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LKY on the Importance of Family
In an interview in 1994 Lee Kuan Yew, a former prime minister of Singapore, argued that after thousands of years of dynastic upheaval, the family is the only institution left to sustain Chinese culture. It embodies a set of virtues-“learning and scholarship and hard work and thrift and deferment of present enjoyment for future gain”-which, he said, underpins Asia’s economic success. He feared that the collapse of the family, if it ever happened, would be the main threat to Singapore’s success. Regards, Roy Macaraig GL&FDS IT - Asia Pacific Work: +65 68284072 Mobile: +65 92994106 Email: Roy.Macaraig@barcap.com
