Lee Kuan Yew and Taxi Driver

• Ct2220

  28 Mar 15, 08:08

  这篇文章的素æ��å�–自傅ç�¼èŠ±å¾®ä¿¡æœ‹å�‹åœˆé‡Œçš„文字。ç»�她本人å�Œæ„�，人民日报亚太中心分社记者俞懿春对相关文字进行整ç�†ï¼Œè´´å‡ºæ�¥å’Œå¤§å®¶åˆ†äº«ã€‚ 

  傅�花毕业于新加�国立大学，她曾在新加�外交部任�12年，先�在新加�驻厦门和上海总领事馆任�。在上海期间，她曾负责�光耀夫人的行程，并于2004年回国�，继续被委任陪��资政和夫人出访。

  2000年，我被新加å�¡å¤–交部派到新加å�¡é©»ä¸Šæµ·æ€»é¢†äº‹é¦†æ‹…任领事。就是在这段工作期间，我有幸接触到æ�Žå…‰è€€èµ„政和夫人，这是我一生的è�£å¹¸ã€‚ 

  当时，我被安排接待æ�Žèµ„政和夫人的到访工作，需è¦�陪伴夫人，为此准备了好几个月。这是我第一次承担陪å�Œå·¥ä½œï¼Œå½“æ—¶å�ˆæ˜¯å¤«äººä¸­é£Žå�Žç¬¬ä¸€ä¸ªå¤–访，å�Œäº‹å’Œä¸Šå�¸éƒ½ä¸�å�œåœ°å˜±å’�我，一定è¦�严谨ã€�å°�心ã€�警惕，这让我感到无比的压力。 

  还 记得在北京的å�‚赞开玩笑地建议我去å‡�肥，希望我用三个月时间瘦下æ�¥ï¼Œè¿™æ›´æ˜¯è®©æˆ‘觉得这项工作有点艰巨。接待工作，为什么è¦�å‡�肥？我进外交部时，就å�¬è¿‡è®¸å¤š å‰�辈和å�Œäº‹ä¹‹é—´æµ�传有关接待他的故事与趣闻，他与他的事就åƒ�传说一样，一代传一代，让新人一å�¬åˆ°è‡ªå·±è¦�å�‚与有关他的任何工作，就会感到无比的压力与胆怯。 

  è¿™ 些传说的故事中就有这一项——ä»–ä¸�喜欢肥胖的人，因为胖å­�臃肿ä¸�æ•�æ�·ï¼Œä¹Ÿå�¯ä»¥çœ‹å‡ºæ­¤äººæ‡’惰ä¸�锻炼。å�¦å¤–å�Œäº‹è¿˜è¯´ï¼Œé™ªå�Œçš„官员还è¦�是个活的百科全书，因为他 ç»�常会å�‘身边陪å�Œçš„官员æ��问，开å�£æ—¶ä¸€å®šè¦�有准确的答案。我感到å¿�忑与ä¸�安，心想两三个月è¦�å‡�è‚¥ä¸�大å�¯èƒ½ï¼Œè¦�æˆ�为百科全书更是困难，我想我还是尽é‡�å�šä¸ªéš� 形人，工作时尽é‡�低调一点ã€�讲è¯�å°�声一点ã€�走路轻一点，尽é‡�ä¸�引起注æ„�。 

  第一次è§�到æ�Žå…‰è€€èµ„政和夫人是在上海的机场，看到他们从机舱走出æ�¥ï¼Œæˆ‘的第一个感觉是——哇ï¼�他很高ï¼�也有一ç§�特殊的ç£�场。他步ä¼�稳å�¥ï¼Œä¸€è¾¹èµ°ä¸€è¾¹å’Œå¤§ä½¿äº¤è°ˆï¼Œä¸�åƒ�å�Œäº‹è¯´çš„那般严厉和严肃。 

  夫 人更是é�žå¸¸æ…ˆç¥¥å’Œè”¼ï¼Œè¿™ä¸€åˆ»çš„我，绷紧了好几个月的精神开始放æ�¾äº†ä¸€ç‚¹ã€‚由于工作的关系，我ä¸�æ—¶è¦�进出他们的酒店套房，æ¸�æ¸�对æ�Žå…‰è€€èµ„政有了直接的认识。 他的生活很有规律，æ¯�天ä¸�管多忙一定锻炼，游泳至少å�Šå°�时或45分钟。他的饮食é�žå¸¸ç®€å�•å�¥åº·ï¼Œæ—©é¤�豆浆ã€�包å­�，中å�ˆé�¢æ�¡ï¼Œå–œæ¬¢å�ƒé±¼ã€�å–�清汤，很少å�ƒçº¢è‚‰ï¼Œ 但是喜欢巧克力和水果。 

  é…’ 店套房准备的水果很多，我很斗胆的暗地里给他一个绰å�·“Fruit Monster”（水果怪人）。一次我看到一串已ç»�长黑斑的香蕉，正准备拿去丢掉，被安ä¿�人员å�«ä½�，å�“了一跳。他问我干嘛？我说我已ç»�让酒店拿新鲜的，这 串都是黑斑，ä¸�能给他å�ƒã€‚安ä¿�人员å�´è¯´ä¸‡ä¸‡ä¸�能丢，他就爱å�ƒé•¿é»‘斑的香蕉，所以酒店套房一定有两串香蕉，一串已ç»�熟é€�长黑斑，å�¦å¤–一串正在熟é€�长黑斑的过 程中ï¼�我这一下长è§�识了ï¼�他还喜欢凤梨ã€�西瓜和柚å­�。 

  æ�Žå…‰è€€èµ„政很爱他的夫人，å�ªè¦�他在外é�¢å…¬åŠ¡è€Œæˆ‘们在酒店陪å�Œå¤«äººï¼Œä¸€å®šä¼šæ”¶åˆ°ä»–的安ä¿�人员的电è¯�，询问夫人é¤�å�¦ã€�游泳了没ã€�游了多久等，é�žå¸¸å…³å¿ƒæ­£å¤„于康å¤�阶段的夫人，这ç§�关心æµ�露出无比的爱与呵护，å�«äººå¾ˆç¾¡æ…•ï¼Œå¾ˆæ„ŸåŠ¨ã€‚ 

  夫 人也是深爱ç�€ä»–，åƒ�是时刻都在念ç�€ä»–。夫人会问，å�¬åˆ°å¥—房å�¦å¤–一边有声音，是ä¸�是他回æ�¥äº†ã€‚由于公务，他们两人很少一起去游泳，入ä½�酒店å�Žä»–一定先去游 泳，我就在泳池æ—�候ç�€ï¼Œæ€•ä»–有交代陪å�Œå¤«äººçš„须知。他问了问水温，å†�亲自下水试水温ã€�水深，熟悉泳池的环境，然å�Žç”¨ä¸‹æ´—浴间等泳池的é…�套设施。虽然他在锻 炼，其实我们都看得出他是在为夫人打å‰�站，很是令人感动。 

  我从æ�¥æ²¡æœ‰è§�过è€�年人之间的爱情，ä¸�知é�“真的有白头å�•è€�这回事，我父æ¯�在我有æ„�识以æ�¥å°±æ˜¯å�µå�µé—¹é—¹ã€‚从他与夫人的互动，我看到的是相敬如宾，是爱情与亲情的体现。è°�说爱情消失å�Žå�ªæœ‰äº²æƒ…？ 

  一 天，我陪å�Œå¤«äººæ¸¸æ³³æ—¶å�‘现，夫人左手无å��指上有一枚很细的金戒指，猜想一定是当年他买的婚戒。这枚戒指没有图案，å�ªæœ‰å›žå½¢é’ˆè¿™èˆ¬ç²—细，有点弯曲，我ä¸�ç»�大 è„‘çš„ã€�心直å�£å¿«åœ°é—®å¤«äººï¼Œä¸ºä»€ä¹ˆæ²¡æœ‰è®©èµ„政给自己买个钻戒？夫人想都没想地å��问我，“为什么需è¦�一个钻戒？”我这一下了æ‰�æ„�识到，原æ�¥çœŸæ­£çš„爱就是能让人 感觉åƒ�拥有全世界。我开始相信白头å�•è€�ä¸�å�ªæ˜¯ç¾Žä¸½çš„传说，我开始相信爱情，开始渴望此生能拥有这样的爱情。 

  ä¸�认识他与夫人的人们，å�¯èƒ½è®¤ä¸ºä»–们是新加å�¡æœ€æœ‰æ�ƒåŠ›ã€�最富有的家庭，生活一定ä¸�一般，å�¯æ˜¯æˆ‘的几个亲身ç»�历，一生都ä¸�会忘怀。 

  他们若在酒店套房内用é¤�，点的è�œéƒ½æ˜¯è®©å·¥ä½œäººå‘˜é€šçŸ¥é…’店委派的ä¾�应生é€�æ�¥ã€‚他们å�ƒå¾—很清淡简å�•ï¼Œä¸€èˆ¬å°±æ˜¯æ±¤é�¢ã€�é�’è�œã€�蒸鱼等。 

  è®° 得有一次，夫人邀请我和女ä¿�镖与她一起用é¤�。忘记因为什么原因，我没有把盘中食物å�ƒå®Œã€‚夫人看到å�Žï¼Œé—®æˆ‘为什么没有å�ƒå®Œï¼Œæˆ‘好åƒ�éš�å�£è¯´äº†ä¸€å�¥å�ƒé¥±äº†ï¼Œå¥¹å°± åƒ�一ä½�慈祥的妈妈一样，告诉我她的父æ¯�以å‰�如何教育è¦�å…»æˆ�ä¸�浪费食物的习惯，应该å�šåˆ°å�ªç‚¹è‡ªå·±èƒ½å�ƒçš„，å�šåˆ°ç›˜é‡Œä¸�留一粒米饭的好习惯。我å�¬åˆ°äº†ï¼Œå¾ˆæƒ­æ„§åœ° 立马把东西å�ƒå¾—干干净净ï¼� 

  å�¦å¤–有一次，我们去中东，那里的酒店套房很大。中东政府热情款待，套房内的一个房间从早到晚放满了ä¸�å�Œçš„食物。 

  一 天下å�ˆæ¸¸å®Œæ³³å�Žï¼Œæˆ‘和女ä¿�镖陪夫人在套房内è�Šå¤©ï¼Œå¥¹æŠŠæˆ‘们带到这里，用很å�¯æƒœçš„å�£å�»ï¼Œè¯´ä½ ä»¬çœ‹è¿™äº›ä¸œè¥¿è¿™ä¹ˆå¤šï¼Œæ€Žä¹ˆèƒ½å�ƒå®Œï¼Ÿå¥¹æŽ¥ç�€è¯´ï¼Œè®©ä»–们ä¸�è¦�准备这么 多，我们也ä¸�å�ƒç”œé£Ÿã€‚她常说å�ƒå¤šäº†ä¼šè‚¥èƒ–。说ç�€ï¼Œå¥¹èµ·èº«æ…¢æ…¢èµ°å�‘满桌甜点，自己拿起一个å°�盘，一边挑选甜点放进盘里，一边对ç�€å¥³ä¿�镖说：“å‘�，安ç�ªï¼Œä½ æ�¥ å°�一å°�，告诉我好å�ƒå�—？”这个时候，我有点尴尬，é�™é�™åœ°ç«™ç�€ï¼Œå¥¹å¸¸è¯´æˆ‘需è¦�å°‘å�ƒå¤šåŠ¨ï¼Œæˆ‘心里很明白自己是没有ç¦�分å�ƒå¤«äººäº²æ‰‹å¤¹çš„甜点了。女ä¿�镖刚刚从夫人 手里接过一å°�盘ä¸�å�Œé¢œè‰²å’Œå½¢çŠ¶çš„甜食，夫人马上å�ˆæ‹¿èµ·ä¸€ä¸ªå°�盘接ç�€è¯´ï¼š“å‘�，艾美丽，你呢，ä¸�å�¯ä»¥å¤šå�ƒï¼Œæˆ‘给安ç�ªä¸€æ•´å�—，就å�ªèƒ½ç»™ä½ ä¸€å°�å�—了，就让你å°� å°�，çœ�得你长肉。”我们大家都哄堂大笑起æ�¥ã€‚ 

  我们去“巴扎”（集市）买东西，夫人给家里的孙å­�买东西时都是想仔细了å†�告诉我们，这个葡è�„å¹²è¦�200克，那个å�šæžœè¦�300克，从æ�¥æ²¡æœ‰çœ‹åˆ°å¥¹å¤§ä¹°ç‰¹ä¹°ã€�大包å°�包的。å��而是我这个购物狂，陪å�Œåˆ°å“ªé‡Œä¹°åˆ°å“ªé‡Œï¼Œä¸€è·¯ç‹‚买，先买å†�说。 

  夫 人知é�“我的习惯，ç»�常看我大包å°�包的会问我买了什么，å�šä»€ä¹ˆç”¨ï¼Œç»™è°�买的。当我说这个好，那个也好，回去å†�想想给è°�时，她就会批评我浪费钱。æ¯�回陪夫人出 去，如有购物我一贯抢在å‰�é�¢ä»˜é’±ï¼Œå�¯æ˜¯ä¸€å›žé…’店，房间电è¯�就会å“�èµ·æ�¥ï¼Œèµ„政的ç§�人秘书立马会问我刚刚垫了多少，è¦�马上还给我，一分钱也ä¸�让我付。第一次我 还说，ä¸�è¦�紧，没几个钱就算了，但我马上被告诫，陪å�Œé¢†å¯¼ä¸�å�¯ä»¥å¸®ç�€åž«é’±ï¼Œå“ªæ€•æ˜¯ä¸€æ¯›é’±ä¹Ÿè¦�还给我。 

  一 次在上海，秘书让我找æ�¥äº†è£�ç¼�帮ç�€å�šå¤–套，我立马就找了上海一家å�šå”�装å°�有å��气的公å�¸ã€‚当天，店里那ä½�é›�容å�Žè´µçš„è€�æ�¿å¨˜ç©¿ç�€æ——è¢�，亲自领ç�€ä¸€ä½�è£�ç¼�师傅æ�¥ 酒店套房帮他é‡�身定å�šã€‚ä»–è¦�å�šä¸€ä»¶å’Œä»–带æ�¥çš„一模一样的深è“�色外套，我看了一下，这是他在国会ç»�常穿的那件。我帮他把è¦�å�šçš„外套穿上去，因为è£�ç¼�师傅说这 æ ·é‡�会比较准确。当他把手伸长ã€�让è£�ç¼�师傅é‡�袖å�£æ—¶ï¼Œæˆ‘惊讶的看到他两边袖å�£çš„一圈都已ç»�磨破了ï¼�我心里的一个没ç»�大脑的å��应是，“å“Žå‘€ï¼�é‚£ä½�上海è€�æ�¿å¨˜ 最好没有看到。ä¸�然，她会ä¸�会笑è¯�我们国家，笑è¯�他。” 

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• Ct2220

  28 Mar 15, 08:17

  Low Thia Khiang: Singapore's progress has come at a price : 

  The late Mr Lee Kuan Yew was an extraordinary leader who guided Singapore's progress from its tumultuous beginnings, said opposition leader Low Thia Khiang (Aljunied GRC).

  He praised Mr Lee's contributions to Singapore's economic progress and his success in uniting and building a multicultural Singapore.

  "This is an achievement that is not possible without Mr Lee. My deepest respect goes to founding Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew," said Mr Low, who went on to add that, in the process of nation-building, "many Singaporeans were sacrificed".

  At a special Parliament sitting in memory of Singapore's first Prime Minister, Mr Low commended the late Mr Lee's fighting spirit, tenacity and sincerity, which took Singapore from Third World to First.

  But the People's Action Party's one-party rule was not key to this transformation, he said.

  Many Singaporeans were sacrificed in the process of development, he added. "Society has paid the price for it."

  Mr Lee was thus a controversial figure in some people's eyes, said Mr Low, who is Workers' Party secretary-general and the longest-serving opposition member in Parliament today.

  Mr Lee crafted policies based on the situation at the time, making rational choices in the interests of the country.

  Yet policymaking should not just be rational, but also humane and compassionate, said Mr Low.

  "Only in this way can policymaking avoid harming people and creating resentment."

  If resentment builds over time, it could hurt national unity and cause citizens to feel estranged, he added.

  But Mr Low also gave credit to Mr Lee for being reasonable and open-minded, saying: "From my dealings with Mr Lee in Parliament, I don't think he was an autocrat who didn't listen.

  "If you had strong reasons and a tight argument and could win him over through debate, I think he would consider your views."

  But the sitting's final speaker, Ms Indranee Rajah (Tanjong Pagar GRC), seemed to object to Mr Low's mention of sacrifice.

  Without referring directly to Mr Low, she said: "It was not people who were sacrificed but the things which would have made us a lesser people, a lesser country than we are today."

  "(Mr Lee) called upon us to make sacrifices in accordance with some very basic principles: humanity, integrity, thrift, welfare of the people."

  Singapore gave up "laziness, corruption, division, hatred of other races".

  "The other kind of sacrifice we were asked to make, was to set aside divisions and animosity in the interest of national unity," she said, adding that it was the late Mr Lee who made the biggest sacrifice of all.

  She quoted Mr Lee's own words about his sacrifice: "At the end of the day, what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given up? My life."

   

  

  刘程强：建国总��光耀是风起云涌�历练出的�出领袖

  Fri, 27 Mar 2015

  工人党秘书长兼阿裕尼集选区议员刘程强在特别国会会议的全文： 

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  è¿™ç§�高度的内忧外患对æ�Žå…‰è€€æ˜¯ä¸ªé�žæ¯”寻常的考验。如果没有æ�Žå…‰è€€è¿‡äººçš„智慧和胆识，游走于大国之间，推销新加å�¡å¯¹ä»–们的价值和所能æ��供的潜在利益，并且获得大国领导人的尊é‡�；我们在ç»�济上ä¸�会æˆ�功，我们在国际政治舞å�°ä¸Šä¹Ÿä¸�会有今天的地ä½�和空间。一个å°�国，除了国防必须兵强器利，在国际政治上的空间是维护国家利益，确ä¿�国家生存的关键。 

  在国内，争å�–独立的è¿�动和æŒ�续的政治斗争造æˆ�新加å�¡äººé«˜åº¦æ”¿æ²»è§‰é†’，在å�‚与政治è¿�动和共å�Œå¥‹æ–—的过程中，人民和æ�Žå…‰è€€äº§ç”Ÿå…±è¯†ï¼Œé…�酿了共生的关系，也铸造了共å�Œçš„æ–¹å�‘和互相的信任，这是新加å�¡èƒ½å¤Ÿåœ¨ä¸€ä»£äººä»Žç¬¬ä¸‰ä¸–界国家å�‘展æˆ�为第一世界国家的关键所在；但其所ä¾�赖的，ä¸�å�ªæ˜¯æ�Žå…‰è€€è¶…乎常人的干劲ã€�精力和å�šéŸ§çš„毅力，还有他的诚æ„�。 

  但是，我ä¸�认å�Œè¡ŒåŠ¨å…šä¸€å…šä¸“政的政治格局是新加å�¡ç»�济能够迅速å�‘展，社会能够ä¿�æŒ�å‡�è�šåŠ›ï¼Œç»´æŒ�国家团结的关键。因为有ä¸�少新加å�¡äººåœ¨å»ºå›½å’Œåˆ¶å®šæ”¿ç­–çš„æ�ƒè¡¡è¿‡ç¨‹ä¸­è¢«ç‰ºç‰²ï¼Œæˆ‘们的社会也付出了代价。这也造æˆ�了建国总ç�†æ�Žå…‰è€€åœ¨ä¸€äº›æ°‘众的心里æˆ�为具有争论性的人物。 

  虽然他制定政策是根æ�®å½“时的现实情况，以国家利益为出å�‘点，å�šç�†æ€§çš„判断 ；但政策的选择和施行ä¸�å�•å�ªæ˜¯ç�†æ€§ï¼Œåº”该还有人性和感性的考é‡�，æ‰�能é�¿å…�在实施政策时使一些人民å�—到伤害和积怨，长久累积æˆ�为潜ä¼�性的政治å�±æœºï¼Œå½±å“�人民的团结和对国家的认å�Œæ„Ÿã€‚ 

  从我在国会里和æ�Žå…‰è€€çš„接触，我ä¸�认为他是个一æ„�孤行的独è£�者，如果你有充足的ç�†ç”±å’Œè®ºè¯�，能赢得了他ç»�过细腻æ€�维的政策辩论，我想他会考虑你的æ„�è§�。我也知é�“他最讨厌讲废è¯�的人，因为他认为时间å®�贵，è¦�å�šçš„事还很多。 

  新加å�¡æ˜¯ä¸€ä¸ªç”±ä¸�å�Œç§�æ—�所组æˆ�的社会，å�„ç§�æ—�拥有ä¸�å�Œçš„语言和文化，在建国åˆ�期，大家都希望在这个新兴的国家里ä¿�有优势。如何整å�ˆä¸�å�Œçš„矛盾和利益冲çª�，团结人民，建立国家的æ„�识是一个很大的挑战。一些在建国的时候和我国社会背景相似的国家，到现在还é�¢å¯¹å¤šå…ƒç§�æ—�和文化的社会矛盾， 甚至é�¢ä¸´å›½å®¶åˆ†è£‚的风险。今天的新加å�¡ï¼Œèƒ½å¤Ÿä¸�分ç§�æ—�ã€�言语和宗教而团结一致，æ�Žå…‰è€€åŠŸä¸�å�¯æ²¡ã€‚ 

  我仅此�建国总��光耀致以最高的敬�。

• Ct2220

  28 Mar 15, 08:25

  

  

  http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/tamil-nadu-villages-mourn/1744450.html

  Villages in India mourn the loss of Mr Lee Kuan Yew with heartfelt banners: "You are our god"

  Several villages in the city of Tamil Nadu, India, have made banners to commemorate the passing of Singapore's founding father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

  Stompers Kannan, xxxx, Aj Zahir, Rajeev and G Karuna all sent in photos of the banners in Tamil Nadu, India.

  Stomper xxxx shares that he is filled with sadness about Mr Lee's demise.

  Singapore's first prime minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew had passed away yesterday (Mar 23) at 3.18am. 

  Kannan said, "Tribute via large banners remembering Mr Lee were put up in the villages of Paravakottai and Ullikotttai in Thiruvarur District of Tamil Nadu." 

  G Karuna said, "We first time saw other country leader's banners in Tamil Nadu."

   

  Aj Zahir also said he was rather surprised to come across these Facebook postings. 

  He explains that these banners were made by Indian foreign workers who have come to work in Singapore and are now back in their home country.

  The Stompers provided a brief translation of the banners:

  "Peak of The Himalayas that has fallen"

  "We used to live in huts and now we live in concrete houses (after working in Singapore).

  "You are our god.

  "The sculptor of Singapore, he is the best Prime Minister, best among all leaders.

  "World Respected Leader, Great leader who has helped and gave life to the Indian People. 

  "Our condolences to the man who gave us life."

  Aj Zahr notes that it is not just one village that has done this, but several villages around Tamil Nadu, which boasts a majority of construction workers that have worked in Singapore.

  He said:

  "The bottom of the banners state the different villages. 

  "They are so appreciative and grateful.

  "I think that locals don't seem to appreciate as much what our mentor has done, as compared to other countries.

  "We need to appreciate more."

  Kannan says, "It is heartening to see how much people love Mr Lee Kuan Yew all over the world as tributes continue to pour in from various countries."

• Keepthechange666

  28 Mar 15, 11:06

  Sir, I'm a nobody to judge him or to praise him....

  I only know, this country is now declared national mourning week...

  We give our oath and recite our pledge....

  This is a basic gratitude and respect to be given to this country, our homeland, Singapore......

  Want to talk, next Mon than we talk.....

• getcarter

  28 Mar 15, 12:20

  If got nothing gd to say best is keep quiet 

  I prefer to keep quiet 

  Wahahaha 

• Ct2220

  28 Mar 15, 14:34

  Originally posted by Keepthechange666:

  Sir, I'm a nobody to judge him or to praise him....

  I only know, this country is now declared national mourning week...

  (⊙o⊙)�(⊙o⊙)�(⊙o⊙)�这个嘛，没问题。

  等��爷�的默哀期过�，让咱们一起�涮���，屌马�山，干林��。

  �过�，若有兄弟�和俺�山论剑谈��爷�的功与过，对与错。。。。。

  首先，请那些嘴上勿毛，人云亦云的兄弟们，自动关机，除é�žä½ æ˜¯è·Ÿä¿ºä¸€æ ·ï¼Œèº«ä¸ºå�Žæ ¡ç”Ÿï¼Œå› æ�Žè€�爷å­�的政策而一生完全改å�˜…………但俺完全ä¸�æ�¨æ�Žè€�爷å­�，因为这世界，俺也潇洒的走了好几回，俺有自己的价值观。

  所以俺�对�会去跟别人争论��爷�的一切，因为他�人家已�回去了，对他�讲，这一切已����了。

   

  俺，说了，我们新加�人的政治�度还是�常幼稚，整天因为ISD啦，神马Section55啦，拜托啦，都神马时代了，你以为还是你爷爷奶奶的Era嘛�

  ��你�是无中生有，人云亦云，夸大其�，安啦。安啦。。。猫死猫死�

• Taxilim88

  29 Mar 15, 03:38

  Originally posted by Ct2220:

   

  

   

  WAH...all the teksi lo last time wear proper shirt and pants one...not like now...or issit because they meeting LKY then wear properly.  

  I luv this picture. Good old days. The big building in the background looks like those old red factories processing/drying rubber sheets made from latex. 

• Alvin87a

  29 Mar 15, 07:18

  Yesterday took one 50+ old lj man at padang.

  board cab say he stay at hk 10

  recently just back sg n bring mim to hosipital

  keep saying how great pap n lky did for sg

  How grateful he is n how many hrs he wait there

  i say no much but only yes.....hmmm...yes!

  i agreed/grateful most of the thing lky did for sg too!

  But only u got benefit from it...u will say pap good!

  some get hurt from it....will fxxk pap!

  U can stay hk n got condo at sg...u sure say good lah!

  But only agreed with u half of it!

  He say:so u belong that 39%ungrateful singaporean!

  until he say:if i got $ i will never stay at sg n go to hk n stay;no $ then back sg stay!

  i told him:i m totaly different from u!

  rich or poor or got war,i will never left my country n fight along side with all our ppl here!

  he angry liao n say sg td all r lazy,keep on hide n sleep or sit at coffee shop,

  not like hk td so hardworking...

  pap should throw all to hk n try/feel for it.

  I told him i dun want to continus on this topic n stop here!

  Fxxk.....fake sg supporter!

  How to depend on him!!

• Alvin87a

  29 Mar 15, 07:21

  Some even told my old age mother

  must go padang see lky n report ic number

  if not dunno what sg50 money cant take!

   

• Ct2220

  29 Mar 15, 08:39

  好，Alvin，俺就欣��你这�直肠直肚的人，有神马就说神马，��虚伪，也�夸大其�。

  白衣人的三脚LP客的确好些这类的人，他/她们还沉迷于俺�爸�妈的时代，也就是这类的现在PAP Supporter 把��爷�认为需��时与改�的新加�钉死在旧时代的新加�。

  �，�，�，兄弟�妹们，明天开始，让我们多�光一多这类的事实，让我们�好好的帮���洗澡，好好的涮一涮���，让他/他们知�，我们�百姓的一些真正体验。

   

  凡事ä¸�能“上达慢”，ä¸�能等国家出现å�±æœºæ—¶ï¼Œè€�百姓的心就ä¸�能团结一致。

  俺能å†�活的时间也ä¸�å�¯èƒ½å¤ªä¹…了，但俺ç»�ä¸�希望“ç¹�è�£æ˜Œç››çš„新加å�¡”æˆ�为一个历å�²å��è¯�，就åƒ�当年俺拜访的亚洲第二的è�²å¾‹å®¾ã€‚

  Alvin谢谢你的直肠直肚。

  现在新加�需�的就是这样的国民而�是LP客。

• SJS6638

  29 Mar 15, 08:58

  Originally posted by Ct2220:

  好，Alvin，俺就欣��你这�直肠直肚的人，有神马就说神马，��虚伪，也�夸大其�。

  白衣人的三脚LP客的确好些这类的人，他/她们还沉迷于俺�爸�妈的时代，也就是这类的现在PAP Supporter 把��爷�认为需��时与改�的新加�钉死在旧时代的新加�。

  �，�，�，兄弟�妹们，明天开始，让我们多�光一多这类的事实，让我们�好好的帮���洗澡，好好的涮一涮���，让他/他们知�，我们�百姓的一些真正体验。

   

  凡事ä¸�能“上达慢”，ä¸�能等国家出现å�±æœºæ—¶ï¼Œè€�百姓的心就ä¸�能团结一致。

  俺能å†�活的时间也ä¸�å�¯èƒ½å¤ªä¹…了，但俺ç»�ä¸�希望“ç¹�è�£æ˜Œç››çš„新加å�¡”æˆ�为一个历å�²å��è¯�，就åƒ�当年俺拜访的亚洲第二的è�²å¾‹å®¾ã€‚

  Alvin谢谢你的直肠直肚。

  现在新加�需�的就是这样的国民而�是LP客。

  

• OptimalTrans

  29 Mar 15, 23:02

  i have been flooded with information about his greatness thru all form of media throughout the week. Looking at it, almost all of this information are thru or link from our state media.

  for many moments, im touch. And it shaken my all time "bad" perspective on him and his team.

  But lately i then realise it is my mistake to see him together with the present pap. There can be many argument about how present pap is identical to him, work under his influences, plan after his footstep.....etc.

  but i would like to separate them by the final result, the final result not on the infrastructure , encomic progess but rather on who benefit and who is left out.

  during his time, he progress the nation. Yes, he make us work harder, he make us contribute more but at the same time we got to enjoy a better living and our payout still able to catch up with the growing nation. We can affort to live and enjoy what we have built.

  today pap, althought they are still growing up the infrastructure,  encomic like he do. But have left us out to grow together. They work hard to create jobs for us but for the whole world as well. The jobs are too competitive and resulting our payout are stagnant and not catching up with the economic grow.

  the negative issue result from our present pap are too much to mention here. 

  Afterall, what i want to bring across is there is a difference during lky time and present pap. We should not bring the same resentment on the present pap and judge lky. And too, we should not bring lky greatness to judge the present pap.

  to the present leader or leader to be (hopefully), do not destroy a nation lky had built. Built the nation together with your people and grow together with them.

• Ct2220

  30 Mar 15, 02:21

  

   

  As what my 师傅 Mentor Pool after Q for 6 Hours，just for One bow �，

  对我讲的�CT 若我今天没�给�光耀先生致最�的敬礼，我将会终生惭愧，永远的�憾�

   

  打从�光耀先生于23/03凌晨0318am辞世那天起，Poolmans 就为�光耀载�，

  他说，他这一生�为两个人载�，一�是他父亲，�一�就是他的国父：�光耀。

   

  这就是为什么CT我是 Poolmans 门下的�徒，但我到今天还尊称他为师傅。

  因为，他这个超级�氓是一个饮水��，是�黑白分明的人。

   

  从一个�氓窟里长大州府仔到今天一个有屋，有家。。。。的父亲/�公。

  他所说的：没有�光耀，我 Poolmans 没有今天的日�，他死了，我比父亲去世更伤心。

• Ct2220

  30 Mar 15, 02:26

  

  我 Jiao Poolmans 一起去，纹身这个充满ç�€“æ„Ÿæ�©”的图腾。

  有没有，哪一�兄弟�妹�加入我们的�？？？？？？

   

• bowah

  30 Mar 15, 08:38

  CT哥哥，你已多大�了，还�纹身？ 让我们更加冷�和沉稳，�资政已�去世，无论过去�生的事情，已�是过去。 一� “记得MM�� 是�你�记�他在你的心，无论其他物�方法，你想记�他，固然��，但更��的是抱他深深地在你的心, Gentlemen, Let us move on from this episode of life, what he did, be it good or bad or very good or inhumanity is already past. We shall learnt from it the good and not to repeat the bad. LKY is not a one man show, his success was also due to his committed deputy who worked for him, from the likes of Goh Keng Swee to Rajaratam and many othes who had long passed away, the success of Singapore is a team work lead by LKY, what LKY did best was the ability to identity these good leaders to be his subordinates who hold responsibility for what they do, and did the best for this country. These are the old guards who built singapore from jurong industrial to HDB to Higher Sing dollars to best port and airport in the world to NTUC comfort taxis..you name it. So, let us not get too emotional, with all due respect to our Late LKY, I believe if he is still around, he will tell you to drive on, pick your paxs to work so as to churn the economy of Singapore and not telling others what to do or how long you Q, which, as a man of his nature, is secondary.
• Ct2220

  30 Mar 15, 09:08

  (⊙o⊙)，(⊙o⊙)，(⊙o⊙)，å�Žå…„弟，你说的有一点点é�“ç�†ï¼Œå°±æ˜¯æˆ‘们新加å�¡åœ¨åœ°å›¾ä¸Šä¹Ÿä¸�就是一个红点而已，俺“守身”近一甲å­�，这样临è€�æ‰�“破处”去纹神马身也是ä¸�太好，万一俺回去å�Žï¼Œé�‡åˆ°ä¿ºè€�爷å­�，æ�žä¸�好会被臭骂一顿。

  还是心中永远记得�光耀先生为新加�所�的这一切，就够了。

• Ct2220

  30 Mar 15, 09:21

  至于�光耀的功与过，对与错 对他�讲，都���了。

  他的时代，他鞠躬尽�的为他最爱的新加�尽了他一生的最大努力。

  他与他的�僚一起为他们的祖国，他们的�想燃烧了一生。

  �错，是我们新加�建国第一代的许许多多政界领导，贫民百姓，�大爷，�阿嘛，建立起�的。

  我们深深的希望，这一切能够传下去。

  我ä¸�希望“ç¹�è�£æ˜Œç››”的新加å�¡æˆ�为历å�²å��è¯�，就åƒ�当年俺拜访的亚洲第二ç»�济强国：è�²å¾‹å®¾ã€‚

  �兄弟，咱们还能混多久?

  这一切，就�有让我们的年轻兄弟选择并干下去。

• Ee Hoe Hean Club

  30 Mar 15, 11:29

  There is too much good and bad propaganda on Harry Lee.

  Some call him a good leader who developed Singapore, others say that he is a banana baba bastard autocrat who destroyed chinese culture, destroyed mother tongue dialects, turned young people into bananas like himself. We need another 20 years before people can judge him fairly.

   

   

  LeeKuanYew among tallest leaders of our times: Indian PM in Singapore 

  As Singapore bids farewell to its founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who died on Monday aged 91, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid glowing tributes to the leader.

   

  Modi is in Singapore for the state funeral of Lee.

  “I am visiting Singapore at a sad moment. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew was among the tallest leaders of our times. Singapore’s transformation in one generation is a tribute to his leadership,” Modi told reporters in Singapore on Sunday.

  “He was a global thinker who saw things ahead of others. He believed in India’s potential more than many of us did,” Modi added. Singapore is one of the top sources of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India.

  Modi is among the many world leaders who were in Singapore for the state funeral, including Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott Indonesian President Joko Widodo, former US President Bill Clinton and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

  Lee Kuan Yew was Singapore’s Prime Minister from 1959 to 1990. He led the nation when the country gained independence in 1965. Under his premiership, Singapore developed from a third world country into a global financial centre ranking among the world’s top three in terms of living standards.

  Although most world leaders have praised the economic transformation of Singapore under Lee, critics and human rights groups have condemned his iron-fisted rule of his country which saw his political opponents exiled, political dissent crushed and media freedom stifled.

  Lee Kuan Yew’s death is “a loss to the international community”, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday.

  “Mr Lee Kuan Yew is an old friend of the Chinese people, and founder and mover of Sino-Singapore relationship,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a statement posted on the Chinese Foreign Ministry website on Monday.

   http://thebricspost.com/leekuanyew-among-tallest-leaders-of-our-times-indian-pm-in-singapore/#.VRjDodvnGPw

   

  Was Lee Kuan Yew an Inspiration or a Race Traitor? Chinese Can’t Agree

  ...Then there are Chinese vocal nationalists and leftists, who have offered much harsher post-mortem assessments of Lee...

   

  Lu Qi, a nationalist scholar, took the vitriol a step further when he called Lee a hanjian – that is, a traitor to the Chinese nation — because Lee “embarked on a large de-Sinicization campaign in Singapore, and most ethnic Chinese Singaporeans could not speak Chinese.”

  Guo Songmin, a former magazine editor, accused Lee of turning Singapore into a republic of “bananas,” another pejorative used against Asians who have adopted Western culture because they are “yellow on the outside and white on the inside,” and wrote that Lee “infected overseas Chinese everywhere with cultural schizophrenia.” Other nationalists have called Lee an “opportunist” that “milked both China and the U.S. for his own interests.”

  http://watch.ooduapathfinder.com/watch/?p=11633

   

  ...Lee was of Chinese descent. However, as the leader of a country whose 75 percent population are of Chinese origin, he put a lot of efforts into de-sinicization....

  http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/913591.shtml

   

  Lee was born to a Chinese family, but his study of law in the UK enabled him to understand the British system and he was labeled as a "banana" - with yellow skin but white inside - by some...

  http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/914052.shtml

   

  “Lee is like a banana –yellow of skin, white underneath.”

  
  - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People’s Republic of China

  http://leewatch.info/quotes/

• bowah

  30 Mar 15, 13:13

  Originally posted by Ct2220:

  至于�光耀的功与过，对与错 对他�讲，都���了。

  他的时代，他鞠躬尽�的为他最爱的新加�尽了他一生的最大努力。

  他与他的�僚一起为他们的祖国，他们的�想燃烧了一生。

  �错，是我们新加�建国第一代的许许多多政界领导，贫民百姓，�大爷，�阿嘛，建立起�的。

  我们深深的希望，这一切能够传下去。

  我�希望“��昌盛�的新加��为历���，就�当年俺拜访的亚洲第二�济强国：�律宾。

  �兄弟，咱们还能混多久?

  这一切，就�有让我们的年轻兄弟选择并干下去。

  
  Ct 兄弟..我们的长辈们辛勤劳动，��给我们生活在一个好地方，所以我们也必须负责 留下一个未�，良好的�路给我们年轻的人民生活...是我们的责任。
• bowah

  30 Mar 15, 13:17

  但在 sg taxi driving，我看到许多�鬼�教年轻车�机，有的甚至�他们到�兰,..妈妈迪
• bowah

  30 Mar 15, 14:21

  As our late MM Lee, his subordinates and our pioneer generation have slogged and suffered with a never say die spirit to bring Singapore to what it is today, beyong the imagination of many others critics and comments, as a layman who is enjoying better life today, I take a bow. They worked hard to lay the foundation and planted the trees that today bear fruits for many of us to enjoy, the only problem among many decendents of these good ancestors, these reaped fruits are also enjoyed by peoples who do not contribute anything here, and most obvious are the foreigners which the current govt embraced them. That naturally bring about unhappiness and dissatisfaction, which is human nature, why should I make food for strangers who not only come my house but also wanted to become my master and take over the house. As such, I am not advocating any ill against foreigners, they in certain sense are innocent, get lured here because of their countries weakness in providing them the proper social needs to survive, and in every right sense, migration is part of a homo sapien nature. And the fact that they in coming here, is a lost to their own countries in failing to use them both physically and mentally in an economy perspectives. The current govt must therefore, put proper regulations and policies in place in engaging foreigners and it should be more align to the locals pleads and feedbacks. At the same time, what lies ahead for our future local childrens will be what we do today, therefore we needs to be cautious of not losing identity in the mist of foreigners and continue to build and plant more trees to bear more and better fruits for our childrens.
• Tcsaaa

  31 Mar 15, 00:55

  Originally posted by Alvin87a:

  Yesterday took one 50+ old lj man at padang.

  board cab say he stay at hk 10

  recently just back sg n bring mim to hosipital

  keep saying how great pap n lky did for sg

  How grateful he is n how many hrs he wait there

  i say no much but only yes.....hmmm...yes!

  i agreed/grateful most of the thing lky did for sg too!

  But only u got benefit from it...u will say pap good!

  some get hurt from it....will fxxk pap!

  U can stay hk n got condo at sg...u sure say good lah!

  But only agreed with u half of it!

  He say:so u belong that 39%ungrateful singaporean!

  until he say:if i got $ i will never stay at sg n go to hk n stay;no $ then back sg stay!

  i told him:i m totaly different from u!

  rich or poor or got war,i will never left my country n fight along side with all our ppl here!

  he angry liao n say sg td all r lazy,keep on hide n sleep or sit at coffee shop,

  not like hk td so hardworking...

  pap should throw all to hk n try/feel for it.

  I told him i dun want to continus on this topic n stop here!

  Fxxk.....fake sg supporter!

  How to depend on him!!

  it a fact this this piece of shit form part of the 60.01%.. the rest probably consist

  of elderly, blind, stupid, heartless, selfish n many others..

• Ct2220

  31 Mar 15, 01:13

  Originally posted by bowah:

  但在 sg taxi driving，我看到许多�鬼�教年轻车�机，有的甚至�他们到�兰,..妈妈迪

  å�Žå…„弟，其实这是我们å�Žäººæˆ–者应该说是东方人的“优良”传统。

  师傅传徒弟都肯定留一两招，�里�外都一样，这也就是为什么中国与�度有5000多年的历�，为什么�比�上�有200年历�的美国。

  你看鬼佬，他们有神马新的科研�就马上�表，分享。

• Ct2220

  31 Mar 15, 01:34

  Originally posted by bowah:

  
  Ct 兄弟..我们的长辈们辛勤劳动，��给我们生活在一个好地方，所以我们也必须负责 留下一个未�，良好的�路给我们年轻的人民生活...是我们的责任。

  �兄弟，咱们�会想把先辈们血汗的结果�了。

  但全世界的热血�年都一样，永远�满自己的祖辈留下的制度，隔�墙�一端的�永远比较绿。

  俺有几��律宾的朋�年轻时，就是热血�年，当时把马�斯推翻的学�，他们都�与有分。

  其中一�，年�到新加�探访他的孩�时，俺在榴莲剧场�的Makan Sutra 请他�饭。

  他�肠感�的说了：I was the one that nail him to the cross （我是其中一个把他～马�斯钉在�字架上的学�分�）。

  今天上�惩罚我了，他的两个孩�在新加�，一个儿�在沙地，一个女儿在挪�，两个在美国。

  若马å�¯æ–¯ç»§ç»­å½“政，è�²å¾‹å®¾è¿˜æ˜¯äºšæ´²ç»�济强国，他们一家大å°�å°±ä¸�用“分布”世界å�„地。

• bowah

  31 Mar 15, 15:02

  哎呀，兄弟，人已�烧，还谈了这么多的东西，也没用。 至少你有一个以�的好生活，��我们大多数人，一生�马�牛车�机。puixxx 也从�没有得到�律宾�供的女孩或�为��，人竭诚为您�务。你应该满足