国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

Opinion / Opinion Line

Singapore's former leader worth the honor he received on his death

(China Daily) Updated: 2015-03-30 07:45

Singapore's former leader worth the honor he received on his death

Former US president Bill Clinton pays his respects to the late Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore, March 28, 2015. [Photo/Sina]

On Sunday, Singapore held a state funeral for Lee Kuan Yee, its founding premier who passed away recently. Delegations from many nations, mostly headed by current or former state senior leaders, attended the ceremony. Comments:

During his 92 years of life, Lee made many significant contributions to the politics of Singapore, one of which was his strong determination to fight corruption. Since it was founded in 1954, the People's Action Party under his leadership, promised to stay clean. When it took power in 1959, it drafted and implemented a series of anti-graft regulations and laws to punish any official found to be corrupt. Singapore now features clean politics and Lee was the main architect of this.

People's Daily, March 29

The former chief executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee Hwa described Lee as a giant of the times. His wisdom and forward-looking vision, great perseverance, strong leadership and concern for the people he led, transformed Singapore from a trading port into a prosperous country of which people are proud, and one that plays a unique role in the international arena.

news.gov.hk, official website of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, March 28

Chiam See Tong, Lee's lifetime political opponent, bid his last farewell to Lee with assistance because he can hardly walk unaided now. Chiam opposed Lee since the 1970s, yet the latter never threw him into prison. Respect for a political opponent, that is what distinguishes authoritarian rule from a dictatorship, as well as what gained Lee so much honor.

Xu Shaolin, independent commentator, in a micro blog, March 27

Many people said that Lee was strong and powerful, yet legal citizens never feared him, and those with deep consideration and proper logic could persuade him to change his mind. His sincerity won for him respect and support from the whole nation, even the international community. The fact that over 100,000 people, many of whom stood in the queue for hours to bid farewell to him proves the wide support he enjoyed. That's the real honor for him.

zaobao.com, March 29

...
乐平市| 汉源县| 汉阴县| 安多县| 南丹县| 应城市| 苏州市| 石柱| 丹棱县| 尉氏县| 乌兰浩特市| 临安市| 邳州市| 永靖县| 宁乡县| 津南区| 毕节市| 淮安市| 易门县| 濉溪县| 壤塘县| 武川县| 东兴市| 柏乡县| 资溪县| 保山市| 杭锦旗| 高唐县| 镇安县| 榆社县| 新蔡县| 彭州市| 旅游| 通河县| 公安县| 罗平县| 仁布县| 正定县| 宝山区| 玉环县| 滕州市|