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...want Singapore to have the X factor." LEE HSIEN LOONG, Singapore's Prime Minister, after the city-state approved two casino projects to give it more "buzz...
Former Mason Fellows include Elbegdori Tsakhia, Prime Minister of Mongolia, LeeHsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore, Frank Chikane, executive head of the presidency and secretary of the Cabinet in South Africa, as well as leaders within development banks, humanitarian aid programs, ministry departments, embassies, national assemblies, state bureaus, and other organizations which facilitate growth...
...ASIA SINGAPORE: Lee Hsien-Loong is only the third P.M. in 35 years...
...Social 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...
...Indeed, there are limits to the extent that Singapore will change. In a January address to the Harvard Club in Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong spent much of his speech on familiar themes: Singapore would continue to open up under his leadership, there would be more room for consultation, and so on. But what struck many observers was a warning: when any opponents engage in criticism intended "to show that the government is not pursuing good leadership or making good policy," Lee said, the government has to "rebut or even demolish them." Singapore's continued success may depend on whether...