ISBN 9789814266727
Straits Times Press
Hardback: 464 pages
Jan 2011
Book + DVD @ S$39.90
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Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths - To Keep Singapore Going
Han Fook Kwang, Zuraidah Ibrahim, Chua Mui Hoong, Lydia Lim, Ignatius Low, Rachel Lin & Robin Chan
"What am I doing this book for?
I want your readers to know the hard truths. If you
believe that this superstructure is the same as other
countries in our range, you are dead wrong."
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Lee Kuan Yew |
Why is Lee so hard on his political opponents?
Could the PAP ever lose its grip on power?
Are the younger leaders up to the mark?
Will growing religiosity change Singapore for the better of worse?
Now will rising giants China and India affect Singapore's fortunes?
Why is rich Singapore so parsimonious when spending on the poor and disadvantaged?
Why the drive to attract immigrants despite Singaporeans' discomfiture?
As the founding father of modern Singapore and one of the initiators of ASEAN, Lee Kuan Yew who is still a cabinet minister has a unique overview of the major historical events over the past 60 years and more. Lee, fields these issues and many other questions in this major book which includes 90 minutes of realtime interviews on DVD. He is combative, thought-provoking and controversial in discussing the HARD TRUTHS facing Singapore Based on 32 hours of interviews, this book and DVD pick up where his memoirs of 1999 and 2000 left off.
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