I was appalled by Member of Parliament Low Thia Khiang’s tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew at the special parliamentary sitting on Thursday. (“His fighting spirit helped S’pore leap from Third World to First”: March 27)
Was that a tribute or veiled sarcasm? The pioneer generation’s sacrifices were also an important factor in making Singapore what it is today.
That the Government has introduced the Pioneer Generation Package and the more recent Silver Support scheme is evident their sacrifices were not forgotten.
Without Mr Lee’s strong leadership, full of conviction, even if the pioneer generation were willing to make sacrifices, they would have probably become headless chickens.
As MP Indranee Rajah said, no one has made a bigger sacrifice for Singapore than Mr Lee. (“A vision driven by care for S’poreans”; March 27)
What he has done for Singapore is no small feat. No other country without a hinterland and resources has been transformed from the Third World to the First in one generation.
What right does a man who cannot get his own town council in order have to criticise a great man recognised globally? Let us not begrudge the tribute Mr Lee deserves fully.
Even former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher counted it a blessing to have had him as a friend.
Singaporeans should, undoubtedly and unreservedly, count it a true blessing that Mr Lee was among us and not just someone to admire from afar in another country. Let us be grateful to have had Mr Lee.
Was that a tribute or veiled sarcasm? The pioneer generation’s sacrifices were also an important factor in making Singapore what it is today.
That the Government has introduced the Pioneer Generation Package and the more recent Silver Support scheme is evident their sacrifices were not forgotten.
Without Mr Lee’s strong leadership, full of conviction, even if the pioneer generation were willing to make sacrifices, they would have probably become headless chickens.
As MP Indranee Rajah said, no one has made a bigger sacrifice for Singapore than Mr Lee. (“A vision driven by care for S’poreans”; March 27)
What he has done for Singapore is no small feat. No other country without a hinterland and resources has been transformed from the Third World to the First in one generation.
What right does a man who cannot get his own town council in order have to criticise a great man recognised globally? Let us not begrudge the tribute Mr Lee deserves fully.
Even former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher counted it a blessing to have had him as a friend.
Singaporeans should, undoubtedly and unreservedly, count it a true blessing that Mr Lee was among us and not just someone to admire from afar in another country. Let us be grateful to have had Mr Lee.
