Even his early policies should be questioned.
Look at all those people in jail for 19 - 37 years. Or those
guys in the Socialist party who helped him win the election and
then got thrown into jail.
LKY cut the pay of civil servants across the board when
Singapore became independent, including his own. Said Singapore had
no money. But how soon he raised his own pay?
people are still debating if Mao ZD did more good than bad for
China, some indonesians are now wishing for the days of Suharto,
even some philippinos are recalling how their country was The most
prosperous in SEA under the Marcos......history is not to be
judged, but take a lesson from it. What could LKY and the PAP have
done better in those days?
How long did Nelson Mandela stayed in prison, how long was Aung
Sung Suu Kyi under house arrest ? even Deng XP were put down twice
but he managed to come back to power, and Sun YS were constantly
running from the Qing assassin to prepare for the
revolution....these people finally succeeded, because they have
something in common, they wanted to bring a new world to their
people...there is equality in SA for the black (though the crime
rate is still high), there is now light for the people in Myanmar
(though there is much to be done), China has opened and there is no
looking back (though the wealth distribution is not even) and PRC
and ROC is the new world order brought about by Sun YS (though they
are still technically at war).
What were the old politicians in Singapore planning to bring to
the people? I think they are paying for their own political cause,
not much for the cause of the people...politics is never easy, and
never clean...胜者为王，败者为寇!!!
