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Lion City's economic growth model needs radical rethink
News, Published on 24/03/2015
» I failed to impress Lee Kuan Yew when we met for the first time a decade ago. It was in December 2004 in Bangkok and he was giving a speech arguing that rumours of America's decline were premature. "America," he declared, was "the most dynamic economy in the world" and would be for many years to come. Afterward, when I asked the founder of Singapore if he was too bullish on the US given the rise of China, he rolled his eyes.
Mixed views about Thais from Singapore's statesman
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/03/2015
» Singapore's late founding father Lee Kuan Yew was a leader who did not mince his words, especially after he stood down as prime minister in 1990.
Lee's demise ends era of pioneer leaders
News, Published on 24/03/2015
» The death of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding prime minister at the age of 91, brings to an end the era of politics in Southeast Asia dominated by leaders who led anti-colonial struggles. For seventy years, the region evolved in the shadow of men who forged new nations after the end of the Pacific War, which concluded more than two centuries of colonial occupation and rule.
Death of a statesman
News, Published on 24/03/2015
» The death of Lee Kuan Yew early Monday was not a shock, yet it marked the end of his remarkable career as national leader and international statesman. Singapore's prosperity and its place in the world are the undoubted achievements of one man. Ironically, Lee's long-stated last wish was the one goal he did not attain. He had long lamented the idea of a lingering death, saying he wanted to go quickly.
China's bank heralds decline of US
News, Published on 24/03/2015
» Some events are epochal. The decision by Great Britain to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was one such event. It may have heralded the end of the American century and the arrival of the Asian century.
Simple words alone cannot lead a country
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/03/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's answer to the problem of pricey limes alone appears insightful enough to sink all hopes for the country's reform and future.
It's your life - study up
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 24/03/2015
» A 19-year-old recently asked me: "What did you study? Was it difficult to find a job with that degree?"
Agri-business must help solve haze problem
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/03/2015
» The country's giant agri-business sector must stop denying responsibility and take the lead in helping solve the problem of smoke haze caused by burning off maize trash in the North.