In Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's eulogy for his late father Lee Kuan Yew at the latter's funeral on March 29 2015, he said,
St Paul’s Cathedral in London was built by Sir Christopher Wren. He was the architect, and he is buried in the cathedral, his life’s work. The Latin epitaph on his grave reads: si monumentum requiris, circumspice. It means: “If you seek his monument, look around you”. Mr Lee Kuan Yew built Singapore. To those who seek Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s monument, Singaporeans can reply proudly: “Look around you”. - Speech delivered by Lee Hsien Loong
We agree. Since it is the 92nd anniversary of Lee Kuan Yew's birth, here are 92 things that remind us of LKY:
1. 1965
You cannot say the movie sucks because it is a movie featuring LKY.
2. Lee Hsien Loong
The Father, The ___, and The Holy Goh.
3. Ng Eng Hen
4. When someone says "Ah Gong"
Need we elaborate further on this?
5. The meme
6. Whenever someone mentions a game of cards
Witness the fire and passion in Lee's speeches. One of his most shared speeches is this one at a lunch time rally in 1980.
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7. Eugenics
Lee was either light years ahead, or many years behind in his thinking. Mention eugenics and social engineering today and many rights groups would scoff at the idea or even voice protest. But Lee believed in eugenics so much that it led to ...
8. Graduate mothers
A scheme like that would never see the light of day in today's context. It would probably go viral on social media for all the wrong reasons. Was Lee wrong, or is the world still not ready for the man and his many ideas?
9. LGBT
Lee said in his one of his many books – Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going – homosexuality is not a lifestyle and added that "there's a genetic difference".
10. Harry Potter
Because Harry.
11. Tanjong Pagar
12. Stop at Two
13. Speak Mandarin
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14. Chinese dialects
Will Chinese dialects see a new resurgence now that Lee has passed? He was adamant that Chinese Singaporeans adopt one common tongue — Mandarin — to reduce friction and increase communication among different Chinese dialect groups. It worked, but at the cost of a little heritage.
15. Tree-planting
16. From Third World to First
The book. The often over-used quote by many politicians.
17. Johor Bahru
"That place is notorious for shootings, muggings and carjackings. It does not make sense for a person who claims to be fearful for his life to go to a place like Johor," Lee said.
He later "apologise(d) unreservedly for the offense he has caused to the government and people of Malaysia by his statement on Johor".
18. Oxley Road
19. NDPs
20. Cul-de-sac
21. Chiam See Tong
22. Rainbow
23. Whenever someone shouts "Merdeka!"
24. Lim Kay Tong
25. Adrian Pang
26. Bart Simpsons grandpa
27. High foreheads
At the age of 80 and above.
29. Best-selling memoirs
30. Black ribbons
31. Lim Chin Siong
32. Salaries of the ministerial kind
Lee once said that the private sector had taken good men and women from the government.
The only way to counter this? A competitive salary.
33. Lightning
34. The PAP
35. Seeing MM on a ruler
36. Empty seat with a bouquet of flowers
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37. Red box
38. Stickfas glue
39. Google Translate
Lee speaks English, Chinese, Malay and even worked as a Japanese translator during the Occupation of Singapore.
40. The eight-sided one dollar coin
41. Chee Soon Juan as a bankrupt
42. Politicians being sued
44. I stand corrected
45. Sungei Buloh
Because from mudflats to metropolis.
46. Crying on TV
47. The idea of getting up from the grave:
48. Epic long queues
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