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"... you must have good pilots on board
and passengers who do not panic".
~ Lee Kuan Yew, 2011 on the need to have good leaders.
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News ~ Singapore can't go on auto-pilot, says MM Lee
Posted: 08 May 2011 2114 hrs
SINGAPORE: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has reminded Singaporeans the country cannot go on auto-pilot and must continue to have capable leaders to run the nation.
Speaking at an event to thank residents at Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (GRC), MM Lee said the division will continue to have more upgrading programmes and improvement schemes.
MM Lee said: "Today, the Singapore Port Authority has mechanised; no longer do people carry sacks of rice -- they use forklift trucks, computers, cranes, so as a result salaries have gone up, productivity has gone up.
"That is the way Singapore has to go and the only way we can increase standards of living, increase our skills and our capabilities.
"2011 has seen a generation that does not remember from when we came.
"But that is to be expected, but I do and those among you over 50 will remember.
"Do not believe that the Singapore flight can be auto-pilot. You will run into storms, you will run into all kinds of emergencies and you must have good pilots on board and passengers who do not panic".
MM Lee was asked by reporters later for his thoughts on the swing of votes towards the opposition in this General election.
"I am sure the Prime Minister and his team will sit down carefully and analyse the reasons and adapt our policies. I can't say more, I am not the prime minister," he said.
On Minister George Yeo's defeat in the Aljunied polls, Mr Lee said Singapore has lost a valuable minister.
"Not just Foreign Minister, he was also Minister for Trade and Industry but that's the way the cards have fallen and we have to live with it," MM Lee said.
-CNA/wk
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