LEE KUAN YEW
HARD TRUTHS TO KEEP SINGAPORE GOING

Interviews with Mr Lee Kuan Yew in 2011:

It doesn't matter whether you are an admirer or a detractor, let's all hear from Mr Lee himself on his views about 10 hot button issues. We'll better understand him and the realities Singapore faces.

SMILES AND LAUGHTER - A CELEBRATION IN PICTURES
A HAPPY AND SATISFIED MR LEE KUAN YEW

This is how Mr Lee Kuan Yew should be remembered - with smiles and in laughter. He set out to secure the survival of Singapore, make it prosperous and build a modern city with communitarian values. He had succeeded on all counts and he should be happy and satisfied with his achievements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Singaporeans will do their utmost in their own small ways to keep Singapore strong, peaceful, prosperous and united and make you continue your smiles and laughter. 

 

 

OUR REMARKABLE LEE KUAN YEW

Our remarkable Lee Kuan Yew,
One of the very, very few,
Born and bred, a brilliant mind,
A rare individual, one of a kind.

A polymathic master of politics,
A dancing wizard of linguistics,
A great leader, truly exceptional,
An adviser, internal and external.

He had looked and having seen
How weak our hearts had been.
A pragmatist, for heaven's sake.
That did not a pessimist make.

Making speeches full of power,
Charisma perching on the tower,
His exhortations a joy to hear,
With opinions frank and sincere.

Of all his concerns, at the core
Was to build up tiny Singapore.
Failure, to him, would be a crime,
So, he devoted to it his lifetime.

His iron rules driven by passion
Laws applied with determination,
Numb from it, we didn't flinch,
As they tightened inch by inch.

Results were always spectacular,
Though, some hardly popular,
Still, all good and goal-driven.
To be accepted and forgiven.

So, he never seek from us love,
As his loyalty sprang from above.
To him, much respect is due,
I can only offer "Sir, I thank you!"

TOWARDS SG100

Satisfying Singapore's hierarchy of needs

Free from wants and hunger at SG60,

We'll be a nation without poverty.

A complete Total Defense by SG70,

We'll be a fortress with iron security.

Forging a cohesive identity at SG80,

Diversity will thrive within harmony.

To be an esteemed people by SG90,

We'll know neither fear nor anxiety.

When possibilities become reality,

Fulfillment will be our SG100 destiny!

REMEMBER VANUATU 
       
                                         
               KEEP              
                                         
                               
      VANUATU      
                               
                   IN                  
     OUR THOUGHTS     
             AND  IN           
       OUR  PRAYERS      
                                         

Vanuatu are a group of 13 larger and about 70 smaller Pacific islands located directly west of Fiji. Occupied by Melanesians for more than 2,500 years, it was named New Hebrides by Captain James Cook in 1774. It was renamed Vanuatu in 1980 when it attained independence.

The country with its 267,000 people  is now being ravaged by Cyclone Pam and a state of emergency has been declared. So, please keep Vanuatu in our thoughts and in our prayers.

THE GREAT PROSPEROUS CITY
A tribute to Singapore on the 50th 
  anniversary of its independence

We, the incomparable country?
Ever so successful and wealthy?
Well, let me tell you the full story:
Peaceful progress was not easy.

We took the path of democracy,
Alongside justice and equality,
Onto the road of incorruptibility,
And became the subject of envy.

Our secret is in our diversity -
For we may quarrel like a family,
Yet, in our society, it's like SOP.
That holds the key to our unity.

Ok, there're bad things like COE;
High costs, high taxes and ERP;
Caning, exam-stress and GRC;
Broken MRT and low fertility!

But good things are also aplenty.
It's a food paradise, I guarantee!
Anytime, anywhere - total safety,
And best ever civil service surely.

That, in short, is our true identity.
Not just trouble-free and happy,
But a nation that works smartly.
So call us Great Prosperous City.