Lee Kuan Yew

SINGAPORE — The Tok and Teo families are a model of traditional harmony, with three generations gathered under one roof, enjoying each other’s company over slices of fruit and cups of tea on a Saturday afternoon in Singapore. There is only one problem: The youngest and oldest generations can barely communicate with each other. Lavell, 7, speaks fluent English and a smattering of Mandarin Chinese, while her grandmother, Law Ngoh Kiaw, prefers the Hokkien dialect of her ancestors’ home in southeastern

2. MacDonald House bombing On the 10th March 1965, an 11kg explosive was detonated in the MacDonald House by two Indonesian marines in civilian clothing as part of the Indonesian Confrontation from 1963 to 1966, an armed campaign conducted by Indonesia in opposition to the formation of Malaysia. The bombing resulted in 3 civilian deaths and 33 injuries. After the explosion, the government published a statement that openly condemned Indonesia for their act of terror in an attempt to force them to

Let’s take a look in the case of the passing of Singapore’s late founding father. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. In March 2015, Mr. Lee’s time passed and the whole country entered a stage of mourning. While Mr. Lee’s contribution to Singapore was highly respectable and he was already known, it did not take long for others to hear of him through the news

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Singapore and Malaysia were both similarly colonized by the British. However, their development after independence differed in many ways. In this paper, I will examine, with help from resources provided in the course and minimal research, how their colonial experiences affected their political and social development after independence. After which, investigating the depth of influence their colonizers had, and why, differing racial ideologies had the greatest impact on their development. Malaysia

Sagar, Rahul. “Against Moral Absolutism: Surveillance and Disclosure After Snowden.” Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 29, no. 2, 2015, pp. 145-159. Rahul Sagar is associate professor of political science at Yale-NUS College and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Sagar challenges the conspiratorial view that mass surveillance undermines the national security by clarifying the history, rationale, and efficacy of surveillance. He argues that a surveillance

consideration. But this problem is not one to be overlooked. Leaders lead people and if the people are not the priority, then it flaws the entire leadership process. An example is Lee Kwan Yew of Singapore. He was quickly able to transform the country into a much developed one (Give example of Malawian leader and Lee kuan

Dan Buettner’s chapter on Singapore was very interesting, especially when comparing it to our American way of life. At first glance the idea of living in a country with very strict laws, such as public canings for what we would call a minor offense, was mind blowing to me. How could this be one of the happiest places in the world? Upon further study my mind was changed to some degree, in fact I could see myself visiting there some day, but only have studing on the most current laws. I think the United

Affirmative Action: Ethical or Purely Racial Discrimination? A comparative Analysis of how Malays are treated in Singapore and Malaysia “Affirmative action” means positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education, and business from which they have been historically excluded. Indeed if one were to see affirmative action in the light of John Rawls’ maximin approach to give the greatest benefit to the least advantaged in society, it

What would be better, to serve a five year sentence or to be caned up to twenty four times and be released. For many in Singapore, this is not an option; you might say that is a terrible thing to do to another human being. However the process is exponentially effective and can potentially preserve taxpayers’ tremendous amounts of money. When people know that there is a possibility to be mistreated, their natural instinct is to avoid it. "Time to assert American Values” by New York time is mainly