The son rises; Singapore.(Singapore's Lee dynasty)(Lee Hsien Loong)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: July 24, 2004 | Copyright information

Strange how the new Mr Lee looks remarkably like the old one

IN A recent speech to fellow graduates of Harvard University, Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore's deputy prime minister, explained that his country was at a "major transition point". He was referring, he went on to explain, not just to his own promotion to prime minister, which was this week scheduled for August 12th, but also to the economic and social reforms the government has planned. "We are prepared", he said, "to take the plunge."

Yet Mr Lee hardly seems the plunging type. He is the son of Singapore' s founding ...

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