Originally posted by Jontst78:
Singapore was already successful, in fact one of the most
successful cites in Aisa in the 1960s and even before PAP and LKY
became PM. PAP controlled education and propaganda would have us
believe otherwise.
[b]When Lee Kuan Yew took power,
he found himself governing a mosquito infested swamp dotted with
pig and chicken farms, fishing villages and squatter colonies of
tin-roofed shacks.
Stand Cessor - Lands of Charm and Cruelty(1994). p11.
The above is and example of what LKY and his cadre would like us
citizens to believe.
But then again, is the above just a myth?
The city works
efficiently as a centre of world communications and trade. Its port
facilities, in its international airport, its banking insurance and
commercial facilities are the first in South East Asia.
The standard of living - one of the highest in Asia - is visible in
the poeple on the streets, the shopping centres, the satellite
towns andin the villages.
These panoramic views of typical sectors of Singapore present a
fair idea of a city which has earned the name the New York of
Malaysia
Taken from :
Social Transformation in
Singapore (Singapore, Ministry of Culture, 1964),
P105.
Just one of the many examples that LKY and PAP are being over
credited for the progress that Singapore has made. I can quote many
more if you like.[/b]
They might have made Spore progress but this is a method used by
the ruling party to persuade people to vote for them by saying how
much they
have contributed to the progress of Spore. Without them to run the
country
the country seemed certain to face many setback.
