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Mr Lee Kuan Yew At the National Day Rally in 1971, about 40 years ago, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said: "But, mind you, there still has to be the road sweeper - the chap has got to collect your garbage. We have to mechanise because our young men, having been to school, they don't want to do that. So, we now have work-permit... 

官方社论有一段文字： ‘鉴于历史的教训，以及我国複杂的多元种族与宗教现实，政府有责任无时无刻提高警惕，确保大家严格遵守政教分离的原则，以维护我国的政治稳定和宗教和谐。’ 假借以史为鉴，支持宗教与政治分离的策略，是不适当的，一来，不符史实，二来，嫁祸种族群体，模糊历史责任。 新加坡历史上，除去了反殖民运动，有三起骚乱，1950年12月11日，1964年7月21日，以及1964年9月4日。第一起玛丽亚事件，是二战后白人司法歧视马来人的结果，后两起是李光耀和巫统之间的政治斗争所引起。 . C... 

Singapore added a little over 128,000 people over the year up to June this year. In the latest annual Population Trends publication by the Singapore Department of Statistics, the country’s total population reached 5.31 million at end-June, 2.5 per cent more than the figure a year ago. The number of Singapore citizens grew...