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However, the true stars of Candide were undoubtedly the orchestra members. From the opening notes to the final flourishes, the orchestra hardly faltered and did justice to Bernstein’s inspired score. The violinists, led by concertmaster Ian K. Goh ’06, were pure and lovely. Similarly, the woodwinds, brass, and keyboard were simply heavenly, and the percussion section was duly percussive. Conductor and Musical Director Daniel W. Chetel ’06, who waved vigorously to coax such beautiful music from both the orchestra and the vocalists, deserves praise on the fruits of his efforts...
...first speech as Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong was eager to show that he's well aware of those aspirations. Under his stewardship, he said, the drive for openness started by Goh would grow. In this new Singapore there would be room for "robust debate," more space for Singaporeans to express "diverse views" and "be different...
...Singaporeans would dispute that Lee has all the qualifications to be Prime Minister, says commentator Colin Goh, one of the founders of the satirical website Talkingcock.com: Cambridge- and Harvard-educated, Lee speaks four languages fluently, was the youngest brigadier general in the army's history, and has spent 20 years in top government posts. Indeed, a poll by the pro-government Straits Times a few days before he took office purported to show that 83% of respondents believed Lee was the right man for the job. But it is a reflection of a continuing ambivalence about him that...
...activist and former nominated opposition Member of Parliament Sinapan Samydorai is unconvinced. "They've been trying now for years to get us to believe in his kinder and gentle side, but it's all just spin." "We still don't know who Lee Hsien Loong really is," says commentator Goh, whose website regularly lampoons Lee's makeover attempts. "He's so opaque that we tend to project onto him our fears for the future, of reverting back to the bad old days." Those "bad old days" were, of course, the first 25 years of Singapore's history when...
...himself recognizes that Singapore has to change, repeatedly stressing the need for a more open, risk-friendly environment to encourage entrepreneurship. "We need a cultural change and it can't be bureaucratized," he told TIME last year, or else "we'll come a cropper." Meanwhile, ex-PM Goh will take over Lee's former title (and No. 2 position in protocol) of Senior Minister. Goh's continued presence may reassure some Singaporeans that the changes he initiated won't be rolled back. In fact, says Cherian George, author of the book Singapore: The Air-Conditioned Nation, those who are worried...