On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Salil61 <sali...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting Ethiopian example! I lived in Singapore for eight years in the > 90s. Singapore and Malaysia were free the same time. If I recall correctly > Singapore changed no name - all British names renamed and are the same to > this day. As James Bloodworth jokes, everything in Malaysia got renamed > Merdeka (independence) in Malaysia. When he was asked why Singapore didn't > change names of landmarks, Lee Kuan Yew said, "we should build some first." . > And no vanity monuments built either. Many pragmatic Singaporeans agreed. Lee > wanted his house destroyed so it doesn't become a museum after his death. > Many things to dislike about Lee, but not this u emotionalism.
I am unsure why Lee Kuan Yew is help up as a paragon of governance (He obviously got some things right no doubt) as there are a lot of big chinks his armour. You need no landmarks (such as your house) when your family effectively controls the country and suppresses dissent. The PAP might be defeated in the upcoming historic election. eg. http://qz.com/497287/singapore-blogger-roy-ngerng-sued-by-prime-minister-lee/ <quote> The Lee dynasty that runs Singapore has always been touchy about criticism. Like his father, the late Lee Kuan Yew, prime minister Lee Hsien Loong and his People’s Action Party (PAP) have a habit of suing their detractors for defamation or for “scandalizing the court,” leaving many of them in financial ruin. </quote> Thanks Vinayak
