Lee Kuan Yew

GFPP 2023 Politics of South-East Asia stem capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of capital of Singapore at a lower place d consumewind Kuan Yew Group B Members Names Chan Xin Ying 214765 Muganthini A/P Kumaran 214956 Ranjani A/P Selvarajan 214951 Teaw Zhen Sheng 215070 Lim Chia Min 214919 Leong Siew Fui 214882 Lau Shie Yin 214853 Tan Kwee Lyn 214762 Chiew Guat Ying 214929 Mehala A/P Gopalakrishan 214972 lecturer Name Professor Patit Paban Mishra GFPP 2023 Politics of South-East Asia Topic Singapore infra lee(prenominal) Kuan Yew Group B Members Names Chan Xin Ying 214765 Muganthini A/P Kumaran 214956 Ranjani A/P Selvarajan 214951 Teaw Zhen Sheng 215070Lim Chia Min 214919 Leong Siew Fui 214882 Lau Shie Yin 214853 Tan Kwee Lyn 214762 Chiew Guat Ying 214929 Mehala A/P Gopalakrishan 214972 Lecturer Nam e Professor Patit Paban Mishra Pg 1 Pg1-5 Pg 5-7 Pg 8-10 Pg 7-8 Pg 9 Pg 9-10 Pg 10-15 Pg 10-12 Pg 12-14 Pg 14-15 Pg15 Pg 15-18 Pg 18 Pg 1 Pg1-5 Pg 5-7 Pg 8-10 Pg 7-8 Pg 9 Pg 9-10 Pg 10-15 Pg 10-12 Pg 12-14 Pg 14-15 Pg15 Pg 15-18 Pg 18 Con ten dollar billts 1) insertion 2) The Economy Policy Under leeward Kuan Yew 3) Creating a Clean G overnment in Singapore 4) Reshuffling the society, creating a fair non welf atomic number 18 society i) Greening Singapore ii) slightly(prenominal) tongues, bingle language ii) Rule and jurisprudence iv) Fighting on barter Congestion 5) regional and International Policies and Relation under lee side Kuan Yew i) ASEAN- Malaysia ii) mainland China iii) japan iv) coupled States 6) Comparison in the midst of lee side Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamad 7) Conclusion 8) Attachments 9) References Introduction Singapore the streets are now sparkling clean, and the urban center runs like clockwork. Singapore is a virtuosoing fiscal center, and boasts an impressive skyline that is easily recognizable. Among early(a) things, Singapores public transportation and education systems are consistently rated juicyly in external rankings.Singapore is alike know as a clean and fleeceable city, and at least some of this chamberpot be attri buted to lees tough attitude against chewing gum and littering. Singapore is not and peachy in this aspects but its re in ally good in sparingal wise too. Singapore achievement in economic and kind victimization in new decades has been due to pragmatic policies and general public containance of a express mail political relation piece in much(prenominal) areas as health, social security. southeast Asia has developed considerably over the past tense half-century, but Singapore has leaped sluice further ahead of her much larger and well-endowed neighbors. all last(predicate) this credits should be directed to the prime minister of Singapore who is the great man lee(prenominal) Kuan Y ee. He is widely credited as the architect behind Singapores singular transformation from trio-world country to first in just under a generation. downwind Kuan Yew was born in Singapore on 16th kinsfolk 1923, a third generation descendant of immigrants from Chinas Guangdong province. He read police at Cambridge University, England. In 1954, he organize the battalions Action Party. Five course of studys later, his party won the Singapore general election and he became prime minister at 35.In November 1990, he assumed the post of senior minister. I) The Economy Policy under downwind Kuan Yew Anyone who predicted in 1965 when Singapore seperated from Malaysia that Singapore would cause a financial total would have been thought been thought mad. in time, it had become a reality, till now, it is a normal sight to see the gleaming modern sections in the city decoct with curses of computers linking Singapore with capital of the United Kingdom, New York,Tokyo, Frankfurt, Hon g Kong and other study financial centre in the world. Singapore is considered one of the worlds great cities, comparable to New York, London and Hong Kong.Unlike Hong Kong, Singapore could neither ride on the account of the City of London, an bring financial centre with its long history of international trusting, nor depend on the backing of the lingo of England. In 1968, Singapore was yet a third world country. Foreign confideers needed to be as true(predicate)d of stable social conditions, a good working and living environment, efficient infrastructure and a pool of skilled and adaptable professionals. In 1965, twain lee side Kuan Yao and Goh Keng Swee had decided, in brief aft(prenominal) independence, that Singapore should not have a central cant which could let on currency and create money. lee Kuan Yew had determined not to let Singapore dollars currency to lose its value against the strong currencies of the puffy nations such(prenominal) as the U. S. The MAS( Monetary Authority of Singapore) which is in charge of superintend the bank sedulousness, has been apt(p) all the authority to issue currency notes and also keep pace with developments in financial function. leeward had to fight all(prenominal) inch of the way to establish in Singapores integrity, competency and judgment. lee(prenominal) Kuan Yew made a modest start with an offshore Asiatic dollar market, the counterpart of the Eurodollar market .In the early geezerhood from 1968 to 1985, Singapore under the governance of lee side Kuan Yew, had managed to attract international financial institutions by abolishing refuse tax on occupy income earned by non-resident depositors. The economy in the 1980s under leeward Kuan Yew succored on five major(ip) sectors the regional entreport handicraft export-oriented manufacturing petroleum refining and shipping production of goods and work for the domestic economy and the pro passel of focuse services for the international market , such as banking and finance, telecommunications, and tourism.The outstanding outgrowth of manufacturing in the 1970s and 1980s had a major impact on the economy and the society, but tended to obscure what carried over from the economic structure of the past. Singapores economy always depended on international change and on the sale of services. An entrepot was essentially a provider of services such as wholesaling, warehousing, sorting and processing, credit, currency flip-flop, risk management, ship touch on and provisioning, business information, and the adjudication of commercial disputes.In this perspective, which focused on exchange and processing, the 1980s manufacture of electronic components and manufacture of precision optical instruments were evolutionary steps from the 19th century sorting and grading of pepper and rubber. some(prenominal) processes used the skills of Singaporeans to loan value to commodities that were produced elsewhere and destined for consump tion outside the city-state. A former colonial art port serving the regional economies of naval southeastern United States Asia, Singapore in the 1990s aspired to be a global city serving world markets and major multinational corporations.A quarter century after independence in 1965, the city-state had become a manufacturing center with one of the highest incomes in the region and a persistent labor shortage. As one of Asias quaternary little dragons or newly industrializing economies. Singapore along with the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Taiwan, and Hong Kong was characterized by an export-oriented economy, relatively equitable income allocation, trade surpluses with the United States and other developed countries, and a roughhewn legacy of Chinese civilization and Confucian values.The small island had no re tooth roots other than its strategic location and the skills of its nearly 2. 7 million pot. In 1988 it claimed a set of economic superlatives, including the worlds b usiest port, the worlds highest rate of annual economic growth (11 percent), and the worlds highest savings rate (42 percent of income). As acme Minister of Singapore, lee side Kuan Yew presided over an exponential increase in Singapores Gross Domestic carrefour (GDP) from US$704 million in 1960 to US$38 billion in 1990. This figure currently stands at US$222 billion, or over trey hundred times its level in 1960.Adjusting for cost of living differences, Singapores GDP per capita was graded 3rd globally by the International Monetary Fund in 2010. Few countries have grown so rapidly, and Singapores economic success has been widely hailed by international observers. The city-state lee inherited in 1959 was very divergent from the Singapore of today. Another of lee(prenominal)s evidential contributions is his establishment of the Government Investment corporation (GIC) of Singapore in 1981 to manage Singapores foreign reserves. The exact sizing of Singapores reserves is not k nown, but it is estimated to be one of the worlds round top ten largest in size.These reserves have chuck up the spongeed Singapore to defend her currency and maintain exchange rate stability even during the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-8. No bank in Singapore faltered. lee Kuan Yew leaves behind a culture that prizes meritocracy and has no tolerance for corruption. He introduced legislation to strengthen the vitiate Practices Investigation chest (CPIB), and more controversially, proposed in 1994 that the salaries of ministers and top civil servants should be linked to top professionals in the private sector to maintain a clean and unprejudiced government.Lee currently d untougheneds an annual salary of over US$3 million. In the 2011 Corruption Perception Index compiled by Transparency International, experts at ten independent institutions including the humanness Bank and Economist Intelligence Unit be Singapore the least corrupt country in the world. Lee Kuan Yew says a major reason for Singapores economic achievements is its political stability. He attributes much of this to the overabundant role of the plentys Action Party (PAP), which he co-founded in 1954. Despite the approbation lavished on Mr.Lee for his economic accomplishments, many a(prenominal) have criticized his approach against political dissent. Singapores economy under Lee Kuan Yew, had been said to achieve miracle. A small country that separated from Malaysia, it had reached to be one of the larger financial centres of the world, with its foreign exchange market ranking fourth in size after London, New York and only slightly behind Tokyo. Lee Kuan Yew had lead Singapore as the high-tech leader of atomic number 34 Asia, the commercial entrepot, the scientific centre.Singapore now plays a major role in the politics and economic science of selenium Asia and beyond. II)Creating A Clean Government in Singapore When Lee Kuan Yews political party took over office in 1959, the govern ment set out to have a clean presidency. Lee Kuan Yews government had a deep sense of mission to establish a clean and effective government. When they took the oath of office at the ceremony in the city council chamber in June 1959, Lee Kuan Yew and the rest of the parliament all wore white shirts and white slacks to symbolize purity and honesty in their personal behavior and their public life.Lee Kuan Yews government make sure that from the day they took office in June 1959 that every dollar in tax income would be kosherly accounted for and would reach the beneficiaries at the grass roots as one dollar, without organism siphoned off along the way. So from the beginning, special attentions were given to the areas where discretionary agencys had been exploited for personal gain and sharpened the instruments that could prevent, detect or deter such practices.The principle agency charged with this childbed was the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) set up by the British un 1952 in install to circumstances with corruption, specially at lower and middle levels of the police, drug dealer inspectors and land bailiffs who had to take action against the many who broke the natural law by occupying public roads for illegal hawking, or state land for mental synthesis their squatter huts. These inspectors could either issue a summons or view the other way for an appropriate bribe. In 1960, the outdated 1937 anti-corruption law was changed and widened the description of gratuity to include anything of value.The amendments gave wide powers to investigators, including arrest and search and investigation of bank accounts and bank books of suspected persons and their wives, children or agents. There was no need to rise up that the person who received bribe was in a position to control out the required favour. In 1960, a change was made to allow the courts to treat proof that an accused was living beyond his means or had property his income could not exp lain as corroborating evidence that accused had legitimate or obtained a bribe.With a keen nose to the ground and the power to investigate every officer and every minister, the director of the CPIB, working from the Prime Ministers Office, developed a justly formidable reputation for sniffing out those betraying the public trust. In 1963, it was made as compulsory for witnesses summoned by the CPIB to present themselves to give information. The maximum fine for corruption was change magnitude from $10,000 to $100,000 in 1989. Giving false or mis wind information to the CPIB became an offence government issue to imprisonment and a fine up to $10,000, and the courts were empowered to confiscate the benefits derived from corruption.Corruptions used to be organized in large scale in certain areas. In 1971, the CPIB broke up a syndicate of over 250 rambling squad policemen who received payments ranging from S$5 to S$10 per calendar month from lorry sides of the lorries. Those owners who refused to pay would be constantly harassed by having summonses issued against them. The organization of Management Developments World Competitiveness Yearbook 1997 stratified the least corrupt countries in the whole world giving 10 points as the perfect score for the country with no corruption.Singapore was ranked as the least corrupt country in Asia with a score of 9. 18 ahead of Hong Kong, japan and Taiwan. Transparency International which based in Berlin, lay Singapore in seventh place worldwide in 1998 for absence seizure of corruption. III)Reshuffling the society Disciplining ethnics, and creating a fair, not welfare society I) Greening Singapore After independence, Lee Kuan Yew had searched for some dramatic ways to distinguished Singapore from other Third World Countries and at long last he opt the pathway for a clean and green Singapore, as an oasis in Southeast Asia.Besides improving physical infrastructure, Lee Kuan Yew also stated the importance to amend the ro ugh and ready ways of people. He identified the reasons of littering laid on unlicensed hawkers who sell food on the pavements and streets in total disrespect of traffic. He also was alerted about the problem created by pirate taxi which ruined the bus services. In the 1970s, Lee Kuan Yews government had created many jobs and enforce the law and reclaimed the streets. Food hawkers were licensed and moved towards proper hawker center with piped water, sewers and garbage disposal.By early 1980s, nearly all hawkers were resettled. Lee Kuan Yews attempt on transforming Singapore into a tropical garden city was made. Millions of trees , palms and shrubs were planted and the green eventually raised the morale of the people as well as pride for their surroundings. Children were educated in schools by getting themselves to plant trees, growing it in growth garden, and the message is brought to their parents. Singapore green society was admired by leadership of other nations such as Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who greened Kuala Lumpur after Singapores clack. President Suharto who greens capital of Indonesia and also President Marcos in Manila. Lee Kuan Yew had managed to clean up the Singapore River and Kallang Basin and bring fish back to water, which was a great dealive engineering job. Underground sewers were laid for the whole island and people were moved from 3000 backyard and cottage labor and resettled in industrial estates with sullages traps for oil and waste. Lee also deal with air and sound pollutions in Singapore, urging all factories to landscape their railway yard and plant trees before they could commerce operations.From the 1970s, to save youngsters from nasty and dangerous addiction, Lee Kuan Yew took action to banned all advertising on cigarettes, Smoke-Free calendar week was launched every year. A ban on chewing gum brought Singapore much ridicule in America. Vandals stuck chewing gum onto sensors of the doors of MRT trains and services were di srupted. soon the ban was executed, the nuisance was greatly reduced. II) Many tongues, one language Lee Kuan Yew recognise that face had to be Singapores language of the employment and the common language.He stated that as an international community, neither Malay, Chinese nor Tamil could be used. In order to achieve this, Lee Kuan Yew had introduced teaching three mother tongues, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil in English schools and to balance this English was also introduced in Chinese, Malay and Indian school. Malay and Indians welcomed the policy but Chinese had made an opposition stand and expressed their unhappiness to the press, particularly from Chinese language Nanyang Universiti and Ngee Ann College.As a result Lee Kuan Yew had merged twain Nantah and University of Singapore to become National University of Singapore, and made all Chinese schools piece to English as their main language of instruction and Chinese as the second language. However, in order to preserve the discipline, self combine and Confucian values that instilled in students, Lee Kuan Yew had preserve the best nine of the Chinese schools under special assistance plan or SAP.The SAP schools were provided with extra teachers to enable pupils to learn English and Chinese through special absorption programmes and successfully retained the formality, discipline and social courtesies of traditional Chinese schools. handle Mandarin campaign was launched for a month every year to march on Chinese to use Mandarin instead of dialect. III) Rule and Law Law and order provide the framework for stability and development. Trained in law, Lee Kuan Yew had imbibed the principle of equality of all before the law for the proper surgical procedure of a society.Soon after becoming the prime minister in 1959, Lee Kuan Yew had abolished the jury system for all cases except murder. Lee Kuan Yew did not accept the theory that a criminal is a victim of the society. Lee Kuan Yew had found canning more effective than long prison terms and imposed it for crimes cerebrate to drugs, arms trafficking, rape, illegal entry into Singapore and vandalizing of public property. These measures had made for law and order in Singapore. Singapore was rated No. 1 by the World Economic Forums Global Competitiveness Report 1997, as a country where organized crime does not impose significant costs on businesses.The international Institute for Management Development in their World Competitiveness Yearbook 1997 also rated Singapore No. 1 for security, where there is full confidence among people that their person and property is protect. IV) Fighting on Traffic Congestion By 1975 traffic jams in Singapore is unbearable. Incomes were increase and the number of cars registered yearly was rising exponentially. To cope this problem, Lee Kuan Yew settled on a scheme whereby a person had to entreat for a certificate of entitlement (COE) to use a new car for 10 years which proved effective in limiting t he yearly fomite increase to 3 percent.Lee also decided on underground mass rapid transmit (MRT) and introduced the electronic road pricing (ERP). Every fomite now has a smart card at its windscreen, and the correct gong is automatically deducted every time it passes under gantries sited at strategic points in the city. Since the amount a person pays the government now depends upon how much he uses the roads, the optimum number of cars can be owned with the minimum of congestion. IV) Regional and International Policies and Relation under Lee Kuan Yew (I) ASEANSingapore had sought the understanding and plump for of its neighbours in enhancing stability and security in the region. Lee Kuan Yew had stated that ASEAN were dance orchestra together more for political objectives, stability and security other than ASEANs declared objectives on economic, social and cultural. Lee Kuan Yew had played a major role in ASEAN. When Australia tried to change its civil aviation rules in 1978, the Australians planned to excluded Singapore and other ASEAN capitals from airline intermediate stops.Lee Kuan Yew concluded that Boeing 747s flight of stairs from Australia to europium would need to stop either in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur or capital of Thailand en route to London. Lee Kuan Yew set out to keep Malaysians and the Thais on their side. Lee Kuan Yew wrote to Thai Prime Minister General Kriangshak in January 1979 that Australias move was blatantly protectionist and successfully gave concessions to both Thailand and Malaysia airlines. In the end, ASEANs solidarity won the fight and Singapore under Lee Kuan Yews effort finally made Australia agreed to let Singapore Airlines retain its capacity and childs play into Australia and allowed the other ASEAN airlines to increase their capacities. Lee Kuan Yew also played an brisk role in Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia, which Lee Kuan Yew, tried hard to bear and ensure the United States to remain interest in the region, and m anaged to persuade U. S to give modest aid to the devil non-communist resistance forces. Malaysia and Singapore Since Singapores independence from the Federation of Malaysia in 1965, the bilateral dealinghip mingled with Singapore and Malaysia has been described as symbiotic and interdependent.There remains a high degree of economic and social inter-dependence between the two countries. However, mutual estimable relationship has been marred by a number of problems that threaten this cooperation. 1) piddle Issue Malaysia provides Singapore with about half its water and wants to renegotiate two agreements which date back to the 1960s. Malaysia has argued that it has a right to review the price of raw water under the current agreements while the Singapore Government has argued that Malaysia disoriented its chance to review prices in the mid-1980s.Until now, both countries still failed to resolve this issue although many round of negotiations has been done. 2) Pulau Batu Putih (P edra Branca) Issue Pulau Batu Putih is small island rocky island located 8 miles off the eastern sloping trough of Johor and 28 miles off the eastern coast of Singapore. It is an island which Singapore has occupied and exercised full sovereignty over for more than cxxx years since the 1840s without any protest from Malaysia. In 1979, Malaysia for the first time print a new map which included the island of Pedra Branca in its territory.The dispute began in 1979 and was largely resolved by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2008, which finalized that Pedra Branca belonged to Singapore. Despite the differences in the approaches taken by both countries in result their bilateral issues, Malaysia and Singapore are still mutually dependent on each other. The role of the leaders of Malaysia and Singapore are crucial in determining the future relations between the two countries. Efforts to nurture good relations must continue and personal contacts involving leaders and government officials of both countries must continually be encouraged. II) China When Singapore separated from Malaysia, Lee Kuan Yew had announced that Singapore would trade and relationship with all countries including China. provided, Singapore realized that it was undesirable and impossible for Singapore to establish diplomatical relations with Peoples Republic of China because Singapore is situated in Southeast Asia, an area surrounded by some anti-Chinese country. Firstly, Singapore abstained from voting on the Albanian Resolution because of the tense relations between its neighbor and chinaware at the years between 1966 and 1970.Secondly, to maintain trading with the PRC, Singapore allows the Bank of China as the semi-official representative to continue its business in Singapore. In fact, Bank of China facilitated the trade between PRC and Singapore because the trade with PRC was quite important for Singapore. However, the relation with PRC was concerned, there are marred by the Bank of China incident in which the bank was prosecuted by Singapore by failing to obey a banking law in 1969. Peoples Republic of China began to pursue an active foreign policy of befriending countries in the Third World.The PRC had grown interest in the region by halt in attacking Singapore and Malaysia. It was also illustrated by exchange visit between PRC and some ASEAN countries. The exchange visits between Singapore and the PRC, notably two visits by Lee Kuan Yew to the PRC in 1976 and 1980 and one visit by Deng Xiaoping to Singapore in 1978. With this exchange visit, no doubt depart also enable the two countries to have a better understanding of each others foreign and domestic policies.Since the PRC had expressed its desire to have diplomatic ties with ASEAN, Singapore was holding back by making known to others that it depart be the last ASEAN country to do so. Lee Kuan Yew said about the timing of Singapores diplomatic relations with the PRC because that 75 percent of Singapo res population is Chinese who does not qualified Singapores interest in foreign policy or domestic policies. Other than that, the Singapore still face the formidable task of building a national identity for its people may tighten Singapores interest in establishing an embassy in PRC. tally to the last nosecount in 1970, 14. 8 percent of Chinese population came directly from China. The verse of these people still have family ties with their kins in the China. So that during Deng Xiaopings visit to Singapore in 1978, he reiterate to Singapore about that the Chinese in Singapore were Singaporean and not oversea Chinese. Neverthe slight, Singapore was more confidence in loyalty of the citizens and has relaxed visits to PRC for Singaporeans. This confidence was also expressed by Lee Kuan Yew when he said in 1977 that people who had gone to the PRC would come back and kiss the stigma of Singapore.During Lee Kuan Yew visit to China in 1980, he suggests that PRC if not instigated and i ncited the people to the revolution it will tone down the support for the falsify relations with ASEAN states in the future. Singapore was postponing the establishment of diplomatic ties with PRC and wait for Indonesia. Once Indonesia re-establishes its ties with PRC, most likely the Singapore will follow suit. However Lee Kuan Yew had stated that China has the potential to realize its goal and become one of the major players in the world.If it is not deflected from its present concentration on education and economic development, China could well be the second largest, if not the largest , trading nation in the world, with greater weight and voice in international affairs. (III) Japan During his years as prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew encourages Japan investment in Singapore. When Prime Minister Sato visited Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew had told him that publicly that Singaporeans had no inhibitions over Japan capital, technology and expertise, that Japan was set to lead the rest of Asia to greater industrialization.Later, Singapore Economic Development Board had set an office in Tokyo and Lee Kuan Yew managed to use more than three year time to persuade Seiko to build a watch factory in Singapore. Like any other Asian countries, Lee Kuan Yew treated Japan as a role model to success. Lee Kuan Yew had asked Singapores Public Utilities Board officials to study how Japanese could be so successful in energy saving. Lee Kuan Yew also learnt from the Japanese the importance of increasing productivity through worker-manager cooperation, and a National Productivity Board (NPB) was formed in Singapore in the year 1972.Lee Kuan Yew had sincere on the will of learning from the Japanese, in 1980 he had sent officials from his ministry for trade and industry to visit their counterparts in Japans formidable ministry for international trade and industry (MITI) which had create the course for Japans post-war industrial progress. MITIs advice to Singapores officials that Singapores geographic position and environment to micturate for a possible role as a center of association and information. Lee Kuan Yew took their advice to heart and redoubled Singapores emphasis on the teaching of sciences, mathematics and computers in all schools.The whole government administration were computerized in order to set the pace for the private sectors. ( IV) United States During Lee Kuan Yews era, Singapore relations with the United States were pleasant. Trade with the United States had increased substantially especially with the latter as Singapore became a summate center for the United States in its increasing involvement in Indochina. By the 1980s, the United States had become Singapores most important trading partner and, as such, crucial to countrys welfare. Comparison between Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir MohamadLee Kuan Yew had successfully change Singapore, which was once a poor, decrepit colony, into a shining, rich and modern metropolis. Dr Henry A. Kissinger had ad dressed Lee Kuan Yew as a seminal figure of Asia and possesses a great interest in growing his country. Theres one man who possesses similar confidence and vision in developing his own nations. Mahathir Mohammad, who had been said as the match of Lee Kuan Yew. Although both leaders period as Prime Minister only overlapped only for 9 years (1981-1990), both are always being compared, and known as match for each other.Over Mahathirs 22 years as prime minister, the leader had patchy relations with Lee Kuan Yew. two went authoritarian and want the best for their country. Despite the achievement of Lee Kuan Yew in transforming Singapore, Mahathir Mohamad also turned the Muslim-majority Southeast Asia country, Malaysia into one of the developing worlds most successful economies. Both leaders had undeniable sucess and contributions for their very own country. Both Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohammad value and admire Japans success.These can be seen through Mahathirs Look East Policy and L ee Kuan Yews memoir The Singapore Stories which praised Japans paradigm in catching up to the West. Both leaders tried to learn the Japanese and adopted similar measures wherever practical. However, in terms ofthe western countries especially the U. S, differences again was seen between two leaders. Lee Kuan Yew tended to gain good relations with western countries such as Australia, New Zealand, United States and Britain.Lee Kuan Yew had aligned Singapore with west since Cold War and earned friendship with Henry A. Kissinger. According to Lee, regional solidarity and international could be gained through U. S and western Europe support. Now, Singapore developed diplomatic relationship with China, but the country was still befriending the west like old days. As for Mahathir Mohamad, it was a different story. unsmooth and outspoken, Mahathir emerged as the Third World champion and Islamic spokesman by objurgate the West.Mahathirs record of curbing civil liberties and his antagonism to western diplomatic interests and economic policy made his relationships with the likes of the US, Britain and Australia difficult Even though as the biggest source of the countrys foreign investment, Mahathir has always been an outspoken critic of the United States regarding many issues including the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation). Mahathir encourages modernization without taking to westernize. Even after his retirement, critics on western never stop, particularly on the United States.For instance, he had urged the worlds 1. 3 billion Muslims to boycott Dutch products following the release of the anti-Islam movie Fitna by the Dutch politician Geert Wilders, it was reported on 30 bound 2008. Both Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamad had been the father of modernization of their country. Lee Kuan Yew had successfully turned Singapore from third world to first. Annual per capita income has grown from less than $1000 at the time of independence to nearly $30000 today. Singapo re is the most successful and leading ahead among Southeast Asia countries.Although not as improve as Singapore, Malaysia under Mahathirs hand, had experienced rapid modernization and economic growth, and his government initiated a series of bold infrastructure projects. For his efforts to promote the economic development of the country, Mahathir has been apt(p) the soubriquet of Bapa Pemodenan (Father of Modernization). Mahathir had successfully introduced Malaysia to the world. By raising living standards and winning international acclaim, he contributed to a sense of national identity, pride and confidence among ethnically respective(a) Malaysians.Both Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamed had similar vision in improving their countries. But due to different issues faced by both leaders, point of views diverse according to situation. Lee Kuan Yew who had been educated in Britain may adopted more western ways while for Mahathir who experienced Britain divide and rule policy, and see n Malay to be abandon behind during that time, possesses anger towards the west and sentiments for the Malays in order to lead them to better standard of living.Lee Kuan Yew, as a firm man, although known as authoritarian from some views, had gathered around himself the most graphic minds and gain his subordinates supports, such as Goh Keng Swee. He managed to clean Singapores government. Mahathir, being impatient and authoritarian, had jailed opponents, sacked rivals and undermined institutions as he pursued his obsession with development. Being ambitious, Mahathir built the KLIA airport, Petronas Twin Towers and also started Proton consistent with his Malaysia Boleh( Malaysia can) propaganda.Both leaders played an important role in their countrys development and their contribution could not be measured. Conclusion Singapores success always ties with Lee Kuan Yew. More than forty years ago, Lee Kuan Yew transformed what was a poor, decrepit colony into a shining, rich and modern metropolis. All time surrounded by hostile powers, with his brilliant, incisive intellect, he is one of the worlds most outspoken and respected statesman. For Lee Kuan Yew, every great achievement is a dream before it becomes reality, and his vision was a state that would not simply survive but prevail by excelling.Superior intelligence, discipline and ingenuity would substitute for resources. Lee Kuan Yew summoned his compatriots to a duty they had never previously perceived first to clean up their city, then to impart it to overcome the initial hostility of their neighbours and their own ethnic divisions by topping performance. The Singapore today is his testament. It is the high-tech leader of Southeast Asia. The contributions of Lee Kuan Yew could not be denied, this man had created what was known as impossible in the past and proved to the world, nothing would be impossible.Attachments Attachments Premier Wen Jiabao shakes hands with Singaporean Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew during a meeting on Friday in Beijing at Zhongnanhai, the headquarters of Chinas central authorities. The two sides discussed Sino-Singaporean relations and issues of common concern. Lee arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for an eight-day visit at the invitation of the Chinese Government. Lee Kuan Yew (middle) meets with U. S. Secretary of self-denial William S. Cohen and Singapores Ambassador to the U. S. Chan Heng Chee in 2000.Lee Kuan Yew (middle) meets with U. S. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and Singapores Ambassador to the U. S. Chan Heng Chee in 2000. Lee Kuan Yew and Tunku Abdul Rahman. Lee Kuan Yew and Tunku Abdul Rahman. Lee Kuan Yew and Yitzak Rabin Lee Kuan Yew and Yitzak Rabin Lee receives the Order of Friendship from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 15 November 2009 in Singapore. Lee receives the Order of Friendship from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 15 November 2009 in Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew and President Obama Lee Kuan Yew and President ObamaSINGAPO RE (AFP) Singapores founding father Lee Kuan Yew has urged local Muslims to be less exigent on Islamic observances to aid integration and the city-states nation-building process. SINGAPORE (AFP) Singapores founding father Lee Kuan Yew has urged local Muslims to be less strict on Islamic observances to aid integration and the city-states nation-building process. Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamad Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamad President George W. Bush welcomes Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore to the Oval Office Monday, Oct. 16,2006President George W. Bush welcomes Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore to the Oval Office Monday, Oct. 16,2006 References Lee Kuan Yew. 1998. Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew The Singapore Story. Singapore. Times Editions Pte Ltd Lee Kuan Yew. 2000. Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew The Singpore Story ( 1965-2000) From Third World To First. Singapore. Times Media Private moderate N. Ganesan. (1999). Bilateral Tension in Post-Cold War ASEAN. Pacific Strateg ic Papers. Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS). p. 38 Singapore Development Policies and Trends, edit by Peter S.J. Chen, Oxford University Press 1983. 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