Originally posted by cooleo:
Lee Hsien Loong is a brilliant individual. I'm sure his dad is
proud of him. Even his Cambridge professor states that LHL is the
best student that he has taught in terms of Mathematics - no on
comes close. For an alpha maths grading, he got 31 and the second
is a distant 19.
ok... so he's a good mathematician... so how come albert
einstein and paul erdos are not prime ministers and politicians?
While serving in SAF, he invented a calculator for missile fire
range, putting his good mathematics skills to good use. He also
excelled in operations deployment during an incident.
lam pa sai lah... the scientific calculator he invent one meh?
the one introduced was a HP product. what he did was introduce the
equipment from the private sector to the army... and it wasn't for
calculating missile range... it was for calculating artillery
trajectory.
and u mean he one person implement everything? think of the team
and the pple working behind the scenes... he is not a one man
show.
As for his performance in politics, he has proven to be an
analytical leader from the way he took charge of MAS. Liberalising
the local banking system is an example.
the banking sector was liberalised cos of the Sg-USA FTA... not
because of his enlightened economic mind...
truth be told, the standard of our local banks are NO WHERE near
the standards of American banks who have acquired an international
presence.
the sensible thing to do is actually to protect them until they can
really compete effectively with them...
but with the FTA, u are forced to let US banks in on equal terms
and compete before the local banks are ready. i am certainly
switching my bank account from screwed up DBS to Citibank very,
very soon liao... 
this is not his fault, but not his credit either. so think before u
post.
