Hopefully PEH's questions raised on 3rd July would yield some answers :p:p:p
Contrast with this glowing write-up from across (gloatingly posted by those who swallow the national narrative unflinchingly):
http://www.apanama.my/2017/06/a-tale-of-two-prime-ministers.html
A tale of two prime ministers
This is exactly how it should be done. This is what you do if you have nothing to hide. This is undoubtedly a man of honour with impeccable integrity. He not only apologised for the conduct of others but has also called on the entire nation and all members of the Singapore parliament, irrespective of party affiliations, to examine him. - https://youtu.be/h76nx_5gRBc
Singapore must be proud of her Prime Minister who is man enough to grab the bull by its horn and face his critics, even if the critics are just siblings.
It may be a personal issue but Lee Hsien Loong is wise enough to note that his family feud has tarnished the seat of the prime minister and the government of Singapore. Such is his respect and responsibility to the office of the Prime Minister.
His Loong's late father Mr Lee Kuan Yew would certainly be proud of his eldest son for walking in his footsteps, for standing tall with his morals intact.
Bravo Mr Prime Minister !
Meanwhile Malaysians on this side of the causeway are hoping that Hsien Loong's counterpart would take a leaf or two from his conduct as a leader, prime minister and an elected representative of the people.
In Malaysia the state of affairs are very different although Najib Razak the Prime Minister is embroiled in a far more serious scandal which is criminal in nature.
1MDB's international financial scandal and the US Department of Justice (Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative unit) investigations is now world news.
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The author has no idea what is going on in Singapore. He probably only read the ST all his life.
But Han with his article did not even touch this at all and this is one of the most critical concerns. The truth of the true extent of her influence is out there in the civil service.
seems to be inching closer to my theory….
demolish the house like i said so it doesn't look like you disobeyed me.
then erect another one that looks the same…like a raffles hotel reborn.
but this was 6 years ago.
The next 20 years will be painful to watch.
, otherwise this country is fucked to the core.
For those of us watching and recording the long game, this is event is one of the more important milestones. It changes nothing with regard to the narrative of Singapore's decline. The next 20 years will be painful to watch.
The PAP has essentially milked the country dry. The 2016 US election allowed us to put a label on it. It's called "neoliberalism". Immigration is a cornerstone of neoliberalism. That's what the PAP has been doing for the past 20 years - using immigration to inflate the economy, asset prices, etc. That trend is obviously unsustainable. You don't need a college degree to know that.
For those of us watching and recording the long game, this is event is one of the more important milestones. It changes nothing with regard to the narrative of Singapore's decline. The next 20 years will be painful to watch.
3. The Demolition Clause first appeared in Mr Lee’s first will made on 20 August 2011 (the “First Will”).
4. Mr Lee gave instructions to remove the Demolition Clause, and it was removed, from the penultimate two wills (the “Fifth Will” and “Sixth Will”). However, it somehow found its way back into the Last Will.
5. The Demolition Clause in the Last Will is now being used by Dr Lee Wei Ling (“LWL”) and Mr Lee Hsien Yang (“LHY”) to claim that Mr Lee was firm in his wish that the house at 38 Oxley Road (the “House”) be demolished, and that he was not prepared to accept its preservation or contemplate options short of demolition. There is no basis for these claims, not least because of the deeply troubling circumstances concerning the making of the Last Will.
Just posted by LHY at 7.50am:
You're a bit late. As far back as 2010, I was already trying to educate forumers here about how Singapore was the classical model of neoliberalism - when most Singaporeans hadn't even heard of the word (one forumer even equated socialism with social activism!):
https://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?76890-Chee-SDP-and-the-letters!&p=586215#post586215
Hello, where have you been? Singapore has veered so far from its socialist roots that today it's on the far right... a classical model of neo-liberal economics.
The Thatcherite privatization of essential services, utilites and health institutions, the excessive focus on GDP growth as a measure of progress, the ardent pro-free trade, pro-free market stance, the widest Gini coefficient in the developed world coupled with the one of the lowest disposable incomes, ridiculously pegging politicians' salaries to the free market, the complete dominance of our economy by MNCs and GLCs, the pathetic dearth of local SMEs, gov't policies totally driven by the profit factor and GDP growth, one of the lowest direct taxes but highest indirect taxes in the world, 47% of GDP comes from corporate profit...
If you knew where Stiglitz stood on these matters, you'd know that you'd be insulting the Nobel Laureate for pushing Singapore as his developmental model.
But there's one key difference between Singapore and the neoliberal Anglo states: they have much less government. In this respect, the tentacles of the government reaching out to everything from land to public companies to private enterprise (to the tune of 75% of the economy) resembles a big-gov't socialist state. Except for one thing: there's no redistribution of wealth and social safety net here.
We're therefore on the opposite end of the spectrum from socialism: right-wing, neoliberal, illiberal, fascist.
For those who don't quite know what the idiom "death by a thousand cuts" means, LHY's and LWL's drip-by-drip release of information is an excellent example of what it means.