17 May, 2014

SINGAPORE'S LEE SAYS HE WANTS A QUICK DEATH

Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who will turn 90 next month, said in a new book published Tuesday that he feels weaker by the day and wants a quick death.

"Some time back, I had an Advanced Medical Directive (AMD) done which says that if I have to be fed by a tube, and it is unlikely that I would ever be able to recover and walk about, my doctors are to remove the tube and allow me to make a quick exit," he wrote in the book "One Man's View of the World".

The book is dedicated to the Asian statesman's views on international affairs but an entire chapter contains his musings on death, religion and other personal issues. The 400-page work is dedicated to his late wife Kwa Geok Choo, whose death in 2010 shattered the normally stoic veteran politician.

Lee has visibly weakened since then and revealed in the book that despite daily exercise and a disciplined lifestyle, "with every passing day I am physically less energetic and less active."

"There is an end to everything and I want mine to come as quickly and painlessly as possible, not with me incapacitated, half in coma in bed and with a tube going into my nostrils and down to my stomach," he wrote.

Lee, a British-trained lawyer who served as Singapore's prime minister for three decades and turned it into a high-tech industrial and financial centre, expressed his blunt views on religion in the book.

"I wouldn't call myself an atheist. I neither deny nor accept that there is a God," he said.

"So I do not laugh at people who believe in God. But I do not necessarily believe in God -- nor deny that there could be one."

Asked where he drew comfort from if not from religion, he said: "It is the end of any aches and pains and suffering. So I hope the end will come quickly."

Elsewhere in the book, Lee addressed what he considers the biggest long-term threat to Singapore -- its low birth rate -- and rejected as "absurd" suggestions that his population programme in the 1970s urging couple to stop at two children contributed to the current situation.

Despite a slew of so-called "baby bonuses" to encourage couples to have children, Singapore's total fertility rate last year stood at 1.20 children per woman, far below the 2.1 needed to maintain the native-born population.

Lee, who retired from politics in 2011, blamed Singaporeans' changing lifestyles for the problem and said monetary incentives would only have a "marginal effect" on it.

"I have given the job to another generation of leaders. Hopefully, they or their successors will eventually find a way out," said Lee, who handed power to his deputy Goh Chok Tong in 1990 after 31 years in office.

Lee's son, Lee Hsien Loong, is now prime minister after succeeding Goh in 2004.

Singapore's low birth rate has forced the government to open the country to foreigners, who now comprise a third of the population.

The influx, however, has sparked protests from citizens and prompted the government to tighten immigration flows in recent years.

Lee pointed to the example of Japan, which he said is on a "stroll into mediocrity" as the ranks of its elderly swell due to young couples not producing enough babies.

Japan's reluctance to open up to immigrants will further lead to its decline, he said.

"If I were a young Japanese and I could speak English, I would probably choose to emigrate," said Lee.
(Source : AFP News)

18 comments:

  1. TAK MAMPUS LAGI CELAKA NI. MAMPUS DIA AMAN DINIA.

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    1. Kalau si tua tu nak mampos senang saja. Suroh dia mentekedarah 2-3 pil cianide. Sekejap lepas tu mampos lah. Itu pun tak tahu ke???? Cakap belajaq tinggi2.....

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  2. Unfortunately we cant determine our own destiny, our own death...

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  3. TUA KUTUK MUSIBAT NI SEBENARNYA DAH LAMA MAMPOS. YANG TINGGAL HANYA JASAD YANG DI KUASAI SAKANYA!!

    SEBAB TU LIAT NAK KOJOL!!!

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  4. Menghina PM Singapura tu mengundang masalah nanti kat Immigresen Singapura. Tak jadi shopping nanti kat Orchard Road atau Bukit Timah..

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    1. Aku peduli apa...Aku memang tak hinging nak masok Singapork lagi dah. MAcam masok Resort Bamboo River kat Malaysia.....semua tempat ada CCTV. Singapork is one big jail house....

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  5. Sedar jugak yang satunhari nanti semua kekuatan akan hilang. Umur dia panjang untuk melihat sendiri kegagalan dan kezaliman yang dia lakukan semasa berkuasa dahulu. Sekarang dah jadi macam patong soft-toy pun cakap berlagak nak persoal pasal ketuhanan. Dia ingat dia hebat serupa tuhan. Tapi diakhir perjalanan sendiri tahu dah hilang....kekayaan pun akan hilang; mana boleh bawa kekayaan kedalam kubur. Kalau bakar, lagi tinggal habuk!!!

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  6. If u are not a moslem. Definately u will go to hell fire forever....

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    1. If he is a muslim, not sure he will go to haven also. All of us has sinned and all of us will go to hell first. Only the lucky one will eventually end up in haven. Unfortunately LKY has a lot of skeleton in his cupboard....... you reap what you sow bro....

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  7. Orang Islam ada syurga mereka. Orang Keristian ada syurga mereka. Orang pengganuk lain pun ada syurga mereka masing-masing. Al Queda dan Boko Haram pun ada syurga masing-masing.

    Tak percaya?

    Pi tanya sesiapa yang pernah balik syurga atau neraka dan ceritakan kepada umum.

    Atau tanya kat Bomoh seMalaysia yang dibela UMNO.

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  8. Subhanallah.. Maha Besar Allah SWT simpankan si tua ini dlm keadaan lemah dan buruk utk jd tatapan penhajaran sejarah buat kita..tp malang ramai generasi kita yg tak peduli.. maka ramailah terus jd pencacai puak2 PAP dan DAP ini.. wpun ditupi berulang kali Melayu tetap LUPA..

    inilah mungkin azab Tuhan buat Lee Kuan Yew si kuku besi yg menindas bangsa peribumi dan Islam di Singapura.. dia takkan aman selepas ini.. wpun berkuasa dan kaya..

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  9. Setau aku Bomoh seMalaysia tu bomoh kesayangan si Gay

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  10. Buat malu jer jadi orang Islam yang memfitnah tak tentu arah hanya kerana politik

    Tolong jangan kiatkan dgn Tuhan, boleh tak?

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  11. Salam Bro,aku heran tengok anoy 3:20pm.Tak pasal-pasal UMNO juga dikaitkan.Lu apasal!Inilah yang dikatakan bangang tak bertempat.

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    1. Anoy 3.20 pm tu PENJILAT tegar RBA, DAPpigs, P'Gay'R dan Bang Non Al Juburi.

      Anoy 3.20pm, RBA, babi dan DAPpigs berpisah tiada.....

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