20th Century Time Machine | When a Wise Man Speaks: Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's Founding Father (Sunday, Oct. 22, 1967) @20thCenturyTimeMachine | Uploaded March 2017 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
An interview in which Lee Kuan Yew (LKY), the first Prime Minister of Singapore, spoke on the Vietnam War and the problems of Southeast Asia in 1967 on Meet the Press.
Lee Kuan Yew, informally known by his initials LKY, was the first Prime Minister of Singapore, governing for three decades. Lee is recognised as the nation's founding father, with the country described as transitioning from the "third world to first world in a single generation" under his leadership.
Lee eschewed populist policies in favor of pragmatic long-term social and economic measures. With meritocracy and multiracialism as governing principles, Lee made English the common language to integrate its immigrant society and to facilitate trade with the West, whilst mandating bilingualism in schools to preserve students' mother tongue and ethnic identity. Lee's rule was criticised, for curtailing civil liberties (public protests, media control) and bringing libel suits against political opponents. He argued that such disciplinary measures were necessary for political stability, which together with rule of law, were essential for economic progress.
On 23 March 2015, Lee Kuan Yew died of severe pneumonia, at 91. In a week of national mourning, 1.7 million residents and guests paid tribute to him at his lying-in-state at Parliament House and at community tribute sites around the island.
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An interview in which Lee Kuan Yew (LKY), the first Prime Minister of Singapore, spoke on the Vietnam War and the problems of Southeast Asia in 1967 on Meet the Press.
Lee Kuan Yew, informally known by his initials LKY, was the first Prime Minister of Singapore, governing for three decades. Lee is recognised as the nation's founding father, with the country described as transitioning from the "third world to first world in a single generation" under his leadership.
Lee eschewed populist policies in favor of pragmatic long-term social and economic measures. With meritocracy and multiracialism as governing principles, Lee made English the common language to integrate its immigrant society and to facilitate trade with the West, whilst mandating bilingualism in schools to preserve students' mother tongue and ethnic identity. Lee's rule was criticised, for curtailing civil liberties (public protests, media control) and bringing libel suits against political opponents. He argued that such disciplinary measures were necessary for political stability, which together with rule of law, were essential for economic progress.
On 23 March 2015, Lee Kuan Yew died of severe pneumonia, at 91. In a week of national mourning, 1.7 million residents and guests paid tribute to him at his lying-in-state at Parliament House and at community tribute sites around the island.
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Jimmy Carter: "We Killed One Thousand Panamanians Unnecessarily" (Oct. 21 1991)
youtube.com/watch?v=x5tjjwp4MjE
Jim Henson's Last Public Performance Before his Death Less Than Two Weeks Later.
youtube.com/watch?v=3DSA6sKL4mI
Benazir Bhutto :“They said... She should be assassinated!”
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youtube.com/watch?v=bfzoNnmdFNs
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