MM Lee: A mythological figure? (The making of: Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going-Part 1 )

Razor TV, 21 January, 2011

The making of: Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going

Think Lee Kuan Yew and you'll immediately think of Singapore. In 1965, MM Lee, then Singapore's prime minister, vowed that Singapore would survive. It seems the more successful Singapore gets, the bigger the legend of Lee Kuan Yew grows.

In 2008, a team of Straits Times journalists were given unprecedented access to MM Lee and challenged him with questions garnered from the public.

What is MM Lee like as a father? Does he believe in fengshui? What was the darkest period in his life? MM Lee gamely answered all personal questions the team put to him.

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The Straits Times Jan 21, 2011
MM Lee: A mythological figure?
By June Cheong

IN 1965, MM Lee Kuan Yew, then Singapore's first prime minister, vowed that Singapore would survive as a country. More than 45 years later, he has fulfilled his promise. Singapore is a thriving metropolitan city.

As Singapore's success grows, so too does Lee Kuan Yew's legend. Much of the younger generation who never knew Lee Kuan Yew as Prime Minister, liken the now Minister Mentor to a mythological figure - an image that MM Lee wishes to dispel.

RazorTV traces the beginnings of MM Lee's political career and how his policies have shaped Singapore.

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