WITH the death of former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore has lost her most precious son; and the world, a truly outstanding leader.
It would be appropriate to honour this great man with the naming of public institutions, buildings, foundations, and so on, after him.
I suggest renaming Changi Airport the Lee Kuan Yew (or LKY) International Airport.
With this renaming, millions of visitors each year can see for themselves what our founding father achieved for Singapore.
One of his greatest contributions was to have initiated, led and evolved a unique system of governance based on integrity, meritocracy, pragmatism, commitment, consistency, perseverance, secularism, multiracialism, order and law, plus a self-renewal mechanism that ensures continuous quality leadership and economic success.
Mr Lee is widely respected as "the strategist's strategist, the leader's leader and the mentor's mentor".
Every Singaporean and resident, whatever his age, status in society, or political inclination, can honour and show respect and love for Mr Lee by letting the Lee Kuan Yew spirit live through him.
Let us teach our children and future generations to practise the principles he adopted, including lifelong learning, in leading the nation and in his life.
As for leaders among us, it would be worthwhile to practise his three most important "helicopter qualities": powers of analysis; logical grasp of facts; and concentrating on the basic points, and extracting the principles.
And, as he put it: "You must be able to soar above reality and say, 'This is also possible' - a sense of imagination."
With current and future generations of Singaporeans leading lives with the Lee Kuan Yew spirit in them, the tenacity and vision of Mr Lee will come alive, as he himself said in 1965: "I am calculating in terms of the next generation; in terms of the next 100 years; in terms of eternity; and believe you me, for the next thousand years, we will be here."
I thank Mr Lee for soaring above reality and outperforming a seemingly impossible goal, and transforming Singapore into the miracle nation it is today.
Clinton Lim Eng Hiong
It would be appropriate to honour this great man with the naming of public institutions, buildings, foundations, and so on, after him.
I suggest renaming Changi Airport the Lee Kuan Yew (or LKY) International Airport.
With this renaming, millions of visitors each year can see for themselves what our founding father achieved for Singapore.
One of his greatest contributions was to have initiated, led and evolved a unique system of governance based on integrity, meritocracy, pragmatism, commitment, consistency, perseverance, secularism, multiracialism, order and law, plus a self-renewal mechanism that ensures continuous quality leadership and economic success.
Mr Lee is widely respected as "the strategist's strategist, the leader's leader and the mentor's mentor".
Every Singaporean and resident, whatever his age, status in society, or political inclination, can honour and show respect and love for Mr Lee by letting the Lee Kuan Yew spirit live through him.
Let us teach our children and future generations to practise the principles he adopted, including lifelong learning, in leading the nation and in his life.
As for leaders among us, it would be worthwhile to practise his three most important "helicopter qualities": powers of analysis; logical grasp of facts; and concentrating on the basic points, and extracting the principles.
And, as he put it: "You must be able to soar above reality and say, 'This is also possible' - a sense of imagination."
With current and future generations of Singaporeans leading lives with the Lee Kuan Yew spirit in them, the tenacity and vision of Mr Lee will come alive, as he himself said in 1965: "I am calculating in terms of the next generation; in terms of the next 100 years; in terms of eternity; and believe you me, for the next thousand years, we will be here."
I thank Mr Lee for soaring above reality and outperforming a seemingly impossible goal, and transforming Singapore into the miracle nation it is today.
Clinton Lim Eng Hiong
