In 1999 he established the Kuan-Shu Educational Foundation, which runs an organic rice farm, restores local wetlands and operates a free tutoring program for low-income students.

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Citing that practice, Shih declines to reveal how much he has given Kuan-Shu as its sole funder--it doesn't accept donations from anyone else. (Shih owns 2.4% of Asus' stock.) "Buddhists should forget about recognition, " says Shih.

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His job keeps him in Taipei or on the road most days, but he stays in contact with Kuan-Shu's director, Hong, and gets updates from his wife, who meets with Hong weekly.

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When the demanding founder of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, was asked recently which leaders he admired, Mr. Lee cited Churchill, Deng and de Gaulle.

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Chew, 69, isn't a dynamic public figure either, but he is seen as something of a Lee Kuan Yew man, less likely to display the occasional flashes of independence that marked Ong's six years in office.

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The wizard of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, continued to cast his spell on the state after he retired as prime minister in 1990, even retaining a place in government as a senior minister.

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He even dined at the Raffles Hotel with Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

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Ever since it was revealed last month that Singapore's senior minister, Lee Kuan Yew, had made rude comments about the Malaysian state of Johor (which he said was crime-ridden), Malaysian leaders have been acting huffily hurt.

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Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's senior minister, is accepted even in China as a great Confucianist: he spoke at a big conference in China in 1994 to celebrate the 2, 545th anniversary of the great man's birth.

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After Li's remarks, he sat facing the stage as company President and Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes brought on Lee Kuan Yew, minister mentor and patriarch of modern Singapore.

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