Lee Kwan Yew, Singapore’s Founding Father, Retires from Cabinet

Posted by esmerized on May 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Lee Kwan Yew, pictured after receiving an honorary doctorate at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2000. Photograph: Anot Givon/AP

Former PM, who led country from independence in 1959 to 1990, says it is time to make way for a younger team of ministers, Kate Hodal reports… Surprises do not come often in the city-state of Singapore, a place so staid that locals and foreigners alike call it ”Singabore”. But after a groundbreaking election in which the ruling … Read more

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