Passing of Mr Lee Kuan Yew

[takashi]

Live updates: Passing of Lee Kuan Yew, Day 6 - Channel NewsAsia

10.15AM: As of 9.30am, there were 330,000 who paid their last respects to the late Mr Lee at Parliament House since the public were given access. The number of visitors to the 18 community tribute sites as of midnight was 670,000, officials said.

So, average per 24 hours (since Wednesday 10am, when the public started entering) = about 110,000

 

[takashi]

Live updates: Passing of Lee Kuan Yew, Day 6 - Channel NewsAsia

1.05PM: As of 12.00pm, 371,784 people have paid their last respects to the late Mr Lee at Parliament House since the public were given access. The number of visitors to the 18 community tribute sites as of 11.00am was 700,000.

 

[HTOLAS]

The Bhutanese king and queen.

 

[takashi]

The Bhutanese king and queen.

She's quite pretty:










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[takashi]

Live updates: Passing of Lee Kuan Yew, Day 6 - Channel NewsAsia

6.25PM: Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, speaking at the Padang, says the queue to pay respects to Mr Lee Kuan Yew will be closed at 8pm. The entrance of the Padang will be closed. “This is to clear those already inside,” he said. 415,000 have paid their respects to Mr Lee at Parliament House, 850,000 have paid tribute to Mr Lee at community tribute sites, DPM Teo added.

So, looks like PAP will get at least a million votes at the next GE...

 

[Cosmos10]

For the benefit of those who have not (or would not) go to the Parliament House to pay your "respects", you can watch it live at the following link for a few more hours....

Seriously, I am waiting for next Monday to arrive soon.

I respect LKY.

But I wonder is there any brother here, who like me, is beginning to have a headache with all these info overloads huh?


[video=youtube;u7fvd6ndZkc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7fvd6ndZkc&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[blackmore]

I agree with bro Cosmos10, respect is from the heart and not necessary by physical actions. Paying last respect to him is not the only means to showcase our love for the old man. Standing in line for 10 hours just to pay respect is something which I find it difficult to rationalised. Its almost like the Hello Kitty saga at Macs all over.

My whole week has already been adversely affected by cancellations and disruptions just by his passings. Worst is after a day's work, the constant barrage of tributes of his trial and tribulations on all channels. Yes, I feel sick with the State media overload.

 

[laksaboy]

But I wonder is there any brother here, who like me, is beginning to have a headache with all these info overloads huh?

That is precisely the point. Propaganda.

LKY's history had been far from spotless but the impression you get from the controlled local media is as though he is a saint or Jesus incarnate.

 

[Charlie99]

That is precisely the point. Propaganda.

LKY's history had been far from spotless but the impression you get from the controlled local media is as though he is a saint or Jesus incarnate.

The SG media reflects its ranking in the world, and accordingly, with respect, did not provide a more balanced perspective.

The only media or individual who mentioned his less than stellar history, I believe a major weakness, is from what I have read, the homily by the Archbishop of Singapore.
With respect, regardless of what I have read, I do not believe that those "Catholics" were Marxists.

[ please refer to: http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?203730-Catholic-Church-has-forgiven-LKY ]

As Francis Seow said: "We are all human beings. We have our strengths and weaknesses."

Although I was very young then, I believe that the "Two is Enough" policy is a huge mistake, followed by the almost open door policy to allow numerous foreign workers.

 

[Leongsam]

Although I was very young then, I believe that the "Two is Enough" policy is a huge mistake, followed by the almost open door policy to allow numerous foreign workers.

The "Two is enough" policy was LKY at his best. He could foresee the problems that procreation patterns would be causing 2 generations down the road.

The mistake was in the execution. The policy failed in its implementation. In fact it backfired with the wrong ethnic group abiding by the policy while the ethnic group that it was targeted towards ignored it and carried on with their merry ways.

Had the policy worked, Singapore wouldn't be the shit hole that it is today. The open door policy is a consequence of the failure in the implementation of the stop at two policy.

 

[Charlie99]

The "Two is enough" policy was LKY at his best. He could foresee the problems that procreation patterns would be causing 2 generations down the road.

The mistake was in the execution. The policy failed in its implementation. In fact it backfired with the wrong ethnic group abiding by the policy while the ethnic group that it was targeted towards ignored it and carried on with their merry ways.

Had the policy worked, Singapore wouldn't be the shit hole that it is today. The open door policy is a consequence of the failure in the implementation of the stop at two policy.

It is impossible to use a general policy to target at one ethnic group.
The liberalization of the banking sector did not go well.

 

[Leongsam]

She's quite pretty:




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She looks like an Asian version of Cameron Diaz

 

[Leongsam]

It is impossible to use a general policy to target at one ethnic group.
The liberalization of the banking sector did not go well.

It targeted all ethnic groups.

The same rules implicitly applied to all but the problem was that the group that was procreating at twice the rate continued to do so.

The next stage was to try to balance things out by offering incentives to a particular category. Unfortunately that did not work either. It's comparison with Hitler's eugenics was too much for even LKY to stomach.

The failures were because the geopolitical situation did not allow LKY to bulldoze the issue through with his usual no nonsense style using his knuckle dusters. He was forced to tread very softly in order to retain some degree of normalcy in Singapore's relationship with its neighbours.

In the end the only choice was to open the floodgates in order to maintain the status quo.

 

[Charlie99]

Sam,
Thank you for enlightening me.
Have a pleasant weekend.
Cheers.

 

[Leongsam]

Sam,
Thank you for enlightening me.
Have a pleasant weekend.
Cheers.

The one area where the PAP has succeeded is in the implementation of a discriminatory immigration policy. It continues to amaze me how it has not turned into a public controversy. I cannot be the only person that is aware of this.

 

[takashi]

The one area where the PAP has succeeded is in the implementation of a discriminatory immigration policy. It continues to amaze me how it has not turned into a public controversy. I cannot be the only person that is aware of this.

Do you mean granting more PR statuses and citizenships to people who are ethnically Chinese?
If that's what you mean, then it's already a public controversy because most Sinkie chinks hate PRC chinks, right?

 

[Leongsam]

Do you mean granting more PR statuses and citizenships to people who are ethnically Chinese?
If that's what you mean, then it's already a public controversy because most Sinkie chinks hate PRC chinks, right?

It's not who they grant PR/citizenship to that is potentially controversial. It's who they keep out.

 

[takashi]

It's who they keep out.

May I ask for a few examples?
This is one thing I don't have much knowledge about.

 

[Leongsam]

May I ask for a few examples?
This is one thing I don't have much knowledge about.

Come on.... surely I don't have to spell it out in black and white. There are tons of new arrivals by the bucket load on a daily basis. Pinoys, Chinks, Indians, Ang Mohs etc. Who is missing?

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

The "Two is enough" policy was LKY at his best. He could foresee the problems that procreation patterns would be causing 2 generations down the road.

The mistake was in the execution. The policy failed in its implementation. In fact it backfired with the wrong ethnic group abiding by the policy while the ethnic group that it was targeted towards ignored it and carried on with their merry ways.

Had the policy worked, Singapore wouldn't be the shit hole that it is today. The open door policy is a consequence of the failure in the implementation of the stop at two policy.

Yup it targetted the wrong ethnic group indeed the one that likes to whine and complain like syed putra and whoami.