was talking to my mom juz now and we started on the topic abt MM Lee.. was on to the topic coz susan goh talked abt motivating staff by giving gala dinner and she gave the example abt having a dinner wif him coz it's priceless.. so there i was suddenly thinking of that topic and brought up the whole thing abt Lee..
from his younger days rallying that gave s'pore our history, till now, s'pore owes everything to him.. almost everything in fact.. arbo we'll now be a second malaysia with those lousy roadlamps and such.. he's what i call a "contributor" to the society.. a fabulous example.. in school we're always taught to "give back" what we have to the society. in chinese "qu zu yu she hui, yong zu yu she hui".. but how many of us can actually be like him?
from his past "contributions", till now, everyone respects him.. when u ask someone from other country who or what represents s'pore, our icon, i guess the majority if not all, would say Mr LKY.. i did this survey by a group of Japanese University studetns when i was working in panpac. the questionnaire includes these qns : 1)who do i think is the most famous japanese in s'pore and 2) who do i think is the most famous s'porean in japan.. without a doubt, i put LKY.. juz like another of my colleague.. he's so famous that i'm proud to say he'll DEFINITELY generates ALOT of revenue for our tourism industry and brings abt ALOT of free publicity for our small island when he kick the bucket.. delegates from all over the world would be here to pay respect and of course it is a high yield "situation" that brings abt large volume of revenue and spark off the ripple effect of our economy.. imagine the number of pple and reporters present, the service, the number of rooms that would be occupied in local hotels, the number of ancillary services they would need, the F&B revenue they bring... oh my.. the prospects and benefits are endless. but that is a pity.. coz the world would be short of one bright star...
but from the bottom of my heart, i really wish that i could be like him.. imagine from the day u CAN contribute to YOUR country, till the day u die, even AFTER u die, u'll bring about positive impacts to YOUR country's economy, contributing in a million and one ways, benefiting so many areas in the industry.. THAT is what i call a TRUE "contributor".
it's not that i wanna boast.. but how many pple besides MM Lee is able to bring about a "wonder" as great as this? we see examples like Princess Diana, Mother Theresa and of course Theresa Teng.. that's the only 3 examples i can think of.. i remember Theresa Teng's "grand affair" when she's gone.. i take a look at the news on TV and think:" how MUCH flowers are present at the memorial service alone? the florists are gonna be rich!"
okie.. think i'm digressing le.. shall keep quiet.. sounds bad though.. oh.. and imagine his autobiography.. will be reprinting so the companies doing publishing would earn quite alot.. den some more autors will be out with new books like "MM Lee, the pillar of S'pore" "The S'pore icon." and "What would we be today if there's no him back then?"
haha.. shant say anymore le.. *zip
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