Lee Kuan Yew

due to a lack of British colonial retaliation to the Japanese occupation during World War II. In 1965, it achieved independence for a second time as a result of poor leadership within the Federation of Malaysia from both Tunku Abdul Rahman and Lee Kuan Yew. Singapore, unlike most other states and nations, has achieved independence twice: once in 1959 when it was decolonised by the British;1 then again after it was expelled from the Federation of Malaysia in 1965, into which Singapore had integrated

Although the majority of citizens were poor and uneducated, and Singapore itself possessed no natural resources, Lee felt that Singapore’s people were the only resource needed for the country to succeed and he began reordering the life of the people drastically. Singapore radically improved as a country during the times when Lee Kuan Yew was the prime minister; their per capita GNP has now surpasses their previous invader, Great Britain. It is now one of the world’s largest oil refiners as well

nation’s father and first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. Under his reforms, the economy flourished and the people were content. Although Lee’s government refused to relinquish control and were often aggressive, their smart legislation and benevolent rule was responsible for the growth of the nation. The key to Singapore’s development lay in the combination of

‘‘Leadership is the behaviour that brings the future to the present, by envisioning the possible and persuading others to help you make it a reality.’’ ( Helmrich, 2015, p.n.g). Lee Kwan Yew is the Leader of Singapore, informally known by his initials LKY, was the first Prime Minister of Singapore, ruling for more than three decade from 1959 to 1990. He was the leader to bring independence to the Singapore from Malaysia in 1965; it was 9th August 1965, morning at 10 a.m., 90 words that changed the

IS Essay Introduction This essay seeks to compare and contrast the political and economic leadership styles adopted by Lee Kuan Yew and Sukarno. PM Lee Kuan Yew was the first prime minister of Singapore and had turned Singapore from a poor fishing village into a bustling first world country, with world renowned airports and hotels, all through his clear vision as well as his economic policies during his governance from 1959-1990. On the other hand, Sukarno was the first president of Indonesia from

This is somewhat akin to most of its neighbours' processes, albeit subjected to several nuances. Secondly, the controversial debate of whether Lee Kuan Yew entered heated debates with Tunku Abdul Rahman, therefore engineering the whole separation from Malaysia has also raised the question of whether Lee did seek to have the independence of Singapore as an individual nation-state. The second salient point of dissimilarity when comparing Singapore's decolonization process

The Republic of Singapore Before narrowing down the topic, it is useful to start with the Singapore history to describe its fundamental identity as a multiracial city state without a plenty of natural resources. At the beginning of 19th century, Sir Stamford Raffles who worked at the East India Company found the tiny island where only few indigenous Malay fishermen and Chinese peasants live in, at the tip of the Malay Peninsula. This island had quickly grown into the centre of trades in Southeast

Since the dawn of mankind, societies have punished offenders, while trying to justify the practice on moral and rational grounds, thus attempting to clarify the relationship between punishment and justice. Antigone, a strong, intelligent, defiant women living in the patriarchal Ancient Greece broke an edict forbidding the burial of one brother that committed treason to the land. Against the will of her, society Antigone wished to protect Greek faith and put to rest her brother’s soul. Similarly

In the past decade, China’s foreign policy has alarmed their neighbors prompting the United States to take a proactive role in the Asia-Pacific. Nonetheless, China continues to test the waters with the United States. The 2010 Senkuku Boat Collision Incident revealed how effective Chinese economic sanctions were in compelling Japan to release the Minjinyu 5719 crew. Consequently, the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership remains confident that their economic clout will insulate China from retaliation

Tushall Sharma Scott Lankford English 1A / Essay 2 / Prompt 1 03/17/2015 Overcoming Odds the Singaporean Way: Lee Kuan Yew Once a small fishing village with almost no natural resources, Singapore has flourished into a point of pride for the world. As Nicolas Berggruen, a famous French investor and philanthropist said, “Singapore was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place mostly for Chinese, but accepting other cultures and other races.” Singapore had been at a disadvantage