07
April
2015
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20:16
Asia/Singapore

Lee Kuan Yew and post-colonial geopolitics

Prof Zheng Yongnian, Director of the East Asian Institute at NUS, discussed the significance of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding Prime Minister, in post-colonial world history. He noted that the Singapore model which Mr Lee has built is of relevance to different societies when it comes to the selection and innovation of political, economic and social systems.