TR EMERITUS

Ours is a tiny country that’s been painstakingly built over the decades. Citizens sacrificed certain liberties and rights to build this country for their future generations. This includes an education system which adopts a disciplinary approach, strict laws, economic principles based on western capitalism, unorthodox death... 

Excerpt of an interview with Dr Toh Chin Chye, published in 'Leaders of Singapore' by Melanie Chew, 1996. August 9, 1965 I remember that morning very clearly. In the morning, I wrote a letter to Tengku. He promptly replied in the afternoon. I stayed behind (in Kuala Lumpur) and Lee came back to announce to the public in Singapore... 

Barely one year in office, and Education Minister Heng Swee Keat has picked up the nasty habit of sliming Singaporeans in public, the demeaning trait of Goh ("quitter") Chok Tong and Lee ("daft") Kuan Yew. He is telling everybody that young Singaporeans need more drive. Well, at least some young guns are motivated enough to...