Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew attended the 35th
National Day celebrations on 9 August 2000. He is contented as he watches
Singapore grow day by day like any loving father watching his son grow up.
Thirty-five years have passed by so quickly, the Singapore that he took over
back then was weak and abandoned...
"Some countries were meant to be independent while some successfully fought for independence but Singapore's independence was forced upon it."
"The place where I live is nice, she is a small island. She is so small that you can hardly find it on the map but the whole world knows her name."
These are the lyrics from a Singaporean song "The Place Where I Live" which expresses Singaporeans' pride. As Mr Lee Kuan Yew looks out onto Malaysia from an elevated point on the Johor-Singapore Causeway, he analyses that the ill effects of not having the Malaysian island on Singapore and reminisces about the difficulties that Singapore faced 35 years ago...
"Some countries were meant to be independent while some successfully fought for independence but Singapore's independence was forced upon it."
"The place where I live is nice, she is a small island. She is so small that you can hardly find it on the map but the whole world knows her name."
These are the lyrics from a Singaporean song "The Place Where I Live" which expresses Singaporeans' pride. As Mr Lee Kuan Yew looks out onto Malaysia from an elevated point on the Johor-Singapore Causeway, he analyses that the ill effects of not having the Malaysian island on Singapore and reminisces about the difficulties that Singapore faced 35 years ago...
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