#Number One Weekly#About Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore Has a Lot of Comments, #US President Barack Obama #Comment on Mr Lee Kuan Yew: "Lee Kuan Yew is a legend in Asia in the 20th and 21st centuries, a figure who has driven asia to create an economic miracle. With a great strategist.
Prime Minister, Tony Blair: Lee Kuan Yew is the wisest leader I have ever met.
Helmut Schmidt: I was impressed by his extraordinary wisdom and blunt comments. In his career as a political leader and politician, he achieved outstanding results. He established a political framework appropriate to Singapore's ethnic diversity. He is loved by the people of Singapore and is known as the Father of the Nation by #Singapore - Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
Many people may not know that Singapore today has suffered a catastrophe. Singapore has been a member of the country of Malaysia. However, Singapore and the Malaysian central government often clashed over their interests, and Lee Kuan Yew criticized Malaysia's annual budget for not giving enough budget to improve social conditions. Businessmen in Singapore have also begun complaining that malaysia's central government discriminated against them and did not give them the same benefits as other state subordinates. The main contradiction was in 1964, when the Malaysian central government asked Singapore to increase the tax paid by the central government from 40% to 60%. This is also the reason why Singapore became destitute.
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, fearing that Singapore would dominate the political and economic environment in Malaysia in the future, believed that the best way to resolve the conflict between the two ethnic groups was to separate Singapore from the outside world to ensure Malay rule. The Malaysian Parliament urgently passed an amendment to the Constitution to expel Singapore from Malaysia by 126 votes in favour and 0 votes against. After Singapore was abandoned by Malaysia, the tough man shed tears on live television after Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew sadly announced the news. Sixty percent of Singapore's tax revenue was handed over to the Malaysian government in the years when Singapore joined Malaysia at that time and is now being expelled. As a result, Singapore's fiscal emptiness has been unable to pay the salaries of government personnel.
In order to survive in Singapore and attract foreign investment, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew decided to give many conveniences and preferential treatment to foreign enterprises. Attach importance to manufacturing and establish a light industrial base. It was only for Singapore to survive, but it was not expected that the rapid industrialization of the international market would make Singapore's manufacturing industry a major exporter of electronic products in the world within a decade. However, the economy achieved rapid development, and soon became an important financial and entrepot trade center in Southeast Asia, becoming one of the "Four Asian Tigers" at that time. As a result, Singapore's status has been greatly enhanced.
Lee Kuan Yew has always advocated "Asian values" without fear of the West, arguing that Asian countries do not need to act in full accordance with Western values. Lee Kuan Yew has therefore consistently ignored Western criticisms of his authoritarianism, arguing that Western democracy cannot be imposed on the people of Asia. Oppose the reasons for the Westernization of other countries by the United States in front of the international arena.