We meet again.
Was he away from Singapore and visiting London while on personal
leave, or was he on Official Duty representing Singapore ?
Recruits performing well in thier IPPT were released from BMT,
given a 10 day furlough at home. While on home leave, the recruits
were given back their Civilian ID, and their Military Green ID were
taken back; and if any medical service is needed during this
period, it will be from their own pockets.
Continuing post by stupidissmart:
He is like an icon for singapore, a lengendary person. Maybe u guys
feel he doesn't deserve it etc, but u got to agree he is one of the
most, if not the most famous person in singapore now. After many
years when he is gone, people will still remember him. And he
indeed had done a lot of things. U may say he had also made a lot
of lousy policies or anyone taking over his shoes will perform
better. However one will never know wat will really happened if
some other person take over his job. We cannot disclaim all his
credit away.
Icon ? Legendary person ? There seems to be a strong effort to
elevate him to god like status too ?
Should we preserve his body in a glass mausoleum for generations
after to remember and learn of his grandeur, much like what the
Vietnamese have done for their 'icon' Ho Chi Minh, and what China
has done for Mao Tse Tung ?
If SM LKY had stepped down completely from Government, but remained
in Politics, perhaps PM GCT could have been his own man, and
implement the policies that he has dreamed of for Singapore to be
more open.
Unfortunately, when LKY stepped down from the PM post, in a reply
to a Foreign Correspondent question, LKY replied that even though
he may not be the Prime Minister, he is still the Secretary General
of the PAP.
Singapore is perhaps the only 'Democratic 
' country on this globe that has a Political Party
Secretary-General being more powerful than the Prime
Minister.
The other countries that have such a political situation only exist
in Communist Countries, where the Chairman or the Secretary-
General of the Political Party is stronger than the President or
the Prime Minister of a Country.
Continuing post by stupidissmart:
Thus now her wife got a stroke, which is a very serious matter.
Thus now I pose this question
1) Shall we treat them like normal citizens, not giving them any
special priviledges or rights even if he is a minister
2) We give him some additional powers and priviledges due to his
status. However there is a limit to it
3) We do watever we can to help them. Including transforming a 747
to an air hospital.
Most people here will probably choose 2. But wat do u think should
be the limit for him ? The America got their Air Force 1 tat will
probably just age in some hanger when the US president stays in the
white house. Whenever any MP in singapore went overseas, they also
booked away all the first class seats too isn't it ? Is using a
comercial airplane purely for him in a medical emergency really too
much to ask for ? Tis is especially if he himself foot the bill
isn't it ?
If u ask me, I will choose 3, do watever we can to help
him.
You got to be kidding to think for others that we should decide
for (2) 
Has he NOT got enough political and legislative powers already -
implied or not
I doubt if anyone will bicker about the fact that he has done alot
for Singapore - both good and bad - it is a hard pill to swallow
that he has more medical privileges that most LESSER Singaporeans
do not even dare to dream of having, let alone being able to
afford.
At the end of the day, it is the system that SM LKY has created,
which we have been ingrained with, and that is " nothing is free,
and that if we desire to have Class A treatment, we pay for it "
.
Continuing post by stupidissmart:
Although his portfolio now is minister, however he is not just any
minister. I will be blunt a bit... he is like Mother Theresa to
Catholics or Sun Yat Sen to Chinese or George Washington to America
as he is to Singapore. If the following people were alive, do u
think the group he represent will not do their full effort to help
them ?
Did Mother Theresa accused the 21 Catholics of
being Communist for trying to serve the Church - by showing their
concern for the welfare of some blue collar workers in Jurong
Industrial Estate - and locking the 21 Catholics until they make TV
"confessions" that only implicated themselves as 'Communists'
?
http://www.singapore-window.org/sw01/010521m3.htm
Did Sun Yat Sen lock up anyone for 27 years simply
because he does not ideologically agree with his Political Opponent
?
http://www.sfdonline.org/Chialink.html
Did George Washington draft a Constitution that is
lopsided in favor of a Single Ruling Political Party, or did he
separate the instruments of Governments to ensure True DEMOCRACY
for a newly independent USA ?
(See below referenced sites for further reading)
SM LKY is a mix of Mother Theresa, Sun Yat Sen and George
Washington
You got to be kidding, and I will resist commenting your pen
name.
The history books of Singapore must have been re-written and
doctored to educate people like you with such an idea.
I am shocked
Continuing post by stupidissmart:
Now I feel tat it is the correct thing to do is fade away after one
had reached their peak. Otherwise their fate will be like LKY now
where people r already begging him to leave the politcal
arena.
Anyway in the end he had paid for the full fees himself, thus the
airline nor the Gov had lost any money. Just treat tat the airline
had paid back his help when SIA had just been
established.
Perhaps it is best that you heed your statement of fading away,
or there will be a chorus of pleas to leave this political
arena.
SM LKY pay the fees ?
How are government ministers paid ? Where does the Government get
their operating budget ?
It would have been best to have just shut up about the events that
had occurred, instead of being supremely condescending in his
comments about the Health Systems of UK and Singapore - which in
the end only resulted in the embarrassing political fall-outs in
the UK and in Singapore.
The US Constitution
http://usgovinfo.miningco.com/blconst.htm
The President of the United States of America
http://usgovinfo.miningco.com/cs/agencies/a/presbrief.htm
Congress and the Senate
http://usgovinfo.miningco.com/library/weekly/blhouseandsenate.htm
The US Federal Court System Judiciary: Guardians of the
Constitution
http://usgovinfo.miningco.com/blfedcourts.htm
