Lee Kuan Yew

Initiatives implemented by PLAN-SG25 will be more effective when supported by the public and private sector. By helping individuals and businesses make environmentally sound decisions, PLAN-SG25 will enable better consumption choices and improve energy conservation. All of these seemingly small choices would eventually culminate in sustainable development, besides yielding cost savings – a positive-sum game indeed. PLAN-SG25 has dedicated significant attention to programs that raise public awareness

In 1979 the third word-wide wave of democratization was due to the overthrow of Portuagese dictatorship in Europe which spread to Asia during the 1980s. The third word-wide wave of democratization did not however affect the undemocratic East Asian countries as they challenged the notion of demoratization and avocated “Asian Values”. Asian values refers to the strong traditional cultural values such as Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism which co-exists in East Asian societies. The purpose of this

An additional justification on agreeing with Gandhi’s quote pertains to the failed economic growth and overall development caused by the tyrannical control of a country, leading to a breakdown of the regime. The term “economic growth” is defined as an increase in a country’s productive capacity as measured by comparing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the respective country per annum. A plethora of categories must be taken into account to determine the degree of economic growth, such as the increase

the Nature of Human Being As the most giant super power in the world, almost everything happened in the United States has some kinds of influence in the world. The American Revolution is definitely one of the most important historical event in the history of the United States because its foundation of the idea of this country. But behind the bright side of the main stream idea of the public, there are also dark sides in the Revolution such as the bloody battle and the wealth growing of the minor

Singapore has a racially diverse and multi-cultural society, being a multi-ethnic country means that Singapore relies on social cohesion as well as communal harmony to function. It is necessary for Singaporeans to be able to accept, trust and work with each other in order to maintain peace and stability in the country. Social cohesion is a bond that holds a group of individuals of different histories and circumstances together through similar values and behaviours. It can be seen through people

Ten pieces of knowledge I deem valuable. I chose very few specific historical facts, but instead tried to keep general since I believe that having a proper framework for analyzing history is much more important than merely giving facts 1) Culture, language, and religion never static. For example, 2,000 years ago the English were tribal pagans living in Northern Germany and the English they spoke would be gibberish to a modern English speaker. 2) There is no one version of history. It is important

Leadership Critique Introduction When talking about greatest leaders in our daily lives, I always tend to look for characteristics of the Great American President Abraham Lincoln, Singapore’s first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew in people who are touted to be leaders. In reality, it is very difficult to find people who are inspired by these great legends and follow their principles without any deviation. Talking about Leadership in the workplace, it is a bit different. With constraints such as being

Persuasion goes on around us everyday, all the time, on television, on advertisements, even in conversations with friends. Perhaps because of this, much has been written on how to persuade more effectively. Most of this literature is built upon the notion that to persuade is to urge successfully and completely. Going along these lines, certainty and confidence are logical complements to effective persuasion, since we cannot hope to convince others when we are ourselves in doubt. Doubt, therefore

In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, the titular character, Hamlet ponders over the complexities of life and death, “To Be or Not To Be”. Likewise, society is equitably stumped with an analogous conundrum that is “To obey or not to obey.” With the assistance of both Globalization and advances in modern technology, societies around the world have become more cognizant of their global counterparts’ existences through news broadcasts, interactions with international students and colleagues and the virtual world

general public generally hate all dictators without any information about them. It is a common misconception in today’s world, there have been many great dictators over time who have increased a countries GDP and boosted its work force, such as Lee kuan-Yew the dictator of Singapore who is now one of the most renowned safest countries and stable economies in the world, yet his work went unnoticed. The media play a big part in controlling what we see on TV, I myself have never seen anything good about