1. Essay One - Lee Kwan Yew on development and democracy.
The recently deceased former PM of Singapore Mr. Lee Kwan Yew was a
remarkable statesman from Asia who believed and proved that order is
important for development.
After separating from Malaysia in 1965, PM Lee Kwan Yew inherited an
undeveloped island with no resources. It did also did not have its own
water resources. PM Lee worked hard, implementing important rules against
corruption and no space for political opposition. He finally succeeded in
turning Singapore into a developed country.
PM Lee has been criticized in the West as being anti-democratic, , freedom
and human rights. In the attached the attached interview with Foreign
Affairs journal from USA. PM Lee remarks that it is Asian values that
helped Singapore to become a success story.
Read the interview and comment whether having only democracy and freedom
is enough for achieving development as freedom from poverty and corruption?