President Tharman pays tribute to Lee Kuan Yew, calls for S’poreans to imagine different, better future

SINGAPORE - President Tharman Shanmugaratnam paid tribute to the vision and legacy of Mr Lee Kuan Yew on Sunday, a day after the 100th anniversary of Mr Lee’s birth.Recalling a quote from Mr Lee, Mr Tharman said in a post on Facebook: “I have never forgotten what he said some 40 years ago – that we must have a sense of reality of what is possible, but cannot merely be realistic.

“Anyone listening to Lee Kuan Yew himself – including a younger generation of Singaporeans who did not grow up watching and listening to him but can watch him on film – can feel the sheer willpower, conviction and imagination that transformed Singapore,” he said. Singaporeans must feel encouraged to “make a different and better future possible” when looking at several of the exhibits, which use artificial intelligence to recreate the past and imagine a new future, said Mr Tharman.

“We must make possible a deeper form of multiculturalism and a place that uplifts every Singaporean,” he added.“This is also possible.” There are many things about Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s life, his vision and thinking, that just stay in...

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