Hei.....I know what happened....
Click this video below:
[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HhCVGBJIhg[/url]
There u can see a similar 'sniggering' style of his.
It is actually just a style/ mannerism/ personality. It is more
like a small laugh actually.
I notice as he got older, he seem to get more relaxed, and he
let off this 'small laugh' quite often, even on blunt questions by
interviewers. I sometimes see it as a sign of brushing off his
nervousness or tension, actually. Also to a certain extent, I think
its because he is very old and senior now, sometimes old people are
like that, more easy-going and laugh on seemingly trivial
things.
I think u know what I mean.
But what I am saying is not meant to 'softbrush' LKY image. LKY
is still a type A manager, very blunt and direct. His type is like
the Simon judge in American Idol, very similar. So I am not
contesting the general idea that LKY is an 'authoritarian', I would
agree with this description fully, but Im just saying on this
particular one, I think u misunderstood/ read too much into it.
Meat Pao.