Lee Kuan Yew blames Chinese for repression?

Uraniumfish SG

He thinks that this is the only way to govern a Chinese society. He thinks that 'western' style governance would never work in this "Asian" (read:Chinese majority) society. Singapore is known for being repressive, and treating citizens like sheep. LKY says that this is the only way to do it, regardless of pros and cons, since Chinese people cannot be managed using any other way. If they are, it would lead to complete chaos. These are the things he implies though.
The questions here are:

troublemaker2005 SG

where you get the source of this comment from?

Uraniumfish SG

where you get the source of this comment from?

“With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countries…What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners value the freedoms and liberties of the individual. As an Asian of Chinese cultural backround, my values are for a government which is honest, effective and efficient.”
- Lee Kuan Yew in speech entitled ‘Democracy, Human Rights and the Realities’, Tokyo, Nov 10, 1992

“Anybody who decides to take me on needs to put on knuckle-dusters. If you think you can hurt me more than I can hurt you, try. There is no way you can govern a Chinese society.”
- Lee Kuan Yew, The Man and His Ideas, 1997

“Now if democracy will not work for the Russians, a white Christian people, can we assume that it will naturally work with Asians?”
- Lee Kuan Yew, Asahai Shimbun symposium, May 9, 1991

troublemaker2005 SG

it will be good if you can link the ineternet source of his comments. or scan from news paper if its where they were from.

although educated in english, but the phrases don;t make any sense to me.

Summer hill SG

I thought singapore is already a demoricatic state?

Summer hill SG

-double post-

Dalforce 1941 SG

Democracy cannot work with chinese, what about India, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan?

Can democracy work with peranakans? Lee Kuan Yew is a peranakan.

Endangered species? For goodness sake, Lee Kuan Yew practically filled the entire cabinet with inbred Peranakans.

For the last few decades in Singapore, the top positions in civil service, statutory boards, armed forces, GLCs have all along been going disproportionately to the Peranakans.

That is one reason why Singapore has been run to the ground.

Lee Kuan Yew worked with the Japanese Kempeitai and later the British colonizers to suppress the non-Peranakan Chinese.

That's why he has always been wary of non-Peranakan Chinese and could only entrust power to his own family members and his other Peranakan cronies.

http://tomorrow.sg/archives/2009/02/17/peranakans__going_the_way_of_the.html

troublemaker2005 SG

why no tell it to the cheenalanders?

directly in their leaders' faces

Uraniumfish SG

Democracy cannot work with chinese, what about India, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan?

Can democracy work with peranakans? Lee Kuan Yew is a peranakan.

Endangered species? For goodness sake, Lee Kuan Yew practically filled the entire cabinet with inbred Peranakans.

For the last few decades in Singapore, the top positions in civil service, statutory boards, armed forces, GLCs have all along been going disproportionately to the Peranakans.

That is one reason why Singapore has been run to the ground.

Lee Kuan Yew worked with the Japanese Kempeitai and later the British colonizers to suppress the non-Peranakan Chinese.

That's why he has always been wary of non-Peranakan Chinese and could only entrust power to his own family members and his other Peranakan cronies.

http://tomorrow.sg/archives/2009/02/17/peranakans__going_the_way_of_the.html

I was expecting you, dalforce. He is talking about the Chinese race and culture here, not people from PRC.

Uraniumfish SG

why no tell it to the cheenalanders?

directly in their leaders' faces

What do the 'chenalanders' or their leaders have to do with this? We are talking about Chinese Singaporeans.

Summer hill SG

What do the 'chenalanders' or their leaders have to do with this? We are talking about Chinese Singaporeans.

we are still all well, chinese

troublemaker2005 SG

What do the 'chenalanders' or their leaders have to do with this? We are talking about Chinese Singaporeans.

why not? when dalforce refers to non-perenakan chinese, isn;t mainlan cheenas non-peranakan chinese also?