• Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore dies at 91
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[QUOTE=person11;47382911]I've heard from people who have been there: it is absolutely clean and beautiful. You could lick the sidewalk.[/QUOTE] I bet a large part of that is because they've banned chewing gum.
Nobody can deny how brilliant Lee was or how prosperous and clean the city is. The question: is it worth not living under a full democracy?
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;47378831]So you're putting stability and economic prowess above human rights.[/QUOTE] Human rights don't matter if you're starving to death, do they?
[url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32046137[/url] [quote]As of 15:00 local time (07:00 BST), the waiting time was eight hours... Officials said in a statement they were taken aback by the "overwhelming response" from the public. The viewing was meant to end at 20:00 local time but has since been extended twice. The city's underground train network, the MRT, will also run 24 hours on Wednesday. Many organisations and businesses are giving employees time off to pay their respects.[/quote] [thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12217899/2015-03-25%2009.19.34.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12217899/2015-03-25%2013.26.07.jpg[/thumb] I was actually there this morning with the intention only to watch the Gun Carriage Procession make its way to Parliament House. But then as I watched the coffin pass me, I felt compelled to go and pay my last respects to him as he lies in state. It was amazing how everyone formed orderly queues along the Singapore River that later snaked through the Civic District for hundreds of metres, endless streams of people carrying flowers walking past where I was. Then as the hours past, restaurants and bars started handing out water to everyone, it was something I've never seen before. Even the trains are going to run 24 hours today.
I'm on my way to pay a visit as well.
Back from my trip, it was a surreal experience. Aside from people taking selfies and some people dressing really inappropriately, it was really calm and quiet when you enter the tomb chamber
[QUOTE=person11;47382911]I've heard from people who have been there: it is absolutely clean and beautiful. You could lick the sidewalk.[/QUOTE] I've been to Singapore a lot because my mum works for the Airlines. We were always stunned at how clean and litter free the place is compared to the UK. I finally asked a family friend how does it stay that clean and apparently it's because the Police have quotas to meet or something similar. I'm not sure how much truth there is in that though.
He's a true hero who knew what it took to make a country great. And reminder that there is no such thing as human rights.
[QUOTE=Dominic0904;47404667]I've been to Singapore a lot because my mum works for the Airlines. We were always stunned at how clean and litter free the place is compared to the UK. I finally asked a family friend how does it stay that clean and apparently it's because the Police have quotas to meet or something similar. I'm not sure how much truth there is in that though.[/QUOTE] lmao no there are no quotas, i think it's just brainwashed into every school child [editline]27th March 2015[/editline] The funeral procession will stretch 15km, I have no idea if the soldiers will slow march the whole 15km. If they do, I'm pretty sure it'll be record breaking.
[QUOTE=Dominic0904;47404667]I've been to Singapore a lot because my mum works for the Airlines. We were always stunned at how clean and litter free the place is compared to the UK. I finally asked a family friend how does it stay that clean and apparently it's because the Police have quotas to meet or something similar. I'm not sure how much truth there is in that though.[/QUOTE] No, we just like to keep our place clean. That and the fact that there are almost always an army of cleaners all around the island.
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