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20-03-2015, 11:00 PM
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Myth about old fart.
Excerpt from Myth about a great Singapore leader (http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015/03/myth-about-a-great-singapore-leader/)
We want to believe the myth of the man whose singular vision for Singapore propelled it forward.
But the fact of the matter is that he did his best work in the early days when he was surrounded by other giants – Goh Keng Swee, Toh Chin Chye, Rajaratnam, etc… people who were willing to stand up to him and tell him bluntly when he was being foolish. People who looked at him and saw a man. Not a myth.
We want to believe the myth of a man and his team who were unwittingly thrown into a desperate situation where the chances of survival were terribly slim when the British left, when Tunku Abdul Rahman kicked them out of the Federation. A hopeless situation. And we chose to ignore the political maneuvering, the backdoor dealing, an outcome that was scarcely unexpected but engineered.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?203056-Myth-About-A-Great-Singapore-Leader&goto=newpost).
Myth about old fart.
Excerpt from Myth about a great Singapore leader (http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015/03/myth-about-a-great-singapore-leader/)
We want to believe the myth of the man whose singular vision for Singapore propelled it forward.
But the fact of the matter is that he did his best work in the early days when he was surrounded by other giants – Goh Keng Swee, Toh Chin Chye, Rajaratnam, etc… people who were willing to stand up to him and tell him bluntly when he was being foolish. People who looked at him and saw a man. Not a myth.
We want to believe the myth of a man and his team who were unwittingly thrown into a desperate situation where the chances of survival were terribly slim when the British left, when Tunku Abdul Rahman kicked them out of the Federation. A hopeless situation. And we chose to ignore the political maneuvering, the backdoor dealing, an outcome that was scarcely unexpected but engineered.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?203056-Myth-About-A-Great-Singapore-Leader&goto=newpost).