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February 11, 2011 at 10:44 am (Quote)
Early 60s to 80s PAP supporter:
Totally agree the butohs/Pukis(Malay),Pundeh/Pariahs(Indians),Kan ni
nahs/Tui na sengs(chinese)MPs & Ministers & the Siol,Chuni,chow hai
President boh Lampar Nathan(Cannot be compared to Ong Teng Cheong) &
the woody GCT/LKY/WKS must & shall be voted out, so this will achieve
happiness,prosperity & expose all the nepotism/corruption of the past
50 odd year PAP was in powers.
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susah ! susah ! susah !
mana nya panadol saya.
sakit ! sakit ! sakit ! sakit !
nak undi siapa?
pkms, sda, sdp, spp, rp, wp, sjp, atau siapa?
betul lah kepala pusing.
mohd riza
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undi lah siapa siapa pun jadi.
tetapi jangan undi pap sudah sehaja.
tikam tikam pun jadi.
macham hantam bola, la.
jangan lupa, jangan undi pap sahaja.
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I remembered watching a televised interview/q&a between lky and a group of students and it left a bitter aftertaste. lky basically shot down all e points the students made and brushed them all aside and basically said they are naive/ unknowledgeable etc. lky appears to me to be an old man still stuck in those early days and have not come to back to the present day, and he is not receptive to ideas other to his own. If he has such strong hands, will any of his party member actually bring ideas more relevant to the times that may be contrary to lky’s perception and paranoia to parliament? So will pap actually make a difference anymore? Or will it be like a cd on constant repeat playback function.
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It’s interesting that we talk about LKY as God. I will always remember the biggest jolt came when I was sent to Saudi Arabia during the time when MM was touring Saudi and claiming that he was opening up Saudi for the Singapore Businessman (not true – it was SM Goh who made the first trip.)
The ONLY mention of his visit was in the English press (not the majority language of people in the region). It was a miniscule mention “Alwaleed meets Singapore’s YEW.” As far as the Saudi’s were concerned, an EX -American Ambassador was more significant. Then I came back to Singapore and there were headlines screaming about how MM TOLD THE SAUDI’s.
That really struck me. Our self appointed God is only worth anything in Singapore. The rest of the world can’t be bothered with him.
The most constant jolt I get is when I head to JB. Woodlands Checkpoint is like a fortress that makes you feel miserable just for entering. By contrast, Iskandar on the other side is welcoming and pleasant. Far from being a crime-ridden hell hole, I find the Malaysian side to be pleasant and charming. They don’t have an issue with Singapore the way Singapore has an issue with Malaysia.
It’s necessary to travel sometimes – just enough to get your perspective on the world rather than LKY’s version of it.
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@Sim Hang:
Please read more widely before you all comment, especially Sim Hang who criticize people for being stupid. I guess, sometimes, stupid people like to call people stupid.
Your arguments are full of fallacy. Just because everyone recognizes that he is great, does not necessarily mean he is great. For example, in the sub-prime crisis, everyone recognize that the idea of subprime lending is great, but in the end, it proved otherwise. Your arguments are poorly substantiated.
@Coin, wrong,
If you have read economic articles on development, you will actually understand that institutions play a very important role and is known to be significant in affecting growth. Moreover, contrary to what our social studies taught us and the “no natural resource” lame theories, this actually benefited us as it lead to an establishment of better institutions. It is well-known fact that countries with natural resources fare more poorly instead as their colonial masters tend to exploit the country because of it. The institutions established by the British, enabled us to industrialized quickly for economic growth, according to many economic articles, and these are not established by the PAP.
I am not saying that MM Lee has not done anything, but he twist his works and exaggerate his efforts in nation building is a bit too much. Our ancestors and us Singaporeans play a huge part too and it is not just a one-man show.
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Hear ye hear ye, I am Motor Mouth, you are welcome to MY. We need smart SGreans to make MY boleh. Malaysia Boleh is not a fallacy. Solo Bear is welcome to bear more LKY fallacies for all SGreans to fall into.
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@Tang Li, reminds me of this old joke which circulated in the Economist, now updated a little
Our beloved Minister Mentor returned from a private visit to India with a small bolt of silk of extraordinary design.
He consulted his tailor immediately, who assured him there was just enough fabric to fashion a suit that would fit him perfectly. Ecstatic, he dashed off to an official meeting in Beijing with President Hu Jintao, bringing the silk with him.
Following the meeting, he couldn’t resist sharing his excitement with President Hu, and asked if he could see his tailor for a second opinion.
Hu’s tailor was flabbergasted at the beauty of the silk, took MM Lee’s measurements, and told him he could easily make him a suit and an extra pair of trousers.
Although MM Lee was perplexed, he said nothing because he was already late for a flight to Washington, where he was scheduled to see US President Obama.
Before the meeting, he asked to see Obama’s tailor, who took his measurements, and confidently told him he could make two suits and an extra pair of trousers from the bolt of Indian silk.
“What is it about your tailors,” Lee later asked the American president, “that makes them so much better than tailors in Singapore and China? Mine said he could make me a suit out of this bolt of silk. Hu’s tailor said he could make me a suit and an extra pair of trousers. Your tailor, Mr President, can make me two suits and an extra pair of trousers. Is it your technology? Your superior productivity?”
“Certainly not, Mr. Lee,” replied Obama. “It’s simply that the further away you are from Singapore, the smaller you become.”
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but locals are DAFT, who to BLAME !!!
i heard the story from a friend that a lot of managers and senior managers “THINK” psa and mpa are “GODs” too
until maersk pack up and leave town, followed by taiwanese and built tanjong pelapas to compete with psa, and now psa is going down, real down to gutters….i heard…4th phrase of pasir panjang is ????
locals are DAFT, real good daft
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I wonder if it is wrong of me to question the wisdom of pulling out of Malaysia and whether that makes me a traitor to Singapore. But then, isnt the FT issue and the unrestrained handing out of PR and citizenship a traitorous action in itself. Can i not ponder on the reality of past decisions that could have avoided this anti nationalistic stance taken by our govt. The future is going to be the best judge of the conseqence of LKY’s decision. I am just beginning to seriously question the wisdom of not being a part of Malaysia and walking away from something that we were in fact, a part of.
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yes, SOON they will put m16 in the hands of the prc’s, ft’s and what else,,,,
TO GUARD YOU AND SCREW YOU ALL DAFTS !!!
so that they can get all the millions they want, but peanuts dollars for those holding m16 lah
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The longer the old man stays, the quicker the demise of the Lee Dynasty and PAP rule when he is gone. The last 7 years have been an opportunity lost for Lee Hsien Loong to assert himself and reform our dark politics.
Now, our society are more divided and young people are disillusioned. The failed premise that GDP growth can solve all our problems reflects LKL’s cynical views that we the descendants of poor and unsophisticated Southern Chinese/Indian/Malay deserve to be ruled like subjects in a feudal society, and we will suppress all our human feelings just for a bowl of rice.
LKY might be right about the obscenely paid ministers but LHL will have to bankrupt the country this time to get the rest of the population on board.
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you’re just an upset malay who got angry at the hoo-haa about his harsh truths regarding malays needing to better integrate with the other races, etc.
You put it across as if during that ERA, anybody could have led Singapore well. I don’t think so at all.
Even today, look at the politicians, they all seem crazy. What do you think it was like during that era where most people are not educated?
Stupid.
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you’re just an upset malay who got angry at the hoo-haa about his harsh truths regarding malays needing to better integrate with the other races, etc.
You put it across as if during that ERA, anybody could have led Singapore well. I don’t think so at all.
Even today, look at the OPPOSITIONS (typo in my previous comment), they all seem crazy. What do you think it was like during that era where most people are not educated?
Stupid.
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