In 1959, Singapore became a self-governing crown colony with Lee Kuan Yew from the People's Action Party (PAP) as the first Prime Minister of Singapore.

1959年，新加坡成为自治的直辖殖民地，人民行动党的李光耀成为新加坡首任总理。

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Mr Mahbubani is now dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, and prefers the title of professor to ambassador, but this is no dry scholarly tome.

马凯硕现任新加坡国立大学李光耀公共政策学院院长，喜欢别人称呼他马教授，而不是马大使。 不过，他这本书绝非学究气十足的大部头作品，读起来也不觉得索然无味。

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Kishore Mahbubani, a Singaporean former diplomat who is now dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, put this trenchantly in an article in Time in March: “Europe just doesn’t get it.

基肖尔•马布巴尼是新加坡前外交官，现在是李光耀公共政策学院的院长。

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These referred to the revelation that Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's senior minister, and his son, Lee Hsien Loong, the deputy prime minister, had received unsolicited discounts when they bought flats in a new development.

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Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said the country and its flag-carrier should learn from the disaster.

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It was left to Singapore statesman Lee Kuan Yew to spell out the implications of the Sinatra Principle.

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