Comments on: Lee Kuan Yew on India - Part 4

By: Rajan Sharma

Rajan Sharma — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:29:27 +0000

Hi all,

It is not true that people respect LKY out of fear. It is because he is an elder statesman with futuristic ideas and views. What ever the policy introduced by him, in the beginning has some opposition but later people realise how important it is to them. His ideas about CPF, Medisave, Adopting to Technologies are few examples. Now people are depending upon them for various purposes. Singapore Government never fail to reverse any policy according to the time and circumstances. LKY made sure that people are self dependant and not a burden on the Public

By: GiveSingaporeansTheirDue

GiveSingaporeansTheirDue — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:31:03 +0000

Singapore has given and is still giving him & his coterie more than their due… not out of love, but out of fear.

Guys we have to give Singaporeans their due for putting up with these people.

By: cheers LKY

cheers LKY — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:35:47 +0000

Guys, no man including LKY is a super human. Atleast give LKY his due for transforming Singapore to a first world country.

By: Singaporean

Singaporean — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:07:49 +0000

Hi all,
Reading the article and all ur comments was quite interesting. There is a lot that has been left out by Dil maybe because he has understood a lot more about the tentacles of Lee Kwan Yiew family and Singapore than T-Sec or Erik. Having been born and brought-up in Singapore, T-Sec and Eric would never understand or be capable of understanding what the real world is like. Singaporeans are like the laboratory specimen. Carefully trained, brain-washed, given just minimal skills that Lee Kwan Yiew’s family thinks is safe and required to go and work in a factory.
Most Singaporeans will never agree that they are living a life that is very carefully stage-managed by that family. Dont blame them. They are so brain-washed. Have you seen the movie stepford wives? Singaporeans are quite like that. The Government decides all that they will get. And they will get only that.
Singaporeans are actually scared. You just talk to them about LKY family and see how they run away like chicken. They just dont want to get into trouble. Poor things. They will never know the real meaning of freedom.
Who says Singapore is corruption-free? And who says LKY did not have to worry about bribes? Singapore has a two-point plan to control corruption.
1. Punish anyone (other than from the LKY Clan) who takes bribe or accuses the LKY family of taking bribes.
2. Regularise all of it as Salary, perks, bonus to the Director (usually a member of LKY family/Clan) of GLC (Government-Linked Company! What a term!) and receive everything in white. If only the Indian Politicians can learn this art of defeating corruption… they can pocket a lot more and give India a corruption-free image - The west loves this image.

Has the writer of the article or anyone ever thought about how much was the LKY family worth when he became the first PM os Singapore and their worth today? (Lot of people in Singapore wonder why they are not on top of world billionnaire list).

You say Indian Elections are a farce? Hear Hear! Do you know what Singaporean elections are?

Do u know that politicians are scared to contest elections (as opposition of course) and most Parliament seats are won un-opposed?
Do u know that voting is compulsory in Singapore, but most Singaporeans have never seen a ballot paper? (because usually elections are won un-opposed).

Do you know the fate of most opposition leaders like J.B. Jeyaratnam?

Well before we glorify anyone, let us learn to know atleast something about them.

As for T-Sec and Erik, I pity you as I pity most Singaporeans. You are like the animals in a zoo. Like ah-meng, your glorified Orangutan. We all come, smile at Ah-meng, take pictures with it, say the zoo was so clean and beautiful. WE have a nice time there and come back. WE feel great. AND YOU feel as if you are on the top of the world. But behold ye master determines when u can take a stroll and when u can pose for pictures. Some visitors try to understand you and pity you. Most do not. They leave with their prized possessions of pictures of Ah-meng and places, goods etc. Those of us who understand the situation pity you just like we pity ah-meng. But Ah-Meng would never understand. He only does as his MASTER (LKY CLAN) commands! BEHOLD YE MASTER!

I hope I am not hunted down for writing this article, just like they hunt down Singaporeans who write against their GOVT (read LKY Clan) in blogs. Or like the oppostion leaders who become popular.

By: anbu jeremiah

anbu jeremiah — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:38:33 +0000

Great article

but stil doubtful to invest in India cos black market growth is more than India economy growth,

as you say everyone is working towards their individual wealth starting from small Church pastor to bigger politicians. Corruption and cheating is in the blood of ordinary Indians.Poor remains the poor.

By: Anirudh

Anirudh — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:01:38 +0000

Brilliant!

By: Prashant

Prashant — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:05:44 +0000

Dil, T-Sek, Eric

Can everybody please calm down?

This blog does not take kindly to chest-thumping, or running down any group/ country — whoever does this.

Any signs of this degenerating into one of those petty debates (my country is so better than your country) and the delete function will kick in.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:41:51 +0000

Indians are great at math., they invented the zero. Don’t you forget that!
Indians are creative and imaginative, look at all the news from india media about how India is IT superpower and about to overtake the world. It really take a country of vivid imagination to dream up something like that.
Indian are tolerant. Castes prejudice, corruption and extreme wealth/poverty. Most people would agree indian can indeed tolerated some of the most intolerable conditions.
Singapore is about 699.3 square kilometres in area, and four millions population. it is the world’s fourth largest foreign exchange trading centre after London, New York City and Tokyo. Its government is one of the most efficient and cleanest government in the world. Singapore may not have much, but her people make the most out of it. Can indian say the same thing about india?
one fifth of humanity cannot get a gold medal in olympic. Cannot even beat england and Australia in cricket, a sport which almost nobody in the world really care about. Indians should stop belittling others achievement while bragging about how much potential india have.

By: T-Sek

T-Sek — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:18:45 +0000

Dil, after years staying in Singapore, that’s all you have to say about Singapore?

“Whats singapores position in Sports, Culture, Literature?? They have a good percentage of Indians in their society, do they have a national cricket team?”

Who cares about cricket? What’s india’s medal count in the Olympics? We have a great Chinese culture and literature scene, but unfortunately you are not able to get it. We export hundreds of TV series to other Chinese-speaking countries. Our singers are top pop stars in China and Taiwan. Chinese readers read books written by singaporean writers. Singapore is a Chinese country, not a hindu one dont get it wrong.

“I think we have a better culture and potential than any other nation and all we need is to polish it a little bit and have some pride.”

Tell that to the Chinese, or the British, or the Russians, or the Brazilians, they will all laugh the crap out at you. Dont bully our small no-culture island country, ok?

“And the economy, despite everything singapore is still a cheap labour driven economy with zero potential to become anything else.”

Then why did you come to Singapore at the first place? We offered you a good job and a good living condition your home country could not offer. And after you left our country, this is all you have to say?

By: Dil

Dil — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:41:16 +0000

Hai,
I lived in singapore for some time before I move to Holland.I dont think Singapores way of development is something a democratic country like India can adapt or its not something fits into our culture. Development or Industry in Singapore is a family business and if you have been to singapore you will know that living in singapore is as like as working in a factory. Singapore has the objective of making the money and nothing else. Whats singapores position in Sports, Culture, Literature??. They have a good percentage of Indians in their society, do they have a national cricket team?. And the economy, despite everything singapore is still a cheap labour driven economy with zero potential to become anything else. The things is that bad aspects of singapore is often covered up by the gouvernment.When we listen to some one from Singapore never forget that singapore is a country which rely so much on intelligence than any other country and politically singapore is keeping a dangerous strategic balance with US and China. I think we have a better culture and potential than any other nation and all we need is to polish it a little bit and have some pride.