Our daily difficulties in life seem almost insignificant compared with what Mr Lee Kuan Yew and the Old Guard had to deliver: Feed millions of lives.
We enjoy our parties or late nights now because he and his team brought order to chaos and unrest during those turbulent days.
We have safe, clean dwellings because they set up a system in which our families could afford a roof over our heads.
We know how to read and write, in more than one language, because all of us received an affordable, proper education.
We are able to work with people from different backgrounds because Mr Lee and his Old Guard knew to bridge the sensitive differences. And we have equal opportunities to make a livelihood on this island.
One of our favourite pastimes, travelling overseas, requires few visa requirements because many countries trust Singapore.
So many people were willing to wait so long to see Mr Lee’s Lying in State at Parliament House because he and the Old Guard gave so much, almost throughout their lifetime, and touched all who live in Singapore, our home.
What citizens, permanent residents and all of us living here, including the generations to come, can do to give back is to remember with gratitude that all of this does not come naturally.
We must never forget the life’s work of Mr Lee and his Old Guard. They have our heartfelt thanks.
We enjoy our parties or late nights now because he and his team brought order to chaos and unrest during those turbulent days.
We have safe, clean dwellings because they set up a system in which our families could afford a roof over our heads.
We know how to read and write, in more than one language, because all of us received an affordable, proper education.
We are able to work with people from different backgrounds because Mr Lee and his Old Guard knew to bridge the sensitive differences. And we have equal opportunities to make a livelihood on this island.
One of our favourite pastimes, travelling overseas, requires few visa requirements because many countries trust Singapore.
So many people were willing to wait so long to see Mr Lee’s Lying in State at Parliament House because he and the Old Guard gave so much, almost throughout their lifetime, and touched all who live in Singapore, our home.
What citizens, permanent residents and all of us living here, including the generations to come, can do to give back is to remember with gratitude that all of this does not come naturally.
We must never forget the life’s work of Mr Lee and his Old Guard. They have our heartfelt thanks.
