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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by orcdork on Sunday March 22, 2015 @06:20PM (#9248499)
You could say the same thing for the UK.

Yes, i do realize there are vast differences between immigration in the UK (or the west overall) and Singapore, but find that blaming class differences and/or the mistreatment of poor immigrants to policies is to simplify the issue.

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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by jpatokal on Sunday March 22, 2015 @07:33PM (#9248704)
No, Singapore's approach is fundamentally different. Singapore does not tolerate "poor immigrants": instead, it imports a vast menial labor class, who are tied to their employers on fixed-length contracts that amount to somewhere between indentured servitude and slavery.

Some all-too-typical stories: http://twc2.org.sg/

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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by crdoconnor on Sunday March 22, 2015 @10:40PM (#9249226)
>You could say the same thing for the UK.

You really can't. There's no comparison to be made between the way Singapore treats Bangladeshis and the UK treats Poles.

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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by kyllo on Monday March 23, 2015 @02:23AM (#9249707)
Or the way the UK treats Bangladeshis for that matter.
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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday March 22, 2015 @07:19PM (#9248671)
I don't think they use arbitrarily strict libel laws in the UK to shut down opposition parties. Also, political leadership in the UK is not dynastic.
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