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...After nearly six years of protracted Communist guerilla warfare, Lee Kuan Yew forms the People's Action Party, seeking an independent Singapore...
Being the son of the boss can be a tough job, but someone has to do it. In Singapore, Brigadier General Lee Hsien Loong, 34, son of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, 63, has passed through doors opened by his father while gaining a reputation as an able Parliament member and government minister...
...years Singapore's family-planning program has used the slogan, "Two Is Enough." The government's policy worked so well that the fertility rate of the crowded island-state's 2.6 million people is only 1.5 children per family. Now, however, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew is concerned that the population will not be large enough to support the government's long-term goals of becoming a high-tech, export-oriented country. Accordingly, an Interministerial Committee on Population is preparing proposals that will encourage Singapore's couples to have more children. To kick off the new campaign, the government...
...Singapore, Shultz held a 2 1/2-hour private meeting with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, a personal friend of the Secretary's. Sounding a theme frequently heard during the three-day ASEAN conference in Manila, Lee warned Shultz that the growing trend toward protectionism in the U.S. Congress was threatening the economic stability of the Pacific basin. Shultz was receptive to the warning. Like President Reagan, he strongly favors free trade and opposes protectionist measures. "I believe their statements of concern are justified," the Secretary said later. "We ought to pay attention." He advised Lee to show good faith by keeping...
Marcos is neither the longest-reigning nor the most dictatorial leader in the region. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, whose autocratic skills are legendary, has dominated his city-state for 27 years; Indonesia's ; President Suharto has been unchallenged for 18 years. But both of those men, as well as Taiwan's Chiang Ching-kuo, have matched their severity with an ability to provide a rising standard of living for an ever increasing number of citizens. Says Whiting: "Many of us are impressed with Marcos' political acumen but feel that some of his economic policies are questionable...