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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - Can u believe this shit from Old Fart?</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right>
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</NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate noWrap align=right width="30%">Jan-7 9:01 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT noWrap align=right width="1%" height=20>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname noWrap width="68%">ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 7) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft width="1%" rowSpan=4> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>4946.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>On the PAP and MM's motivation
On why the People's Action Party (PAP), though it has been in power for so long, still has a humble headquarters; and how future generations of leaders can be prevented from erecting expensive buildings for themselves and purchasing luxury cars.
'I cannot forecast what future generations of PAP leaders will do. If they are filled with grand ideas and want to build monuments, that would lose the PAP its prestige.
'We have established a culture of modest living, avoidance of waste and ostentatious displays of wealth and power. We are a political party of a small country. There is no need to impress our people or visitors with our wealth and power. It will be counter- productive.'
On how he would live his life again if he were a boy now.
'Difficult to say what I would do if I were a boy again. My thinking and motivations were forged in an age of tremendous change.
'European empires in Asia were destroyed by the Japanese Army. This was followed by communist guerilla insurgencies that spread all over South-east Asia. They wanted to seize power in the newly independent countries.
'We wanted to get rid of the British. We joined in the United Front with pro-Communists to get rid of the British. Then we had to struggle against the Communist United Front who wanted to take over. Singapore would have been led to disasters. 'My values and motivation were to improve the lives of the peoples I belong to and the country that I am part of. That made me go into politics.'
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On why the People's Action Party (PAP), though it has been in power for so long, still has a humble headquarters; and how future generations of leaders can be prevented from erecting expensive buildings for themselves and purchasing luxury cars.
'I cannot forecast what future generations of PAP leaders will do. If they are filled with grand ideas and want to build monuments, that would lose the PAP its prestige.
'We have established a culture of modest living, avoidance of waste and ostentatious displays of wealth and power. We are a political party of a small country. There is no need to impress our people or visitors with our wealth and power. It will be counter- productive.'
On how he would live his life again if he were a boy now.
'Difficult to say what I would do if I were a boy again. My thinking and motivations were forged in an age of tremendous change.
'European empires in Asia were destroyed by the Japanese Army. This was followed by communist guerilla insurgencies that spread all over South-east Asia. They wanted to seize power in the newly independent countries.
'We wanted to get rid of the British. We joined in the United Front with pro-Communists to get rid of the British. Then we had to struggle against the Communist United Front who wanted to take over. Singapore would have been led to disasters. 'My values and motivation were to improve the lives of the peoples I belong to and the country that I am part of. That made me go into politics.'
[email protected]
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