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Singapore’s former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong said the wokeness movement leads to “extreme attitudes and social norms” in academic institutions. Photo: dpa

Elon Musk praises Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong for ‘wisdom’ on woke culture

The Tesla CEO shared a clip of Lee saying the wokeness movement leads to ‘extreme attitudes and social norms’.

The Tesla CEO shared a clip of Lee saying the wokeness movement leads to ‘extreme attitudes and social norms’

22 Aug 2024 - 12:35PM

Kishore Mahbubani calls criticism of his memoir ‘fossilised’ thinking

21 Aug 2024 - 6:14PM

Kishore Mahbubani on Singapore’s ‘secrets’ to success and why he annoyed Lee Kuan Yew

11 Aug 2024 - 3:41PMvideocam

How Kishore Mahbubani got S$100 million in 3 minutes from Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing

In his book ‘Living the Asian Century’, the veteran diplomat recalls how a bold request led to a stunningly generous donation for his school.

11 Aug 2024 - 4:13PM

Veteran diplomat Kishore Mahbubani pictured outside The Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP

Kishore Mahbubani in his memoir: the rebel undergraduate who took on Lee Kuan Yew

In his book ‘Living the Asian Century’, the veteran diplomat recalls how an article criticising Singapore’s founding father changed his life

11 Aug 2024 - 4:11PM

SpaceX’s Musk praises Singapore’s ‘brilliant’ first PM for Changi Airport

Elon Musk shared a blog lauding Lee Kuan Yew’s foresight in developing Changi Airport, which has been named the world’s best airport 12 times by London-based research firm Skytrax.

22 Jul 2024 - 4:06PM

Singapore’s new PM Lawrence Wong sworn in, pledges to ‘lead in our own way’

Singapore’s fourth prime minister sworn in on Wednesday evening, taking the reins at a time of intensifying great power rivalry abroad and an increased appetite for political opposition at home.

16 May 2024 - 12:50AMvideocam

Singapore’s new leader Lawrence Wong makes a speech after being sworn in at the Istana. Photo: AFP

The Loong goodbye: not the end of the political road for Singapore PM

Lee Hsien Loong has led the island nation through major challenges in his two decades behind the wheel and will hand over power on May 15.

15 May 2024 - 2:39PMvideocam

Who is Singapore’s Lawrence Wong? From political underdog to next PM

Those who know Wong say he is a ‘highly relatable political leader’, and laud him for being a team player, a quiet go-getter and a persistent doer.

20 Apr 2024 - 8:08PMvideocam

Kissinger’s mixed legacy: from ‘war criminal’ in Vietnam to ‘friend’ of Singapore

Many Vietnamese think Henry Kissinger ‘crippled the country’, while in Singapore he is respected as a pivotal anti-Communist ally who was a confidante of Lee Kuan Yew.

1 Dec 2023 - 4:22PMvideocam

Henry Kissinger speaks during an interview in Singapore on November 6, 2018. Photo: AFP

‘The whole city is my garden’: Singapore plants seeds for a green revolution

Singapore’s government has a goal to plant 1 million new trees by 2030, and make it so in the future no citizen should live more than a 10-minute walk from a park.

28 Nov 2023 - 11:31AMvideocam

Singapore, through advanced technology and precise urban design, is creating a lush and thriving cityscape, even in vertical space. Photo: Bloomberg

Singapore court orders PM’s estranged brother to pay damages to ministers

In a Facebook post, alleged that the Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan were given preferential treatment in renting colonial bungalows.

28 Nov 2023 - 6:00AM

World in ‘transition’ from US-led order to multipolar one: Singapore’s George Yeo

At a launch for his latest book, the ex-minister commented on China’s rise, the war in Gaza, why Hongkongers are ‘bothered by Singapore’, and on late leader Lee Kuan Yew: ‘He was not a sadist.’

23 Nov 2023 - 5:43PMvideocam

Li Ka-shing hails Hong Kong and Singapore’s growth path in Lee Kuan Yew tribute

Hong Kong’s richest man commended Lee’s commitment to the people in his video message, adding he missed his ‘old friend’.

6 Oct 2023 - 2:04PMvideocam

Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing (left) shares a light moment with Lee Kuan Yew at the opening ceremony of the Li Ka Shing Library at Singapore Management University in 2006. Photo: Li Ka Shing Foundation

Malaysia-born Hong Kong billionaire Robert Kuok feted on 100th birthday

Hong Kong tycoons Li Ka-shing and Lee Shau-kee are among those who have extended warm wishes to Malaysia’s richest man on his centenary.

6 Oct 2023 - 2:11PM

Robert Kuok during an interview in 2015. Photo: Nora Tam

Singaporeans ‘cringe’ over advice on discarding drink packet with founder’s image

Lee Kuan Yew’s memorialisation remains a subject of debate in Singapore, but he is said to have vehemently opposed having a personality cult around him.

4 Oct 2023 - 5:00PM

Opinion | Singapore can pursue an AI solution to preserving Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy

An immersive exhibition pays tribute to Singapore’s first prime minister in celebration of the centenary of his birth. Inspired by his lifelong optimism about technology, the city state could draw on AI to resolve the issue of how to preserve the late leader’s residence.

16 Sep 2023 - 6:02AMvideocam

Asian Angle | In post-Lee Kuan Yew era, governance in Singapore must adapt to changing times

Some critics say the ruling party has lost its way, but today’s PAP is a logical extension of what it was already destined to become under Lee Kuan Yew’s leadership.

15 Sep 2023 - 1:34PMvideocam

Lee Kuan Yew at the 17th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo in 2011. Photo: AFP

‘False and misleading’: Singapore asks Australia-based website for correction

Singapore’s Prime Minister’s Office has ordered Australia-based website East Asia Forum to issue a correction over falsehoods in an article written by an academic.

16 Sep 2023 - 8:29AMvideocam

What would Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew say about China’s current ties with US?

As the late leader’s 100th birth anniversary approaches, former Singapore newspaper editor Han Fook Kwang looks back at Lee’s past remarks to gauge what he would make of the world now.

9 Sep 2023 - 9:30AMvideocam

K. Shanmugam, Vivian Balakrishnan sue Lee Hsien Yang over Ridout allegations

K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan have sued Lee Hsien Yang for defamation over allegations about the Singapore ministers’ rental of two bungalows at Ridout Road.

3 Sep 2023 - 12:15PM

Lee Hsien Yang has been embroiled in a feud with his older brother, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, since 2017. Photo: AFP

Exclusive | US should play China ‘long game’: Singapore’s Tharman Shanmugaratnam

In an exclusive interview with the Post, the Singapore presidential front runner talks ‘economic warfare’, China’s growing capabilities and the experience he could bring to bear if elected.

22 Aug 2023 - 6:12PM

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Tharman Shanmugaratnam poses for a photograph after his exclusive interview with the Post ahead of Singapore’s September 1 election. Photo: Cuble Agency/Handout

Singapore must guard against ‘frittering away’ reserves, PM Lee says

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called for prudence in managing the country’s financial reserves as the scale of future crises is unknown.

16 Aug 2023 - 6:29PM

‘This joke kills’: Singaporean comic enrages Malaysia with MH370 gag

Malaysian social media erupted in fury at Jocelyn Chia’s skit, performed at a New York comedy club and uploaded to TikTok and Instagram, in which she joked about the missing plane and said ‘f*** you Malaysia’.

14 Jun 2023 - 8:12PM

Singapore PM’s brother Lee Hsien Yang, wife ‘essentially absconded’: minister

Minister K Shanmugam says Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Suet Fern ‘will have every right to provide explanations’ in perjury probe if they return to Singapore to be interviewed by police.

21 Mar 2023 - 8:06PM

Lee Hsien Yang intends to remain in self-exile in an unnamed European country. Photo: Reuters

Singapore PM Lee’s estranged brother to remain self-exiled in Europe

Lee Hsien Yang had been considering running in the presidential election, but is close to giving up due to the latest wave of verbal attacks against him.

8 Mar 2023 - 7:56PM

Lee Hsien Yang, son of former leader Lee Kuan Yew, says he will stay in Europe for now. Photo: Reuters

Singapore PM’s estranged brother Lee Hsien Yang mulls running for president

Discord among the Lee siblings has simmered for years since the death in 2015 of their father, Lee Kuan Yew, who was the founder of modern Singapore.

3 Mar 2023 - 6:44PM

Singapore’s Lee Hsien Yang and wife Lee Suet Fern face perjury probe

The two are being investigated for giving false evidence in judicial proceedings over Singapore’s late independence leader Lee Kuan Yew.

2 Mar 2023 - 7:31PM

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Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew is considered the founding father of modern Singapore. Born Harry Lee Kuan Yew in September 1923, he governed Singapore over three decades and oversaw its separation from Malaysia, transforming it from a relatively underdeveloped British colonial outpost with no natural resources into a "First World" Asian Tiger. His People's Action Party won eight back-to-back electoral victories until he stepped aside in 1990. Lee stepped down from government in 2011. Lee died on March 23, 2015.

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22 August, 2024