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A delusional sense of grandeur?![]()
Looks like he's not the only one with a delusional sense of grandeur.![]()
Not true. This was Manila in 1938. Singapore was already ahead of Manila in 1938.
The Philippines isn't developed in 2013 so how you can use it as an example certainly beats me.
Singapore was already the richest and MOST DEVELOPED country in Southeast Asia and second richest per capita in Asia (second only to Japan)
That's because the rest of the countries in SEA weren't developed at all.
So it should be abundantly clear why I used the example of Manila being well developed in 1938 - to contradict your incorrect statement that "rest of the countries in SEA weren't developed AT ALL".![]()
bro,
is that a mild form of identity crisis?
The Philippines isn't developed in 2013 so how you can use it as an example certainly beats me.
The youtube videos certainly confirm that Singapore was nothing but a fishing village. You can see for yourself that apart from the areas which serve the colonial masters, the rest of the country is nothing but palm trees and atap huts.
If it wasn't for LKY, the whole country would still be undeveloped. I am forever indebted to that great man who made the country what it is today.
You are the administrator of this forum for so long you mean you still haven't understand what all this cowards n fools are trying to prove here???
All this Crows will never dare to admit how LKY n his team build up SG, they are just trying to prove that SG was already like that 50 years ago with all the first class hospital facilities n so on!!!
They will also never admit that the recognition from other world leaders given to SG... They think they can analyst n think better than Obama n so on!!!
In short, all this losers n failure wants a 1st class living standard in SG n yet with super low living cost... You mean you still have not understand from their post n words???
In that case Manila has gone backwards because I was there 3 years ago and it is one of the most undeveloped cities I have ever seen in my life.
Apart from a small swanky portion of town, the rest of the city is just one big slum.
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If you have something to say, type it. There's no point posting irrelevant videos which have nothing to do with the issue at hand.
I lived through Singapore's development from 3rd world to 1st thanks to LKY.
No doubt about it, he is a political animal. Mind games are a necessary tool. The British used it to control their far flung empire. It's as much about inculcating in the colonised a sense of inferiority as it is about the superiority of their arms. Using those arms day in day out to maintain the Empire would be too costly and ensure nothing except that the Empire will collapse in a short time due to over expenditure on war. Making Sinkies feel inferior about themselves and therefore needing a "great" leader (like his "humble" self) is crucial to the success of his game. However, that's different from saying that we would not have succeeded in the initial years of independence without him. We would, the path would have been different and not necessarily slower, the British were still around until the early 70s to ensure that Lim Chin Siong does not do anything to damage their interests.
Sinkies better Wake Up, Clean Up and Stand Up!
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Please note the parts in bold:
Some people are under the illusion that LKY is greater than he actually is because they don't know any better and have never experienced life beyond Singapore's borders.
In my case it's the other way round. When I was growing up in Singapore, I thought LKY was a braggart, a thug and a megalomaniac. I hated his guts.
I didn't fully appreciate his abilities and his wisdom till I started traveling and working in other so called "developed" countries as a young man. This opened my eyes and made me realise just how lucky I was to be a Singaporean who had grown up in the LKY era.
That's where we differ and I suppose will never meet
Hated the Old Fart when growing up in Sinkieland
Have since experienced life beyond Little Red Dot
Caused me to hate the Old Fart even more
With good and better articulated reasons too
Your reasons are philosophical and emotional and revolve around airy fairy concepts.
I look at the bottom line results.
Your reasons are philosophical and emotional and revolve around airy fairy concepts.
I look at the bottom line results.