Freedom of the news media must be subordinated to the overriding needs of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.
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At the end of the day, is Singapore society better or worse off? That's the test.
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Countries that are agricultural can, at a low standard of living, sustain themselves. You can be self-sufficient; the money economy is a relatively insignificant part of the total economy. Singapore never was an agricultural country.
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It's irrelevant to me what young Singaporeans think of me. I've lived long enough to know that you may be idealised in life and reviled after you're dead.
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Well if done a lot of hard work to try and get people to act rationally, the fact that weve had 15 deviant Muslims, plus 5 or 8 others that got away does not mean that all Muslims are deviant or extremists.
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I am not interested in ratings by Freedom House or whatever.
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