"Mr Rajaratnam says that we're obsessed with profit here in Singapore. Precisely - it is our lifeblood, and it is good that we should be obsessed with that which keeps us thriving." -LKY This

I used to rant about how I hate "TED books" which just pander to the 115 IQ people who think that they're the very finest humanity has to offer. The books are fine of themselves, but a spirit

My trips through Singapore's reading material have been pretty interesting: they focus a lot on prudent government and making sure that Singapore becomes and remains wealthy and competitive. They're not

It's not often that I get to read autobiographies and call them "Professional reading". As always, the exception is the stellar, 4-digit-IQ human marvel that is Lee Quan Yew. This book was on

This week will be dedicated to the Lion of the Golden Horn: the city that binds and divides is well-known to us all. The work is a well-written tirade on the history and future of Singapore, sparing no

There is a continual need to balance between a successful, competitive society, and a cohesive, compassionate one. That requires judgment, to strike a bargain or social contract. Each society must arrive

(The Singaporean political genius compared Xi with Hu) "He [Xi Jinping] has had a tougher life than Hu Jintao [the previous Chinese President]. His father was rusticated, and so was he. He took it

27 Years ago Lee Kuan Yew said that the Western liberal #democracy can not achieve political stability and economic progress, I have made an video and by comparing whole Taiwan with a small city Shenzhen,

"I have never believed that democracy brings progress, I know it to have brought regression. The British never governed these countries by one-man-one-vote policies."

I’m not intellectually convinced that one-man, one-vote is the best. We practise it because that’s what the British bequeathed us.

With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countries…What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners value the freedoms and