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By Khalil Adis Singapore´s founding father, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, said public flats will appreciate in value as long as the country´s economy continues to grow, reported Channel News Asia. He was speaking at the launch of The Pinnacle@Duxton yesterday. Standing at 50 storeys high, this development is the tallest Housing... 

OPINION Though he admitted to a Japanese audience lately that he is "not doing much work" as the Minister Mentor of Singapore except "forecasting", Lee Kuan Yew showed why many still consider him as the "hidden" hand behind the nation's policies. In a frank interview with journalist Mark Jacobson from the National Geographic... 

作者:冀居·谢 新加坡PR(永久居民)，中国当红电视片《蜗居》的作者六六说她“ 最喜欢新加坡的不急功近利。最简单的例子，修路从不放卫星，从不见挂横幅标语庆祝XX路提前多少天通车。‘刚到时，武吉知马路 (Bukit Timah) 隧道在修，好像三五年后还在修。不急功近利的好处是，修一回后很久都无后顾之忧。你很难看见马路上不是凹一个坑，就是凸一个包，要么垫两片钢板。’” 其中“修路从不放卫星”就搞得我一个头两个大，修路怎么要“放卫星”呢？上网谷歌（Google）了一下，才知道原来是“文革遗毒”，六六说给周兆呈听，周兆呈就这样写给大家看，原来周兆呈这个新移民编辑根本都不觉得这个不是华文的规范用法。 所谓“放卫星”就是吹牛、车大炮的意思。 但是六六对“新加坡的不急功近利”的理解是有偏颇的，因为执政党既然已经掌控了平面和电子媒体，还有国内的所有智囊、研究机构，对外国媒体也进行了诽谤恐吓，那还需要一张布条来宣扬自己政绩那么cheapskate吗？ 你看官方所提供的各种国内数据的同比和环比，就够把你舞得晕头转向，一般人是说不出好还是坏、上还是下的。并且结论还得官方下，得出与官方不同的结论，是会换...