Word: yew
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...would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. The incomes of small landowners almost tripled between 2004 and 2007, according to government data. Some farmers say they have just returned from group holidays in Thailand and China. "I never had this much money in my life," say Ah Yew, a 58-year-old rubber-plantation worker...
...Reshaping Singapore Your article "Singapore Soars" mapped out Singapore's aspiration to be what former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew called "a tropical version" of New York City, Paris and London all in one [June 4]. Indeed, Singapore has been trying to remake itself into a vibrant, fun place by allowing nightclubs to remain open around the clock and casinos to operate within resorts. It will also become a stop on the Formula One Grand Prix circuit. But Singapore has managed to attract low-skilled workers from developing countries and a much smaller group of talented foreigners who are here...
There was something a bit unusual about Lee Kuan Yew's annual Chinese New Year speech this year. The words of Lee, Singapore's former Prime Minister and founding father, are heeded by the public, because they provide a road map for the city-state's economic development. Hewing to custom, Lee spoke dryly of free-trade agreements and strengthening economic ties with the region. But then he started talking about art exhibitions, jazz bands, museums and alfresco dining. In fact, eating outdoors was mentioned no fewer than three times as Lee laid out the government's vision...
...maybe Lee Kuan Yew was right when he compared this new Singapore with Venice, London and New York. Those cities grew into giants not by copying blueprints of other capitals, but by being open to fresh ideas and unfamiliar DNA. "Yes, we should study best practices and features from other great cities," says Cheong Koon Hean, CEO of Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Agency. "But, ultimately, we need to seek out answers that best suit Singapore. To find our own soul." With their usual determination, Singaporeans are looking...
...made constitutional amendment the cornerstone of his young administration, declaring that Japan must "slough off the postwar regime." That kind of talk sets off alarm bells for critics who view any easing of military limits as the beginning of a backslide into wartime aggression. (Former Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew memorably summed up these fears years ago when he said that allowing Japanese participation in peacekeeping operations was akin to giving liquor-flavored chocolates to a recovering alcoholic.) But despite the LDP's legislative success, constitutional revision is far from certain-and even if it does happen, the role...