The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xw5Ym4LaFFg.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.
I´ve never been in Singapore. I´ve heard all the best about it. I think this PM is one of the best and competent PM in the world. His answers are very deliberated.
No one has a monopoly on wisdom and it is presumptuous to think so. It is that arrogance to superimpose one's own views and values on others being ignorant of the historical, cultural, socio-economic context of the other side which has led to so much misery in human history. What may work for one country will not necessary work for another. The dynamics, the social, economic, ethnic, cultural, historical, religious, geographical aspects are different from country to country. The important thing is if the social system, the social order, the social contract of a country works. If it does not, the country/nation will decline and the people will reorganized themselves, peacefully or violently, gradually or furiously to find a better way. If more then 3000 years of recorded human history has illustrated - No people, or country, or civilization has the manifest destiny to reshape the rest of world after their own image. It is usually ruin when such attitudes are embarked. I am Singaporean and I am proud to be. Critically I understand the liberal west concerns on Singapore's society. But often then not, it is the view from the outside looking in without giving due respect for the view of the inside looking out. For all its faults, and Singapore has them like any other country, Singapore as a country, as a people, the system is working. If it is not, Singaporeans will be the ones to decide and enact any changes. Self Determinism, as an independent people, as an independent country.
I agree with the PM in that no country has a monopoly on values and virtues. The Western democracies have undergone a shift in reflecting principles that are best for the individual (see homosexual rights) while the Singaporean government implements regulations that are best for society in the present context. They are simply two different methods to govern and none can be prematurely proclaimed a better one.
the hypocrisy is enormous imagine killing your local alcohol/cigerette dealer ie shopkeeper.. when these drugs are just as harmful if not more harmful than many illegal drugs.. the drug laws are supposedly there to stop death and suffering...! artificially inflicting more death and suffering onto people doesnt help it just makes things worse its completely absurd. The laws are supposedly there to stop people taking drugs which apparently causes disease and suffering...! whats the point of artificially making drug addicts lives even worse it doesnt stop them in fact it makes addiction even worse - if negative consequences stopped ppl taking drugs there would be no drug users at all!!.. if you dont care about how shit drug addicts lives are why not just let them kill themselves with the drug as you say they will do.. surely the "negative consequences" from taking the drug would be a punishment in itself..
america waas the country that started the drug war and imposed it on the rest of the world - east asian countries actually resisted it at first bbut then became overrun bby american propaganda..
The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East and India are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xw5Ym4LaFFg.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.
@@paulsz6194 Well yes, there are certain limitations placed on the media in Singapore. But to jump from that fact to the conclusion that it is something bad is, I posit, missing a link. There is a presumption that freedom of media necessarily always leads to benefits in society but that is not always true. As with all things, there are mixed results. While a truly free press does allow for greater scrutiny and broadens the avenues for individuals to express themselves, it also introduces a degree of arbitrariness in terms of allowing for politically motivated news coverage, sensationalism, and potentially destabilising and polarising journalism. So limiting the freedom of media through carefully calibrated laws does have its pros and cons. The government of Singapore just prioritises social, political, and economic stability over the potential benefits. And in understanding this need to achieve a balance, I am inclined to agree with the Singapore government in this regard. Prioritising stability is especially important in such turbulent times and enacting laws like POFMA allows for destabilising and panic-inducing fake news to be dealt with effectively, a step that Western liberal democracies might find difficult to take with their history of taking pride in the primacy accorded to the freedom of expression. Once again, that is not to say that any one country has gotten it "right". I don't think that there is a "right" way to do things. Every political decision involves tradeoffs and every State, with it's own specific needs and priorities, takes different decisions.
I could speak on behalf of our community, that we have freedom to vote whom we want, without any pressure by government directly or indirectly. I believe, my PM Lee did spoke the truth about our preference for our PAP party; except for a small minority whom might have voted for opposition but might not wish the opposition to rule. I see having opposition party is important so as to create competition; but to change government; nope when if it happens; that’s when I really might migrate. I do agree that the best man should be chosen as the next PM; and I am also one of those whom hope the successor of PM Lee Hsien Loong, whom we felt was deserving btw; we won’t coerced to accept PM Lee irregardless and you should respect him as he was our President scholar in his time and so were his siblings; they were really a very smart family; even if it seems to get unbelievable that our late founding Father has groomed the best man to be his successor; but in Singapore we all think if it’s not PM Lee HL to be our PM then who else could it be? I obviously was not brainwashed if I sound overly patriotic; because I’m not even that in the first place. I could reason and form my own judgement. Tharman is very popular amongst Singaporeans but I represent the educated and upper class perhaps; I’ve friends of middle-income group whom also believes Tharman was our next best man to be Mr Lee’s successor as PM when he stepped down. Both men were great; but Tharman did not want to be PM; he declared on our Straits Times because we were rather strong in our views that he should be chosen; but sadly he did not like the idea at all. He might not wish to be subject to restraint when he’s a PM; I guess he might have felt that way when even we ever placed pressure; he insisted that PM was just not a job title that suits him; ergo; we respected his choice. PM Lee might mean race matters as in speaking of the older generations. Perhaps he’s correct that in the end; Chinese may still be preferred by them; but most of the younger generation won’t care about the ethnic group our Prime Minister should be; but must be obviously remarkably like Tharman; our VP; whom was not just anyone for me to vote for him because he’s obviously Singapore’s best choice after our PM Lee; but we might not have preferred over PM Lee HL; some might some might not; and in reality both were extremely intelligent; so why compare? I think the BBC host have done his homework and knows rather well the history of Singapore; but he might have made our PM appear to be a dictator. But he’s actually a humble man; extremely thrifty; I think the only PM perhaps to be driving a Japanese car and chose to drive himself in Singapore instead of being chauffeur driven at times. Some comments I read said he’s a dictator. He’s arrogant; but if you were one of the most intelligent and also been groomed to be PM perhaps by our late Mr Lee Kuan Yew; where he served the army before; as a signed on not just National Serivice like majority of our boys; graduated from Raffles Institiution, our top schools; as a president scholar; and is able to be able to speak English, Mandarin, Malay and most of the dialects; to be able to communicate with the grassroots of our society; why won’t you? Wisdom and arrogance exists alongside however humble I believe; it’s not common in western countries; but within Chinese community is not uncommon. Tharman is very humble too. I think western countries should stop trying to infiltrate their ideology of democracy into other countries. Look at Hong Kong sad and sorry state presently; if fight for democracy means the destruction of Hong Kong to be rebuilt I think that’s madness. The university young adults were precisely so affected by British ‘upbringing’ to destroy their own future as well. If Britain likes what they see today in Hong Kong a colony they once governed; and felt no sadness; then such deliberate acts to promote unrest in other countries to target at non ally countries; because, one would never see BBC question Macron with such tacky questions to often imply Singapore is a one-man rule country and we as citizens did not have a choice? That is thrash talk. I think happiness is a very personal thing and it really has nothing to do with anyone else. We should be more worried than Britain’s BBC if we become a dictatorship country. It’s unnecessary for BBC to help and make it tough for our humble PM Lee and other ministers whom often had to deal with questions asked by BBC that’s meant to humiliate them but ended up backfired mostly. We won’t be afraid of scrutiny as you could see in the confident response by all our ministers. They cared about us; we all know. Tq.
Quote "I could speak on behalf of our community ..." It's fair if you are making a comment - anyone is free to comment here, but to assume that you are speaking on behalf of every Singaporean, you really seem too big for your shoes.
@Robace Kai Siang Tey umm.... so what... the same could be said about putin or trump, they are still crooks...by your logic, we should all be doing what those scoundrels are doing... but then, you're probably an ib sent by the lee ders of your cartel....
@Robace Kai Siang Tey yup... confirm a pappy ib... you like hitting below the belt, but if someone hits back, you cry mother father.... how much they pay you to sell your soul?
@Robace Kai Siang Tey well... sorry little ib... you've failed in realising humanity.. you prop up corrupt men/women... I guess your philosophy must be, "i want to be just like them!" corrupt internally, but oh so "popular" and loved outside... typical sychophant...
You cannot knock the success of Singapore! It’s a small country that punches way above its weight! One of the safest countries in the world and visited there last February and everything works to a very high standard and happy to have taken a few dollars from the machines at Marina Bay Sands! Ha! Look forward to next trip in ‘24 !
Lsl is too nice to this interviewer. Check out how his farther gave a lecture to a BBC journalist - Tim Sebastian when he tried to ask similar type of questions.
Once again, it's "Hard Talk" mate. You know where you get yourself into it. If you can't stand the heat stay away from the fire. By the way, I am not British.
The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xw5Ym4LaFFg.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.
Please don't further embarrass the rest of Singapore and Singaporeans there is nothing to be supporting in those hard truths that showed the he himself would not want to put a non Chinese in power even if the people wanted it.. and the fact that he claims the people are ok with the fake democracy that we have ..in the tip c for power or prime minister ,for him to say that race matters ..is an embarrassment to this claim of being multi racial it's a contradiction to the pledge that we were made to recite through out school life
@@limchyehock6722 Haven't you got better things to do take care of your family and stay safe. There are are important things to care about than acting like a butthurt. I understand you Singaporeans have minority complex and get butthurt over any criticism. Here is a tip don't take yourself so dam seriously trust me it will make your life a lot easier lol;).😊😂😂
I think PM Lee has done extremely well and responded accurately. I look up to PM Lee. However, as I am Australian educated, I am not unfamiliar with this type of journalism. Mr Sackur has asked all the questions viewers in the West would want to ask. The way he put them could be a bit more elegant but I appreciate Mr Sackur putting forward these critical and awkward questions to PM Lee for his responses. Brilliant interview.
I think Stephen Sackur's posture is too patronizing. It is almost too covertly aggressive and too repressing. He and his high ground. It looks as if Mr Lee is being interrogated and talked down to.
Steven Sackur adviced the leader of a foreign nation, "Singapore must...(this and that)" after this interview he will fly back to UK and be with his own family and country while Mr Lee will still bore the consequences of governing Singapore. Who is he to talk like that? (I'm not a singaporean)
BBC HARDtalk is a program that interviews world leaders and famous personalities with hard hitting questions. This is the format of their program. Personalities take up the challenge to appear in it, fully prepared and also knowing fully well that they will be lambasted.
Singapore Voices+....agreed...unlike the prearranged questions for our politicians to make them LOOK smart when in actual fact they are STOOPID under pressure
My personal view is that DPM Tharman fielded questions better than our PM LHL in the same HARDtalk interview. Note that Tharman was out of the country whilst PM had advantage of homeground.
Both have their merits. Tharman's questions were more academic and economic centered, whilst LHL questions were more broad-based that includes geopolitical situations, trade, politics and a country's values which should rightfully be answered by the PM.
Relax Bro...They're both good lah. Both are worthy men of the Age of Enlightenment to keep SG well. Thank you S Sackur, thank you UK for passing to them the good mind.
The PM seems to think that the Chinese population is not ready for a non-Chinese PM. I not sure if he's on to something or has too lowly an opinion of the Chinese Singaporean.
The First Chief Minister of Singapore is a Jew name David Saul Marshall...so who are the Lees to say that Singapore is NOT ready for a Non Chinese PM???? a load of SHIT!!! sustaining a LeeDynasty??? F
It is "HARD TALK". If you can't stand the heat, stay away from the fire. Every politician is free to debate in that program. They are not forced and know the program. Or do you doubt the latter? That would be very naive. Another thing. Politicians are the servants of the community and therefore have to answer tricky questions. That is their job and duty. They are paid and elected for that.
as a journalist interviewing it is understandable you want to ask provoking questions. but Stephen you lack the finesse and grace in doing so. sorry. Look at how Charlie Rose does it. He can press and asks very uncomfortable questions yet be respectful and not appear to be.a jerk.
Read between the lines of Charlie Ross and watch his body language and see the Cynical finesse in him that I respect as compared to the Straight Talk of Hard Talk demolishing the Hard Truth
He IS a jerk. The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xw5Ym4LaFFg.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.
After seeing this interview, I can understand why Singaporean’s PM is concerned Hong kong protests spread to Singapore . He know how western press see about Singapore. They are waiting for the same thing happened in Singapore. If it happened, it will be the end of Singapore.
It is stupid. The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xw5Ym4LaFFg.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.
Sacker successfully placed the PM on a virtual grill. LHL had his vulnerabilities exposed a little but still overall came out more than equitably victorious. LHL clearly devestated him on a number of points : in particular, Sacker was totally and brilliantly nailed at 14:53 - 15:20. Wow, almost another LKY indeed !
The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xw5Ym4LaFFg.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.
@Heather Larson and N. America was a colony of England. Sovjet Union ruled the other side in the 20th century and China was happy with his cultural revolution and invading Tibet and staying there. There is no saint in this world.
@Heather Larson Russia and China? Your joking or read to much unrealible funny papers. Ask Ukrainian or the Phillipienes. The Crim? West Phillipien sea ? Ring a bell?
No wonder it’s called hardtalk, because the interview loves to put words in others mouth and force interviewee to agree to his points, it’s so cringy I actually admire the Prime Minister’s restrain.
At 2:10 "...We have depended on the system that America has built and upheld..." - the US should continue to engage the world for everyone. Major economies have benefitted greatly from this system.
The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xw5Ym4LaFFg.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.
Is your prime minister a 5 year old child;).? Your prime minister should know by now how hardtalk works if you cant take the heat get out of the kitchen. It's called hardtalk for a reason. I know why Singapore gets butthurt over this because the media in Singapore is supervised by the pap aka one party ruling government. When a prime minister is used to controlling the media and its journalists then of course you will get your ass handed to you because your not used to answering tough questions. It's called hardtalk for a reason. I would like to see a Singapore version of that show where the prime minister and the pap is grilled. Will that ever happen no. Because the pap controls the pussy journalists and media in Singapore.
With all due respect, Mr. Lee often looked visibly frustrated during the interview and was even exasperated. Whereas Tharman defended Singapore's policies and PAP's dominance by coolly citing the mechanisms of how it works, Mr. Lee seemed dismissive and even deflective with rationales like 'see, nobody wants to migrate', or 'see, look at those oil producing countries, do they conform? SO why should we conform?"
Keith Ng LHL is a joke, he's nothing like his father LKY. No one dared to mess with LKY, because of his substance and capabilities. This LHL is pathetic and is dragging LKY legacy through the shit hole, look at how much shit is failing in SG (eg transport system). LKY would've given this reporter a spanking, LHL on the other hand got spanked so hard. Pathetic.
Blackie cannot be PM of yellow land. No way Tharman can ever become PM of Singapore. You think yellow can become PM of India? Be serious. An Italian woman won the general elections in India in 2004 but she never became the PM due to threats from Indian nationalists. Asia is not the same as Europe. In Europe, there are two (admittedly small) countries which have Indians as PM. In Asia, each country's leader invariably comes from the majority ethnic group of that country. In Burma, a woman who was under house arrest for 20 years and who even won the Nobel Peace Prize during her imprisonment was finally released and became State Counselor. Although she herself had been persecuted for decades, once she became leader she turned a blind eye to the persecution and genocide of a religious/racial minority group in her own country. Asians are very close-minded people. They never stray from convention. Singapore will never have a non-yellow person as PM. Singapore even disallowed a white American (Chip Goodyear) to become the head of Temasek Holdings in 2009. Asians are simply very paranoid and distrusting of people who don't come from their own ethnic background, let alone people from a different race. White people are far, far more open-minded. It's a difference in the DNA.
It is the best smokescreen as always, just bring out examples that suit your agenda. Be it income gaps, housing, wages etc the government always brings a country which is weaker in that expect to and praise themselves on their achievements.
LHL only became PM due to his dynastic connections. However woes should not be on him. But rather the older generations who believed in the stability of a dynasty and their racist attitudes.
LHL did well in the interview , journalist and Singaporean must have access to ask him Hard questions like above and should question should not be prescreened and there must be some form of debate... often it is just to polite... of course all must be respectful Look at the Mediacorps staged debate is so uninspiring. but please dont go down American way....
The interviewer is really rude. And I don’t really understand why the westerners (particularly the Americans and British) always try to impose their moral value onto other countries. If they believe in democracy, they should respect others with different belief too.
My country. my land. my prime minister My Singapore. We lived in the. beautiful country and peacefully love Singapore forever long lives. People Action. Party
branden @ rxxst?? What does his color have to do with it? Sometimes it's a colored guy who is running this show ...in the exact same way. Ask yourself why is it named "Hard Talk".
@@nickiseb8910 His saying his colour cos in the past it was the whites who were supreme. Or so wat people thought so. Only aft the Japanese attacked were views changed of the British
@@nikbob2728Well maybe some countries (with "white" people ) were and if they were they were. I don't see your Japanese thing. Without surrender, there would be no Japan today. Germany same thing. What's more, Japan followed those, what you call "white" countries in medicine, research, etc.. and made part of it long before 1940. Korea, Taiwan...were Japanese colonies says my history book. Imagine a world without antibiotics, imagine a world without manipulating and improving grain and crops against all kinds of diseases....not millions but billions would have died. Imagine an industrie without hydraulic systems: easily control very large movements and unprecedented forces in a closed system...no tailgate of a truck, excavators or jacks to lift heavy loads etc..airplanes, cars.. It all depends on which glasses you wear to look with. The world today is more dangerous and more unpredictable than it was roughly 10-20 years ago. But the only thing I really fear is overpopulation, uncontrolled mass migration and climate changes taking place today. Race is not one of them. I think we are approaching the latter incorrectly. Culture (& maybe religion) would be more correct.
Little red dot always feel very vulnerable, it is practically resource-less, with limited land mass and located within not very friendly big neighbors with or without trade conflict between powerful nations.
Hey, a teenayer blogger has been arrested in Singapore!! Ohhh muh human rights Spain has been arresting tweeter users who made no threats nor crime since the start of it, just because annoying someone with their shitposts. Where is the outrage? Nowhere.
Medias businesses are simply businesses, they run to generate money, some through exaggerated reporting, many through fundings. There's always bias. More so, western media dominates the world, like 80% globally. More often than not, in western media you see condemnation and reporting of negative sides, outside of the western world. But comes, negative news of the west, its reported once or twice and then forgotten.
The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xw5Ym4LaFFg.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.
@@emeritusdavidteo5553 The day when your country stop adopting your colonial masters justice system. Thats the day when you get your credability back right now you have non. Why do you have english street names ., why does the boroughs in singapore have english names. ?? Nobody forced you to do any of that. You are imposing the western values that suits you best on your self and call it imperialsm loool.
Singapore standard of living is higher than any Wester nation other than Switzerland, and Stephen Sackur wonders why one party is so popular. The people generally trust the PAP to keep for Singapore what they built for Singapore.
FO cast..do you know what is an ILLUSION??? everything looks real when in fact it is NOT....Switzerland is a REALITY...Singapore is an ILLUSION...nothing is real the HDB you own does NOT belong to you...the Price is Inflated when a PM says that the Land is FREE and you pay only the cost of the building ie Brick & Mortar...when every single cent you were force to save is declared as assets of the Govt... TO BE USED @ their PLEASURE!!!! when losses are incurred in POOR INVESTMENT the answer is we look to the the LONG TERM 10-20-30 years ahead when the hard working people are DEAD & GONE....meanwhile the SHORT TERM is GoodLuck to you!!! while they Live the GOOD LIFE paying themselves the highest salary which is ABSOLUTELY ABSURD and it may take an ordinary Singaporean to earn in ONE YEAR or MORE compared to what they earn in A MONTH
If any president in the US or UK brought the living standards that Singapore has to every major city in their respective nation, he would be the most popular leader in the past hundred years. The things you are pointing out as problems of Singapore may not be the ideal world for you, but if anyone starts pointing out the problems of UK, France, or the US et cetera, Singapore will still end up with the favourable standard. Complaining about the HDB in the face of the real estate crisis that struck the US is a good example. Most British or Americans would vote for anyone who offered a policy like the HDB for the rest of their lives. Instead they got mass evictions and variable rate loans that were designed to fail by increasing the interest rate in intervals. Guess who got rich from that and who ended up on the street? Sackur really shouldn't be surprised, given that he is from the UK and the difference in living standards in both nations is evident.
FO....Singapore is BUT a dot...the sheep are silly enough to allow all their HARD WORK and savings to be USED by a group of OVERPAID Idiots....ask an ex President of France who said that Singapore is NOT even the size of Marseille for the leader to BRAG about what he did AS compared to western leaders....London only need a Mayor to run it well and so did most successful cities in UK and USA....we need TWO??? maybe MORE idiotic Mayors??? and How many Ministers and PMs dyPM plus EM or Emergency PM in case one kick the BUCKET???...to rule & run a city no bigger than London??? or other Major cities in the west.....ok in case I am called pro west how about Tokyo-Osaka-Taipie or Seoul all they need is a Governor or Mayor to run it successfully... Do we need a WHOLE BUNCH of highly Educated IDIOTS to run a little DOT??? tickle my toes we MUST be Truly Idiots to believe that leh!!!
Haha the way you capitalize words makes me dizzy. Of course the leaders of Western nations would make excuses about why Singapore was able to achieve so much in such a short period of time when they cannot do it themselves. Being a small nation shouldn't really be an excuse, anyway. Singapore having a lack of natural resources and being in the sorriest state imaginable after WW2 makes the progress to what it is now even more impressive. Osaka and Tokyo and Seoul are other good examples, my friend :) Sackur is giving Lee a hassle about PAP, but what about LDP in Japan which raised the nation from a sorry state after WW2 to better than any Western nation other than Switzerland in terms of standards of living and modernity? LDP also had long reign in Japan. PAP is to Singapore as LDP is to Japan. Not perfection by any means, but in power for so long because of what they have brought the people under their rule. I have lived in Tokyo and many European capitals and none come close to Tokyo in terms of modernity, and most don't even come close in terms of services. The same can be said about Singapore vs most of the European capitals. If any single mayor or party raised modern Paris (or Marseille as per your anecdote) to the level of modern Singapore in his lifetime, he would be forever considered a hero of France. The party he represents would be a long time favourite. Sackur shouldn't be confused.
Its NOT hassle my friend JUST PLAIN TRUTH not HARD TRUTH which is very difficult to SWALLOW...OK if you feel comfortable with what the Lee & PAP HAD done LIVE with it leh!!! Not forgetting the the reverse of LIVE is EVIL
On Singapore and the Western press in the very words of Mr. Lee Kuwan Yew, the late, former prime minister of Singapore: "Parents know that if they take in too much of America and the West daily on and in the newspapers, the result will be disorientation because Singapore is not the West." That's Mr. Lee Kuwan Yew to you ladies & gentlemen! And I fully agree with him. Link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RVlbyN-COTE.html
The Western media (esp. BBC) do not examine themselves first before criticizing other nations. The reason there is BREXIT is because Britain doesn't want their share of Middle East & African immigrants coming to Europe by boat as well as migrant workers from Eastern Europe which they discriminate.
Feels like Lee is more political than his father when it comes to these interview responses. Senior Lee would have withheld no stinging rebuttals rather than be put on the spot.
Stephen Sackur should be aware that the Britain evolves step by step from Magna Carta is established 1000 years ago. Democracy like any other big changes in the world should take place and be applied GRADUALLY. The problem of EU and Brexit IS ultimately because the progress of EU has been too fast. The idea of democracy can be great and righteous and politically correctly, but the reality and result of democratic revolution that takes place too fast in a society is a disaster. I thought British people have the best knowledge about this. People crave for the heroic feelings of democratic revolutions and freeing people “suffering” in developing countries. But the result of ANY social changes/ revolutions can be dangerous.
For a society to function, democracy and law are not the only ingredients. Other important ingredients are virtues and restraints. The western democracy encourages confrontation between people. The eastern culture encourages restraints and virtues. As a result, eastern countries MIGHT not need the confrontational western democracy. The western democracy has worked well in many western countries because their amoral traditions in inter-person relations. Their moral code governs only behaviours between humans and the god, and does not extend as much to inter-person relations. As a result, they can walk quite well the fine line to be confrontational and yet not hateful. The western democracy has not worked as well in the east because of the lack of such tradition. The eastern moral code is very deeply embedded in personal relations - right and wrong is often determined by how you treat people and how people react. As a result, it is more difficult for the eastern people to walk that fine line. Rather, it is more natural for eastern people to count on the virtues, the restraints and the good-will of each other.
Stephen Sackur is very arrogant and impolite. I think he is very RUDE to interrupt Sinagpore's Prime Minister Lee. On the other hand, Lee speaks beautifully.
Mr. Sackur should ask the gay questions to the Saudis. Ask them about human rights. Singapore is a great country because of their strict laws and how they are being enforced. No one country should impose their social value to another country. The US can legalize gay marriage and drugs. Doesn't mean other country should follow, otherwise they will be label with human right violations, etc.
I seriously and sincerely hope that Mr Tharman takes the seat of PM, but we Singaporeans know who's next and it's sad. Mr Tharman, much respect to you and your work. Thank you.
Singapore dont do the soprano between the sordid relations of USA and China. The present political and policy situation is like sorrel bitter that adds to the tasty salad. Eventually bilateral relation between the USA and China will settle well for good.At the moment everything seems a twinge as for Singapore it a twinge of sympathy for present social attitudes twirl on many issues inside and outside Singapore. Situation are not barriers to progress but can be managed by a positive approach which end in a win-win results for all.
On the ground level by locals and foreigners, and by many eminent political scientists, Singapore has been a system by which there are widespread contractual control of the markets by the Singapore government, and the suppression of both civil, and political liberties of the people of the nation state in the name of "Singapore model" with the emphasis on western-labeled "democracy" tag with selective market structure system, and cultural-relativism of Asian "Confucius ruling system" In particular, many of these institutions militate against individuality and individual rights and freedoms. In turn, "authoritarian capitalism" describes the operational elements of this particular development model. On one hand, authoritarian-capitalist regimes place a limited and selective set of persistent policy interventions into market activities. On the other hand, these same regimes impose heavy restrictions on political activity. Whereas, Soviet economies contrived to have an economy without prices, authoritarian capitalism presides over markets without the guarantee of individual freedoms or rights. As a result, there are conflicting and misleading signals about a relatively free economy whereas political freedoms are repressed within an authoritarian- based government. Singapore's single-party regime offers a model of authoritarian capitalism that may be followed by other single-party regimes in the region. Singapore's authoritarian-capitalist regime has its own peculiar political arrangements that mesh with its economic policies. By combining a sense of national insecurity and dread of the unknown with the fear of government retribution, Singapore's ruling party has implemented a special form of "Asian democracy" that can be identified as phobocracy. The rule-by-fear government of the People's Action Party (PAP) regime judiciously combines a western democratic vocabulary with a particular set of traditional values that it claims are unique to Asia. In order to maintain a disciplined and docile electorate, the PAP rulers rely upon a beguiling combination of reason and force. However, their idea of reasoning is limited to an unbalanced insistence upon only the advantages of communitarian arrangements and the necessity of consensus building. Their ability to construct these incomplete images of political utopia is supported by a subservient domestic media and a cowed international media. The passivity of the media results from legislative and judicial actions that operate at the behest of the PAP-controlled executive branch. In sum, the regime exercises obsessive and complete control over all branches of government and media as well as other elements of civil society. In turn, there are few limits to the amount of force that can be wielded as reprisal against critics or political rivals. Singapore's regime practices a form of "soft authoritarianism" without political murders or disappearances. Nonetheless, executive control over the judiciary and the legislature means that law follows the whims of the regime. One element of the illusion of the legal system is the scrupulous application of justice in cases that involve commerce, particularly when it affects the interests of multinational corporations. The resulting system is one of rule by and for rulers in place of the rule of law. The compliance of the courts leads to "lawless order" and is a conspicuous contradiction of the reputation for Singapore's corruption-free government. The criminalization of politics and politicization of crime represent several of the other institutional arrangements associated with Singapore's authoritarian capitalism. Politics in Singapore is criminalized in the evident pattern whereby opponents of the regime are sued for criminal defamation after criticizing the actions of the ruling party. Moreover, the authorities in Singapore use crime as a political weapon. One aspect of this involves the manipulation of perceptions and the apparent masking of crime statistics to provide the illusion of a crime-free environment. Another aspect is to place the blame for much of the crime that does occur on westerners and their decadent influences.
Sad to say the well CONDITIONED BRILLIANT flock of sheep who passes exams with flying colors BUT no ability to THINK for themselves thinks that the Lees & their Lies are GREAT
Peter Q Of course, the Marxist socialist government only wants workers who are smart enough to get the job done, no question ask. They want gullible compliant sheep.
Chris...Total compliance allowing an EVIL man to slaughter 500,000 of its own through LEEgal abortion@$5 per shot@ KK hospital in order to fulfill his plans of an elite society...."A pair of WhiteHorse will at worse produce a Grey or even an albino" unlike a pair of workhorse that produce at best a MULE or worse a donkey so say a supposedly Great??? leader
BBC interviewer should brush up their history knowledge before asking questions of a country’s PM. With regards to race and religion, do you know how Singapore survived and achieved current state? Do you thoroughly understand the mentality and mindset of Singapore’s neighbouring countries?
I see a lot of comments about being rude, Stephen cuts across and etc - the truth is - that is the premises of his show. He constantly tests them and pushes them to lose their nerve and very few statesmen can handle his responses well and explain it in a manner of choice to show poise and confidence. Lee Kuan Yew did it in his own way, Tharman did it in his own way. LHL is not even capable of speaking to University students, let alone from Stephen. I hope the general public is not swayed to having a negative attitude towards Singapore due to this interview. We have many reasons to be proud about our country!
Hmmm.. I am also watching the kingdom of Singapore also La ..😁 Succession governance is a feudalism ideology so does the idea of independent sovereign nation states of the world..🙂.. the age of elites that separate and benefits from suffering of a utopia 1% interests must end..🙂🤳
