...LEADERSHIP MR. LEE KUAN YEW is the leader that I admire. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, also known as the Father of Singapore was Singapore Prime Minister from 1959 to 1990 and it was under his leadership that Singapore became the most prosperous country in Southeast Asia. I admired him for his wisdom and conviction, that he was able to transform Singapore from an undeveloped British colony to a First World country. Heroic Ambitions When Mr. Lee Kuan Yew became the Prime Minister of Singapore in 1959, he envisioned Singapore to be a self-governing nation. Mr. Lee saw a great future for Singapore and he knew that it would be a difficult task to achieve this vision. He rallied his people, introduced long-term plans and joined the short-lived Federation of Malaysia to kick-start his mission. When the merger with Malaysia failed, he made sure that Singapore will survive the major challenges by making decisions and implementing policies that will maximize usage of their limited natural resources and defensive capabilities. Positive Loving Attitude Mr. Lee was passionate about Singapore that in 1949 he decided to go back to Singapore after studying in England to begin his journey in transforming Singapore. In one of his speeches after stepping down as Prime Minister in 1990 and became a Senior Minister he said, “Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going wrong (in Singapore), I will get up“. 1 MANDYN / R48 (LEADERSHIP) – ALLAN ROSALDO ...
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...MGT 503 Final Term Project Lessons from Lee Kuan Yew and Geoff Colvin Lessons from Geoff Colvin: the Power of Deliberate Practice Geoff Colvin’s primary message is that what contributes an expert-level performance most is “deliberate practice” instead of talent or natural abilities, which is opposite to the common view. According to Colvin, apart from some certain expertise which requires physical attributes, everyone is able to achieve high-level performance through “deliberate practice”. In the opening chapter, Colvin used examples of Tiger Woods and Mozart to illustrate his viewpoint that people exaggerated the role of natural ability in their success. They both got mentoring from their fathers in their early education and practiced a lot. More essentially, their practice were well guided and had clear purpose and frequently feedback. In the following chapters, Colvin explained what “deliberate practice” is. It could be characterized as: 1. To practice with strong motivation 2. Super-focus on the practicing process 3. A good mentor is needed especially in the beginning. 4. Frequently feedback. 5. Awareness of weakness and constant rehearsal dealing with that. Colvin delivers a detailed plan on how to implement the principles of deliberate practice into our lives and become masters. He provides a road map for people aiming to achieve expert-level performance in three different fields: music, chess, and sports. The music model as an analytical approach requires proper segmentation...
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...Rahman bercuti selama 53 hari bagi mendapatkan rawatan di sebuah klinik di London. Lee Kuan Yew dan parti PAP pimpinannya enggan bertolak ansur dengan kerajaan Malaysia pimpinan Tunku Abdul Rahman. Lee Kuan Yew sering mendakwa orang Melayu hanya berjumlah 39 % sementara bukan Melayu 51 % dan melayakkan Lee Kuan Yew menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia sebagaimana saranan Ramanathan. [perlu rujukan]Lee Kuan Yew mempersoalkan orang Melayu sebagai penduduk jati Malaysia, mereka sebenarnya adalah juga pendatang sebagaimana Cina dan India. Contoh yang diberikan ialah Syed Jaafar Albar, ahli politik Johor yang mempunyai darah campuran keturunan Arab. Lee Kuan Yew menyalahkan Tunku dalam kegagalan konsep "Malaysian Malay". Tunku dikatakan telah terpengaruh dengan ketuanan Melayu yang diperjuangkan oleh beberapa pelampau Melayu dari 'ultra Malay' dan 'Young Turk'. Sebaliknya, Lee Kuan Yew mewar-warkan konsep "Malaysian Malay" dan mendapat sambutan banyak parti di Semenanjung Malaysia, Sabah dan Sarawak, kecuali MCA. Gagasan Lee Kuan Yew meliputi Singapura, Pulau Pinang, Melaka, Sabah dan Sarawak. Sebelum 1963, PAP hanya bertanding di Singapura sahaja dan Perikatan bertanding di Semenanjung Malaysia sahaja. Tapi pada 1963, Tan Siew Sin mendesak Perikatan bertanding di Singapura, namun UMNO kalah teruk. Tan Siew Sin merupakan Presiden MCA dan Menteri Kewangan Malaysia ketika itu. Pada 1964, Lee Kuan Yew mengarahkan PAP bertanding dalam pilihan raya kebangsaan di Semenanjung Malaysia bagi menentang...
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...LKY's Contributions to Singapore Aaron Epps Dr. Quek Ser Hwee June 8, 2015 Lee Kuan Yew’s Contributions to Modern Singapore: Both Contentious and Impactful A few short months before Singapore celebrates its half-century independence on August 9, 2015, the founding prime minister of an independent Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew (LKY), passed away after battling pneumonia for several months. LKY governed Singapore for more than thirty years until 1990 and is described as transitioning Singapore from the "third world to the first world in a single generation" under his leadership (Yew). He became the embodiment of the orderly transition of a region from western dominance to neo-Confucian success. His death on the morning of March 23, 2015 caused a sudden boom and several days of mourning throughout the nation. “It was almost like the long-awaited passing of a grandfather,” one Singaporean native said when I asked her how she remembered receiving the news of LKY’s passing. “You knew it was coming, but you still did not want to accept it as true.” Hundreds of thousands of Singaporeans flocked to the Parliament House where his body remained for viewing from Wednesday, March 25, 2015 to Saturday, March 28, 2015 to pay their respect. His death also attracted the attention of certain worldwide dignitaries and they paid their respect accordingly. There is no doubt that his profound contributions to Singapore advanced it as a nation and left an impact in the hearts and lives of thousands...
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...Question 2 A. 15th April, 2013 Canada Revenue Agency Dear Sir, I am writing this letter in response to details requested from Lea Lazarus concerning the details of transactions carried out in 2011 and 2012 as well as the tax treatment that was used for those transactions in the said same years. 2011 and 2012 Transactions Transaction details: 2011: Lea Lazarus owned 2,000 Class Z shares of Private Ltd. a CCPC at January 1, 2011. Lea had purchased these shares for $10 each in the year 1998 when the PUC was $5 per shares. Each of the shares was convertible into one Class Y share. Lea exercised her option on January 8, 2011 and converted 1,000 of the Class Z shares to 1,000 Class Y shares which had a FMV of $20 per share and a legal PUC of $8 per share. 2012: There was a mutual agreement conducted on June 28, 2012 where Private Ltd. redeemed 500 Class Y shares for $25 per share. Lea is the sole shareholder of the Class Z shares and also became the sole shareholder of the Class Y shares, which are not voting shares. Tax consequences: Under subsection 51(1), there is no disposition of shares. The ACB of the Class Y shares will be the same as the ACB of the Class Z shares, which is $10 per share. The 1,000 Class Z shares that have an ACB of $10,000 are converted to 1,000 Class Y shares that will have an ACB of $10,000. As a result of the conversion, the capital increased which resulted in a reduction in the PUC as per paragraph 51(3)(a). See details below...
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...Why Singapore separated From Malaya In 1965? On August 7, 1965, Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, seeing no alternative to avoid further bloodshed, advised the Parliament of Malaysia that it should vote to expel Singapore from Malaysia. Despite last-ditch attempts by PAP leaders, including Lee Kuan Yew, to keep Singapore as a state in the union, the Parliament on August 9, 1965 voted 126-0 in favour of the expulsion of Singapore, with members of Parliament from Singapore not present. On that day, a tearful Lee Kuan Yew announced that Singapore was a sovereign, independent nation and assumed the role of prime minister of the new nation. His speech included this quote: "For me, it is a moment of anguish. All my life, my whole adult life, I have believed in merger and unity of the two territories. Hence, Singapore became the only country in the history of the modern world to gain independence against its own will. Under constitutional amendments passed in December of that year, the new state became the Republic of Singapore, with the Yang Di- Pertuan Negara becoming President, and the Legislative Assembly becoming the Parliament of Singapore. These changes were made retroactive to the date of Singapore's separation from Malaysia. The Malaya and British Borneo Dollar remained legal tender until the introduction of the Singapore dollar in 1967. Before the currency split, there was a discussion about a common currency between the Malaysian and Singaporean Governments. A union...
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...Bila,Mana, Siapa … 1887 –Lord Brassey : Pengarah Syarikat Borneo Utara 1948 - Malcolm MacDonald: Gabenor-Jeneral Asia Tenggara 1955 - David Marshall: Perdana Menteri pertama Singapura 1956 - Dato' Onn Ja'afar (Parti Negara) 1959 - Lee Kuan Yew: Perdana Menteri Singapura 1961 - Tunku Abdul Rahman Perdana Menteri PTM 27 Mei 1961 FAKTOR-FAKTOR PENUBUHAN MALAYSIA Singapura - Pengaruh People's Action Party (PAP) pimpinan Lee Kuan Yew semakin lemah British bercadang memberikan kemerdekaan Singapura, Photo - Straits Times Lim Chin Siong Sarawak, Brunei & Singapura merdeka lebih awal Kesemua negeri di bawah pemerintahan British Kemerdekaan berasingan akan lebih lambat Sabah & Sarawak belum bersedia Di Sabah & Sarawak - Kebanyakan jawatan dipegang bangsa asing. Bumiputera berpendidikan rendah Keistimewaan dalam perlembagaan dapat dinikmati bersama Jumlah bumiputera ramai di Sabah & Sarawak. Penggabungan membolehkan kumpulan Melayu & Bumiputera kekal terbesar Tanah Melayu kaya dengan bahan mentah, Brunei kaya dengan sumber minyak, Singapura - pelabuhan penting Asia Tenggara, Sabah dan Sarawak belum maju… REAKSI NEGARI-NEGERI TERLIBAT Lee Kuan Yew (PAP) menyokong kuat, Barisan Sosialis dan Parti Buruh menentang. Refrendum diadakan - keputusan, 71.1% rakyat Singapura menyokong. Pemimpin terperanjat – salah faham, anggap helah. Mereka takut kedudukan politik mereka terjejas. peniaga Cina...
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...Tolulope Oyetoro Professor John A. Beckman PS 1113 June 28, 2016 BIOGRAPHY ON LEE KUAN YEW Born in Singapore on September 16, 1923, Lee Kuan Yew became the longest-serving prime minister in world history. Lee rose through the ranks of his country's political system before becoming the first prime minister of Singapore on June 5, 1959. In 1962, Lee led Singapore into a merger with Malaysia, but three years later, Singapore left the union for good. Lee resigned as prime minister in 1990, and his son became prime minister in 2004. Lee died on March 23, 2015. Lee Kuan Yew was born into a wealthy Chinese family that had resided in Singapore since the 19th century. After World War II, Lee studied law at Fitzwilliam College, in Cambridge, UK. In 1950, he was admitted to the English bar, but instead of practicing law there, Lee returned to Singapore to do so. At the time, Singapore was a British colony and held Britain's main naval base in the Far East. The country was ruled by a governor and a legislative council, mostly comprising wealthy Chinese businessmen who were appointed rather than elected by the people. In the early 1950s, Singapore buzzed with talk of constitutional reform and independence, and Lee banded with other like minds to challenge the governing structure of the country. Soon breaking from this group and taking a more radical stance, in 1954 Lee became secretary-general of his own party, the People's Action Party. In 1955, a new Singapore constitution was introduced...
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...The English walked the field tripping over entombed limbs with their fingers still attached after the battle. Later declared a victory for England, the battle is often depicted as the beginning of the finger insult. The English, with victory running through their veins, taunt the remaining French by raising their fingers in the air, and with defiant voiced shout, “See we can still pluck yew!” “Pheasant Mother Plucker!” The movement of calling attention to the finger, “giving the bird,” according to A Straight Dope Classic from Cecil's Storehouse of Human Knowledge, may have started from the pheasant feathers used as fletching on arrows. The man the feathers were bought from was often called a “pheasant mother plucker” because he plucked the feathers from mother pheasants. As the tale traveled through time the “pl” shifted into an “f” and “yew” became “you.” This shift in diction is also accompanied by one finger instead of the previous two. I'll leave you to read between the lines, you pheasant mother plucker, yew. “The Digitus Imfamis or the Digitus...
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...ASEAN and its ECONOMIC INTEGRATION 1) Objectives of this paper The objective of this paper is to dissect the concept of the ASEAN integration by looking into the history of the ASEAN, a brief analysis of the past treaties that have been passed and implemented, a scrutiny of the pillars of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and the challenge it poses to all its member nations – including the Philippines. 2) Introduction ASEAN, A brief history Before analyzing the AEC or the treaties that ASEAN have passed, it is a need to understand the rationale and the history behind its formation. The goals and precepts the ASEAN have been outlined as such because of a myriad of significant historical events. South-East Asia was a region experiencing turmoil during the 1960s. Malaysia and Philippine relations were damaged between the years of 1962-66 owing to the conflict over Sabah. Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei were all reeling from the departure of Great Britain as colonizers. This event led these countries posed a daunting challenge, both economically and politically, that these newly independent countries needed to overcome. Then the clash between Indonesia and Malaysia; in 1965 after just barely three (3) years after union of Indonesia and Malaysia the two (2) countries decided to sever their ties and declared themselves independent from each other. The Vietnam War was ongoing which was further heightened by the increasing popularity of communism in the South-East...
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...Machiavelli's Tiger: Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore's Authoritarian Regime By Uri Gordon (student at the Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University, Israel) Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I’m meaningless. Lee Kuan Yew, 6.10.1997 Introduction ‘History’, observes Adorno, ‘is the unity of continuity and discontinuity’. Even a basic awareness to this reality should be enough to prevent anyone – especially the new sojourner into the realm of political science – from making coarse comparisons between past and present. And yet, sometimes the picture is so compelling, so painfully clear, that it simply cannot be ignored. Faced with it, all one can do is carefully explore the contours of the ancient and the new, hoping to retain enough responsibility to open his eyes to the differences when they manifest themselves. This is what the current paper sets out to do. Though hundreds of years and thousands of miles stand between 16th century Italy and 20th century Singapore, between the writings of Niccolò Machiavelli and the statecraft of Lee Kuan Yew, the similarities are extraordinary. This paper will argue that the political views and actions of Singapore’s ruling elite – more precisely, those of the country’s ‘founding father’ Lee Kuan Yew – can be powerfully interpreted through an application of Machiavellian principles. This interpretation takes place on two levels. First, the political actions of Singapore’s...
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...“Why is the 2011 GE considered to be a watershed election?” ForDr. Lee Lai To Nanyang Technological University | | By Ng Wei Qiang U1010722H Word Count: 2805 words (Excluding Cover Page) March 3, 2012 To understand why GE 2011 was considered by many to be a watershed election, we must first take a look at the historical context of Singapore’s political scene which has been dominated by the People’s Action Party (PAP) since its independence in 1966. In fact, from 1966 up to 1981, there was not a single opposition Member of Parliament (MP). Among other reasons, one compelling fact was the boycott of the Barisan Socialis in the 1968 elections, allowing the PAP to sweep the polls, capturing all 58 seats and garnering 84.4% of all votes. Since then, the PAP has not looked back, dominating all Parliamentary General Elections while the opposition has failed to make any significant inroads in the political scene. However, it should be noted that over the years, the PAP has had a few upsets along the way with J. B. Jeyaratnam breaking the PAP’s monopoly of the Parliamentary seats with an unexpected victory in the 1981 Anson by-election. The next 3 elections in 1984, 1988 and 1991 then saw a downward swing in PAP’s popular vote, culminating in the PAP garnering only 61.0% of votes and losing 4 seats in 1991. This was significant in the fact that firstly, it was the lowest percentage of votes garnered by the PAP and secondly, it was the most seats lost to the opposition...
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...aid kit. Clothing like the hide coat, loin cloth, bearskin cap, leggings and shoes (the oldest kind in the world) represent Otzi’s good quality life, where Otzi was prepared, warm and had a vast knowledge of survival. Equipment like the copper bladed axe, a bow, quiver and arrow, backpack, net and first aid kit indicate Otzi’s handiwork, lifestyle and weapons ready for survival and conflict. About two feet long, the copper axe was made from a portion of the trunk of a yew tree, with the handle coming from the trunk, and the shaft came from the branch, and the copper blade fitted in by a leather binding, allowing maximum durability. The Iceman’s dagger and sheath (made by the inner bark of a lime tree) was around 5 inches long, with its flint blade resembling an arrowhead, connecting to the wooden handle. However, the handle was split when the blade was attached, so sinew was used to tie it securely together. The Iceman had carried a 1.82m long bow covered in blood, where it was created from the trunk of a yew tree. It’s adjoining quiver and arrows found nearby the discovery site. The quiver also included animal sinews, tree bast string, antler tip and stag antlers. Only 2 arrows were finished, and a dozen arrow shafts were...
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...Racial Harmony in Singapore Name: Lerong Ke Due Date: 12/02/11 Instructor's Name: Trang Cao Course Code: SSEASN R5A "I think the Muslims socially do not cause any trouble, but they are distinct and separate." This quote, found in the latest publication Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going, by ex-Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew sent shock waves throughout the society. Lee called for Muslims to be less strict on Islamic observances, which enraged the Muslims, who feel that they have already compromised on many grounds, an example being the illegality of the practice of polygamy in Singapore’s constitution, a practice allowed in Islamic Law[1] Singapore's society is primarily made up of four different races: Chinese (74% of the population), Malays (13% of the population), Indians (9.2% of the population), and Eurasian (3.8% of the population)[2], and as acknowledged by Githu Muigai, UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance during his visit to Singapore from 21st to 28th April 2010[3], has always been thought to be in a unique social state of racial harmony, Ever since the 1964 Sino-Malay riots and the 1969 racial riots, Singapore has not seen any significant violence between the various ethnic groups. However, while it might look as though Singaporeans live in harmony, inherent differences exist and a certain degree of racial discrimination remains prevalent. Despite the...
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...DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES Main Examination BUS015 Business Law Wednesday, 1st June 2011 2:15 pm – 5:15 pm ______________________________________________________________________ Time allowed: 3 hours ______________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS: 1. This examination contains FIVE (5) questions and comprises SIX (6) printed pages (including cover page). This examination paper contains 3 sections (A, B and C) with a total of 100 marks as follows: Section A: Section B: Section C: 3. 10 multiple-choice questions 2 questions 2 questions 2. Answer Question 1 on the Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ) Answer Sheet provided separately using a black 2B pencil. Fill the MCQ Answer Sheet carefully. You will get a zero (0) score if your index number is filled incorrectly. Answer Questions 2 to 5 in the answer book provided. Fill the cover page carefully. You will get a zero (0) score if your index number is filled incorrectly. All answers must be clearly written. Begin each question on a fresh page. This is a closed book examination. No materials are allowed to be brought into the examination hall. 4. 5. 6. At the end of the examination Please ensure that you have written your examination number on each answer book used. Failure to do so will mean that your work cannot be identified. If you have used more than one answer book, please tie them together with the string provided. THE UNIVERSITY RESERVES THE RIGHT NOT TO MARK YOUR SCRIPT...
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