I´ve never been in Singapore. I´ve heard all the best about it. I think this PM is one of the best and competent PM in the world. His answers are very deliberated.

The world is a diverse place, nobody has a monopoly of virtue and wisdom. Well said, right in the face.

@emeritusdavidteo5553

4 жыл бұрын

The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqtpu89tfMSsdso.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.

@bao2inc

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed fully.

I admire PM Lee's restrictions

No one has a monopoly on wisdom and it is presumptuous to think so. It is that arrogance to superimpose one's own views and values on others being ignorant of the historical, cultural, socio-economic context of the other side which has led to so much misery in human history. What may work for one country will not necessary work for another. The dynamics, the social, economic, ethnic, cultural, historical, religious, geographical aspects are different from country to country. The important thing is if the social system, the social order, the social contract of a country works. If it does not, the country/nation will decline and the people will reorganized themselves, peacefully or violently, gradually or furiously to find a better way. If more then 3000 years of recorded human history has illustrated - No people, or country, or civilization has the manifest destiny to reshape the rest of world after their own image. It is usually ruin when such attitudes are embarked. I am Singaporean and I am proud to be. Critically I understand the liberal west concerns on Singapore's society. But often then not, it is the view from the outside looking in without giving due respect for the view of the inside looking out. For all its faults, and Singapore has them like any other country, Singapore as a country, as a people, the system is working. If it is not, Singaporeans will be the ones to decide and enact any changes. Self Determinism, as an independent people, as an independent country.

@ahjingteo7497

4 жыл бұрын

Zaku II Zaki Cannot agree more

@CubySteve

4 жыл бұрын

sexy English

@mingyuhuang8944

3 жыл бұрын

Very well said sir could not say it better.

I agree with the PM in that no country has a monopoly on values and virtues. The Western democracies have undergone a shift in reflecting principles that are best for the individual (see homosexual rights) while the Singaporean government implements regulations that are best for society in the present context. They are simply two different methods to govern and none can be prematurely proclaimed a better one.

@roro-mm7cc

4 жыл бұрын

the hypocrisy is enormous imagine killing your local alcohol/cigerette dealer ie shopkeeper.. when these drugs are just as harmful if not more harmful than many illegal drugs.. the drug laws are supposedly there to stop death and suffering...! artificially inflicting more death and suffering onto people doesnt help it just makes things worse its completely absurd. The laws are supposedly there to stop people taking drugs which apparently causes disease and suffering...! whats the point of artificially making drug addicts lives even worse it doesnt stop them in fact it makes addiction even worse - if negative consequences stopped ppl taking drugs there would be no drug users at all!!.. if you dont care about how shit drug addicts lives are why not just let them kill themselves with the drug as you say they will do.. surely the "negative consequences" from taking the drug would be a punishment in itself..

@roro-mm7cc

4 жыл бұрын

america waas the country that started the drug war and imposed it on the rest of the world - east asian countries actually resisted it at first bbut then became overrun bby american propaganda..

@emeritusdavidteo5553

4 жыл бұрын

The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East and India are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqtpu89tfMSsdso.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.

@paulsz6194

4 жыл бұрын

Arjit Pandey what about freedom of the press? Singapore seems defiant about denying this one to its society.

@arjitpandey2413

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulsz6194 Well yes, there are certain limitations placed on the media in Singapore. But to jump from that fact to the conclusion that it is something bad is, I posit, missing a link. There is a presumption that freedom of media necessarily always leads to benefits in society but that is not always true. As with all things, there are mixed results. While a truly free press does allow for greater scrutiny and broadens the avenues for individuals to express themselves, it also introduces a degree of arbitrariness in terms of allowing for politically motivated news coverage, sensationalism, and potentially destabilising and polarising journalism. So limiting the freedom of media through carefully calibrated laws does have its pros and cons. The government of Singapore just prioritises social, political, and economic stability over the potential benefits. And in understanding this need to achieve a balance, I am inclined to agree with the Singapore government in this regard. Prioritising stability is especially important in such turbulent times and enacting laws like POFMA allows for destabilising and panic-inducing fake news to be dealt with effectively, a step that Western liberal democracies might find difficult to take with their history of taking pride in the primacy accorded to the freedom of expression. Once again, that is not to say that any one country has gotten it "right". I don't think that there is a "right" way to do things. Every political decision involves tradeoffs and every State, with it's own specific needs and priorities, takes different decisions.

Lsl is too nice to this interviewer. Check out how his farther gave a lecture to a BBC journalist - Tim Sebastian when he tried to ask similar type of questions.

What does the interviewer knows about democracy in Singapore? I’m a Singaporean and a proud one. Very happy with our system.

@teongwanong4478

4 жыл бұрын

He was not talking nor interviewing. Sounded like an interrogation. Kudos to PM for keeping his cool and dignity.

@primaamp

4 жыл бұрын

THE INTERVIEWER IS AN ASSHOLE. GO AND INTERVIEW PUTIN

@limchyehock6722

4 жыл бұрын

@@primaamp Someone suggested he interview Duterte.

Lee Kuan Yew would have 'slaughtered' Stephen Sackur

@mayertong7330

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!!

@themusicgaragetmg2330

5 жыл бұрын

Only if he was in sg... he’s quite powerless outside of his mini kingdom

@themusicgaragetmg2330

5 жыл бұрын

@Robace Kai Siang Tey umm.... so what... the same could be said about putin or trump, they are still crooks...by your logic, we should all be doing what those scoundrels are doing... but then, you're probably an ib sent by the lee ders of your cartel....

@themusicgaragetmg2330

5 жыл бұрын

@Robace Kai Siang Tey yup... confirm a pappy ib... you like hitting below the belt, but if someone hits back, you cry mother father.... how much they pay you to sell your soul?

@themusicgaragetmg2330

5 жыл бұрын

@Robace Kai Siang Tey well... sorry little ib... you've failed in realising humanity.. you prop up corrupt men/women... I guess your philosophy must be, "i want to be just like them!" corrupt internally, but oh so "popular" and loved outside... typical sychophant...

There are things I certainly disagree with the Prime Minister and his family politically. But his intellect is par excellence.

U are already sounded rude! Don’t interrupt when he had not finished talking

@nickiseb8910

4 жыл бұрын

Once again, it's "Hard Talk" mate. You know where you get yourself into it. If you can't stand the heat stay away from the fire. By the way, I am not British.

I could speak on behalf of our community, that we have freedom to vote whom we want, without any pressure by government directly or indirectly. I believe, my PM Lee did spoke the truth about our preference for our PAP party; except for a small minority whom might have voted for opposition but might not wish the opposition to rule. I see having opposition party is important so as to create competition; but to change government; nope when if it happens; that’s when I really might migrate. I do agree that the best man should be chosen as the next PM; and I am also one of those whom hope the successor of PM Lee Hsien Loong, whom we felt was deserving btw; we won’t coerced to accept PM Lee irregardless and you should respect him as he was our President scholar in his time and so were his siblings; they were really a very smart family; even if it seems to get unbelievable that our late founding Father has groomed the best man to be his successor; but in Singapore we all think if it’s not PM Lee HL to be our PM then who else could it be? I obviously was not brainwashed if I sound overly patriotic; because I’m not even that in the first place. I could reason and form my own judgement. Tharman is very popular amongst Singaporeans but I represent the educated and upper class perhaps; I’ve friends of middle-income group whom also believes Tharman was our next best man to be Mr Lee’s successor as PM when he stepped down. Both men were great; but Tharman did not want to be PM; he declared on our Straits Times because we were rather strong in our views that he should be chosen; but sadly he did not like the idea at all. He might not wish to be subject to restraint when he’s a PM; I guess he might have felt that way when even we ever placed pressure; he insisted that PM was just not a job title that suits him; ergo; we respected his choice. PM Lee might mean race matters as in speaking of the older generations. Perhaps he’s correct that in the end; Chinese may still be preferred by them; but most of the younger generation won’t care about the ethnic group our Prime Minister should be; but must be obviously remarkably like Tharman; our VP; whom was not just anyone for me to vote for him because he’s obviously Singapore’s best choice after our PM Lee; but we might not have preferred over PM Lee HL; some might some might not; and in reality both were extremely intelligent; so why compare? I think the BBC host have done his homework and knows rather well the history of Singapore; but he might have made our PM appear to be a dictator. But he’s actually a humble man; extremely thrifty; I think the only PM perhaps to be driving a Japanese car and chose to drive himself in Singapore instead of being chauffeur driven at times. Some comments I read said he’s a dictator. He’s arrogant; but if you were one of the most intelligent and also been groomed to be PM perhaps by our late Mr Lee Kuan Yew; where he served the army before; as a signed on not just National Serivice like majority of our boys; graduated from Raffles Institiution, our top schools; as a president scholar; and is able to be able to speak English, Mandarin, Malay and most of the dialects; to be able to communicate with the grassroots of our society; why won’t you? Wisdom and arrogance exists alongside however humble I believe; it’s not common in western countries; but within Chinese community is not uncommon. Tharman is very humble too. I think western countries should stop trying to infiltrate their ideology of democracy into other countries. Look at Hong Kong sad and sorry state presently; if fight for democracy means the destruction of Hong Kong to be rebuilt I think that’s madness. The university young adults were precisely so affected by British ‘upbringing’ to destroy their own future as well. If Britain likes what they see today in Hong Kong a colony they once governed; and felt no sadness; then such deliberate acts to promote unrest in other countries to target at non ally countries; because, one would never see BBC question Macron with such tacky questions to often imply Singapore is a one-man rule country and we as citizens did not have a choice? That is thrash talk. I think happiness is a very personal thing and it really has nothing to do with anyone else. We should be more worried than Britain’s BBC if we become a dictatorship country. It’s unnecessary for BBC to help and make it tough for our humble PM Lee and other ministers whom often had to deal with questions asked by BBC that’s meant to humiliate them but ended up backfired mostly. We won’t be afraid of scrutiny as you could see in the confident response by all our ministers. They cared about us; we all know. Tq.

@duniasaya5265

4 жыл бұрын

well said!! i never regret to read your long "story"

@Peac0ck69

4 жыл бұрын

dunia saya So sweet, your comments were too kind. 😊

@vincentho3964

4 жыл бұрын

Agree. You are absolutely right. Thank you for taking the time to pen your detailed remarks.

@bao2inc

2 жыл бұрын

Quote "I could speak on behalf of our community ..." It's fair if you are making a comment - anyone is free to comment here, but to assume that you are speaking on behalf of every Singaporean, you really seem too big for your shoes.

Lee was so annoyed by this British interviewer. He forced Lee to give him the answer he wanted.

@emeritusdavidteo5553

4 жыл бұрын

The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqtpu89tfMSsdso.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.

@davidneraas750

4 жыл бұрын

@@emeritusdavidteo5553 Yet you adopted the old british colonial justice system looool.

@janco333

4 жыл бұрын

It is Hardtalk, not Nicetalk

@ZameerHJ

3 жыл бұрын

This is his interviewing style. The show is called hard talk. It’s about asking tough questions.

@joshuaalexis4904

3 жыл бұрын

Please don't further embarrass the rest of Singapore and Singaporeans there is nothing to be supporting in those hard truths that showed the he himself would not want to put a non Chinese in power even if the people wanted it.. and the fact that he claims the people are ok with the fake democracy that we have ..in the tip c for power or prime minister ,for him to say that race matters ..is an embarrassment to this claim of being multi racial it's a contradiction to the pledge that we were made to recite through out school life

I think Stephen Sackur's posture is too patronizing. It is almost too covertly aggressive and too repressing. He and his high ground. It looks as if Mr Lee is being interrogated and talked down to.

Why must we change our social morals? Who are you to tell us to change our morals?

This was not an interview. It was an interrogation. What a rude journalist.

@ritahalo

4 жыл бұрын

Western journalists are always Proudy by white blood.

@blackhorse7553

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, sharp noise pointing up with an arrogant look

@xrpbold6264

4 жыл бұрын

This is a hardtalk.

@xiaoq8329

4 жыл бұрын

this is considered by them as EQUALITY & FREEDOM OF SPEECH, but considered by Easterners as RUDE & ILL-EDUCATED.

@coolerking7427

4 жыл бұрын

They are always rude to the PM.

You cannot knock the success of Singapore! It’s a small country that punches way above its weight! One of the safest countries in the world and visited there last February and everything works to a very high standard and happy to have taken a few dollars from the machines at Marina Bay Sands! Ha! Look forward to next trip in ‘24 !

Honest prime minister as he tries navigate difficult geo political circumstances a well trained diplomat and leader

If it were former PM, He will scold you very seriously if you talk like a naive child.

The interviewer is very very rude to interrupt when one is talking !!!! Where’s your manners????

@davidneraas750

4 жыл бұрын

It's called hardtalk for a reason.

@florencelow8610

4 жыл бұрын

Prefer rude or prefer pay more taxes on citizens???

@limchyehock6722

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidneraas750 Hardtalk . That means can use four letter word F.. off.

@davidneraas750

4 жыл бұрын

@@limchyehock6722 Haven't you got better things to do take care of your family and stay safe. There are are important things to care about than acting like a butthurt. I understand you Singaporeans have minority complex and get butthurt over any criticism. Here is a tip don't take yourself so dam seriously trust me it will make your life a lot easier lol;).😊😂😂

Look at his face when he was asked if Singapore was ready for a non-chinese PM.

I think PM Lee has done extremely well and responded accurately. I look up to PM Lee. However, as I am Australian educated, I am not unfamiliar with this type of journalism. Mr Sackur has asked all the questions viewers in the West would want to ask. The way he put them could be a bit more elegant but I appreciate Mr Sackur putting forward these critical and awkward questions to PM Lee for his responses. Brilliant interview.

Excellent 🇸🇬 ♥️✌️🙏👍💪🌟🌞🪙🥇😊

Our cultural values and heritage is strong and sacrosanct. We cannot allow other cultures to destroy ours.

@ciarankelly4338

Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Ireland and have great admiration for Singapore and the way it governs!

In Australia there is the same dilemma...we are fucked if the US and China are enemies...time to build more ties, greater integration with S'pore!!

Very rude interviewer ie barge in so many times before hsien loong can finish his. Putting words in others mouth.

@nickiseb8910

3 жыл бұрын

It is "HARD TALK". If you can't stand the heat, stay away from the fire. Every politician is free to debate in that program. They are not forced and know the program. Or do you doubt the latter? That would be very naive. Another thing. Politicians are the servants of the community and therefore have to answer tricky questions. That is their job and duty. They are paid and elected for that.

This is "west" for tough, they think being inpolite and tough is cool !

@emeritusdavidteo5553

4 жыл бұрын

It is stupid. The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqtpu89tfMSsdso.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.

@nickiseb8910

4 жыл бұрын

No . It's getting to the point. You are rude or ignorant.

@nickiseb8910

4 жыл бұрын

@@emeritusdavidteo5553 Japan ? Tibet ? Pol Pot ?...no lessons to give.

@patrickx6940

4 жыл бұрын

@@nickiseb8910 I disagree, give me more informations...

No wonder it’s called hardtalk, because the interview loves to put words in others mouth and force interviewee to agree to his points, it’s so cringy I actually admire the Prime Minister’s restrain.

UK, how about try to fix your Brexit mess first...

@nickiseb8910

4 жыл бұрын

vitalis @stay on the subject.

@nickiseb8910

4 жыл бұрын

@Heather Larson @ so what is "the West" tell me. Is Sweden like the US or Itay like the UK? A world of differences I should say.

@nickiseb8910

4 жыл бұрын

@Heather Larson that answer is very cheap. If you mean Anglo Saxon than give it that name instead of making amalgams ... that are not true.

@nickiseb8910

4 жыл бұрын

@Heather Larson and N. America was a colony of England. Sovjet Union ruled the other side in the 20th century and China was happy with his cultural revolution and invading Tibet and staying there. There is no saint in this world.

@nickiseb8910

4 жыл бұрын

@Heather Larson Russia and China? Your joking or read to much unrealible funny papers. Ask Ukrainian or the Phillipienes. The Crim? West Phillipien sea ? Ring a bell?

as a journalist interviewing it is understandable you want to ask provoking questions. but Stephen you lack the finesse and grace in doing so. sorry. Look at how Charlie Rose does it. He can press and asks very uncomfortable questions yet be respectful and not appear to be.a jerk.

@Adam50457

7 жыл бұрын

Read between the lines of Charlie Ross and watch his body language and see the Cynical finesse in him that I respect as compared to the Straight Talk of Hard Talk demolishing the Hard Truth

@emeritusdavidteo5553

4 жыл бұрын

He IS a jerk. The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqtpu89tfMSsdso.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.

@limchyehock6722

4 жыл бұрын

This jerk has no class.

Steven Sackur adviced the leader of a foreign nation, "Singapore must...(this and that)" after this interview he will fly back to UK and be with his own family and country while Mr Lee will still bore the consequences of governing Singapore. Who is he to talk like that? (I'm not a singaporean)

@SingaporeanVoices

7 жыл бұрын

BBC HARDtalk is a program that interviews world leaders and famous personalities with hard hitting questions. This is the format of their program. Personalities take up the challenge to appear in it, fully prepared and also knowing fully well that they will be lambasted.

@Adam50457

7 жыл бұрын

Singapore Voices+....agreed...unlike the prearranged questions for our politicians to make them LOOK smart when in actual fact they are STOOPID under pressure

@limchyehock6722

4 жыл бұрын

He thinks he is still the colonial master and LHL is still a British subject and have to sing God Save The Queen.!!

@limchyehock6722

4 жыл бұрын

@@SingaporeanVoices But at least show some respect. Never "give face".

13：44 gold moment

What an intelligent, articulate, respectful, calm and wise man PM Lee Hsien Loong comes across as!

BBC is quite rude here ....

@davidneraas750

4 жыл бұрын

Is your prime minister a 5 year old child;).? Your prime minister should know by now how hardtalk works if you cant take the heat get out of the kitchen. It's called hardtalk for a reason. I know why Singapore gets butthurt over this because the media in Singapore is supervised by the pap aka one party ruling government. When a prime minister is used to controlling the media and its journalists then of course you will get your ass handed to you because your not used to answering tough questions. It's called hardtalk for a reason. I would like to see a Singapore version of that show where the prime minister and the pap is grilled. Will that ever happen no. Because the pap controls the pussy journalists and media in Singapore.

@limchyehock6722

4 жыл бұрын

BBC is not rude. This Mr Sucker is. Not only rude but disrespectful.

why not one party ruled, if the country are happy?

@xiaoq8329

4 жыл бұрын

right! actually all countries are ruled by ONE party each time.

After seeing this interview, I can understand why Singaporean’s PM is concerned Hong kong protests spread to Singapore . He know how western press see about Singapore. They are waiting for the same thing happened in Singapore. If it happened, it will be the end of Singapore.

He can earn a living as an agitator in an extreme right or left movement ..

My personal view is that DPM Tharman fielded questions better than our PM LHL in the same HARDtalk interview. Note that Tharman was out of the country whilst PM had advantage of homeground.

@aave865

7 жыл бұрын

Both have their merits. Tharman's questions were more academic and economic centered, whilst LHL questions were more broad-based that includes geopolitical situations, trade, politics and a country's values which should rightfully be answered by the PM.

@sengwooiooi9847

7 жыл бұрын

Relax Bro...They're both good lah. Both are worthy men of the Age of Enlightenment to keep SG well. Thank you S Sackur, thank you UK for passing to them the good mind.

@CasusBelli65

7 жыл бұрын

The PM seems to think that the Chinese population is not ready for a non-Chinese PM. I not sure if he's on to something or has too lowly an opinion of the Chinese Singaporean.

@Adam50457

7 жыл бұрын

The First Chief Minister of Singapore is a Jew name David Saul Marshall...so who are the Lees to say that Singapore is NOT ready for a Non Chinese PM???? a load of SHIT!!! sustaining a LeeDynasty??? F

@brandenongkp

7 жыл бұрын

Peter Q it was not elected by Singaporeans , understand ??

英国都这德性了居然还还能趾高气昂，笑话

Wait till end of October lol

This guy looks like interrogating mr Lee..

Self praise is the lowest class...

I love the interview of singapore prime minister:)

At 2:10 "...We have depended on the system that America has built and upheld..." - the US should continue to engage the world for everyone. Major economies have benefitted greatly from this system.

DEAR PM LEE , you needs to drink more GINSENG Tea after all this interview.

Don’t think it’s an interview. 😖

Kiya ho raha hay?

SS just don't know anything. about the world. mr.lee is just to kind to him.

What our PM said was very correct: We have chosen PAP to be our government and we are happy, very happy indeed!

23:18 the implication is so rude, disgraceful

East & west are simply different period! 😜

@emeritusdavidteo5553

4 жыл бұрын

The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqtpu89tfMSsdso.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.

@davidneraas750

4 жыл бұрын

@@emeritusdavidteo5553 The day when your country stop adopting your colonial masters justice system. Thats the day when you get your credability back right now you have non. Why do you have english street names ., why does the boroughs in singapore have english names. ?? Nobody forced you to do any of that. You are imposing the western values that suits you best on your self and call it imperialsm loool.

I thumb up for the Prime Minister.

This man belongs in the prison.

🎂🎂🎂

Sacker successfully placed the PM on a virtual grill. LHL had his vulnerabilities exposed a little but still overall came out more than equitably victorious. LHL clearly devestated him on a number of points : in particular, Sacker was totally and brilliantly nailed at 14:53 - 15:20. Wow, almost another LKY indeed !

@emeritusdavidteo5553

4 жыл бұрын

The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqtpu89tfMSsdso.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.

Singapore dont do the soprano between the sordid relations of USA and China. The present political and policy situation is like sorrel bitter that adds to the tasty salad. Eventually bilateral relation between the USA and China will settle well for good.At the moment everything seems a twinge as for Singapore it a twinge of sympathy for present social attitudes twirl on many issues inside and outside Singapore. Situation are not barriers to progress but can be managed by a positive approach which end in a win-win results for all.

THIS DUDE P.m. IS NOT A DUMMY GOOD SHOW mr. P M. Sackur can't MAKE HIM TURN AROUND, RIDE ON mr, p.m. LEE Hsien LOONG , YOUR THE MAN,,,,, YESSSS

A no body without any ability or actual experience to lead or manage a country is questioning a country leader. Absurd!

13:22 Interviewer kena stunned by LHL's response. Hahaha. Shows how stupid the question is.

Little red dot always feel very vulnerable, it is practically resource-less, with limited land mass and located within not very friendly big neighbors with or without trade conflict between powerful nations.

white guy you are no in high position anymore wake up your ideal.

@nickiseb8910

4 жыл бұрын

branden @ rxxst?? What does his color have to do with it? Sometimes it's a colored guy who is running this show ...in the exact same way. Ask yourself why is it named "Hard Talk".

@nikbob2728

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickiseb8910 His saying his colour cos in the past it was the whites who were supreme. Or so wat people thought so. Only aft the Japanese attacked were views changed of the British

@nickiseb8910

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikbob2728Well maybe some countries (with "white" people ) were and if they were they were. I don't see your Japanese thing. Without surrender, there would be no Japan today. Germany same thing. What's more, Japan followed those, what you call "white" countries in medicine, research, etc.. and made part of it long before 1940. Korea, Taiwan...were Japanese colonies says my history book. Imagine a world without antibiotics, imagine a world without manipulating and improving grain and crops against all kinds of diseases....not millions but billions would have died. Imagine an industrie without hydraulic systems: easily control very large movements and unprecedented forces in a closed system...no tailgate of a truck, excavators or jacks to lift heavy loads etc..airplanes, cars.. It all depends on which glasses you wear to look with. The world today is more dangerous and more unpredictable than it was roughly 10-20 years ago. But the only thing I really fear is overpopulation, uncontrolled mass migration and climate changes taking place today. Race is not one of them. I think we are approaching the latter incorrectly. Culture (& maybe religion) would be more correct.

@nickiseb8910

3 жыл бұрын

I am sitting very comfortable thanks.Wake up yourself.

Hey, a teenayer blogger has been arrested in Singapore!! Ohhh muh human rights Spain has been arresting tweeter users who made no threats nor crime since the start of it, just because annoying someone with their shitposts. Where is the outrage? Nowhere.

@skychaos87

5 жыл бұрын

Medias businesses are simply businesses, they run to generate money, some through exaggerated reporting, many through fundings. There's always bias. More so, western media dominates the world, like 80% globally. More often than not, in western media you see condemnation and reporting of negative sides, outside of the western world. But comes, negative news of the west, its reported once or twice and then forgotten.

👍👍 he as good, in a diff way 😎

For a society to function, democracy and law are not the only ingredients. Other important ingredients are virtues and restraints. The western democracy encourages confrontation between people. The eastern culture encourages restraints and virtues. As a result, eastern countries MIGHT not need the confrontational western democracy. The western democracy has worked well in many western countries because their amoral traditions in inter-person relations. Their moral code governs only behaviours between humans and the god, and does not extend as much to inter-person relations. As a result, they can walk quite well the fine line to be confrontational and yet not hateful. The western democracy has not worked as well in the east because of the lack of such tradition. The eastern moral code is very deeply embedded in personal relations - right and wrong is often determined by how you treat people and how people react. As a result, it is more difficult for the eastern people to walk that fine line. Rather, it is more natural for eastern people to count on the virtues, the restraints and the good-will of each other.

Good Educational Talk . Thanks to BBC thanks to Din PM . But bit annoyed with the Red Shocks 😂

Great! Singapore can now join the ABU Robocon Competition. Don't be afraid.

LHL did well in the interview , journalist and Singaporean must have access to ask him Hard questions like above and should question should not be prescreened and there must be some form of debate... often it is just to polite... of course all must be respectful Look at the Mediacorps staged debate is so uninspiring. but please dont go down American way....

Afew years later. UK wants to try to be “Singapore of Europe”. Lolz

His very humble like his father

14:52 The world is a diverse place, nobody has a monopoly of virtues and wisdom.

@emeritusdavidteo5553

4 жыл бұрын

The days of british supremacy, plundering and pillaging of the Far East are over. The ways and norms of Asian societies are different from the west. Just that the interviewee is polite and quite unlike his father. Or he would had been demolished. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqtpu89tfMSsdso.html This interviewer is a rude and ignorant fool who still dun get it. The only they'll come back to the Far East is on all 4s begging for jobs. Brexit is real.

KKN! KKN! KKN!

On Singapore and the Western press in the very words of Mr. Lee Kuwan Yew, the late, former prime minister of Singapore: "Parents know that if they take in too much of America and the West daily on and in the newspapers, the result will be disorientation because Singapore is not the West." That's Mr. Lee Kuwan Yew to you ladies & gentlemen! And I fully agree with him. Link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hIqgxNuHXaa1hKg.html

You don't really have very good question to ask... don't you?

The Western media (esp. BBC) do not examine themselves first before criticizing other nations. The reason there is BREXIT is because Britain doesn't want their share of Middle East & African immigrants coming to Europe by boat as well as migrant workers from Eastern Europe which they discriminate.

I love Singapore

@Adam50457

7 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with THAT....I love Singapore too but not necessary what it is

@patfong1209

6 жыл бұрын

Ahmed Zakaria Love Singapore too

@THINK-Diffferent

5 жыл бұрын

Ahmed Zakaria I love Singapore as well .

@Seramics

4 жыл бұрын

Its ok to love America.

Mr. Sackur should ask the gay questions to the Saudis. Ask them about human rights. Singapore is a great country because of their strict laws and how they are being enforced. No one country should impose their social value to another country. The US can legalize gay marriage and drugs. Doesn't mean other country should follow, otherwise they will be label with human right violations, etc.

With all due respect, Mr. Lee often looked visibly frustrated during the interview and was even exasperated. Whereas Tharman defended Singapore's policies and PAP's dominance by coolly citing the mechanisms of how it works, Mr. Lee seemed dismissive and even deflective with rationales like 'see, nobody wants to migrate', or 'see, look at those oil producing countries, do they conform? SO why should we conform?"

@Adam50457

7 жыл бұрын

Thaman SHOULD be the PM but then....QUOTE: "No NonChinese is READY TO BE PM" unquote "father and son circus show" to a flock of Sheep but NOT eagles

@ExodusLoui

7 жыл бұрын

Keith Ng LHL is a joke, he's nothing like his father LKY. No one dared to mess with LKY, because of his substance and capabilities. This LHL is pathetic and is dragging LKY legacy through the shit hole, look at how much shit is failing in SG (eg transport system). LKY would've given this reporter a spanking, LHL on the other hand got spanked so hard. Pathetic.

@rogerhenrycorbett3735

6 жыл бұрын

Blackie cannot be PM of yellow land. No way Tharman can ever become PM of Singapore. You think yellow can become PM of India? Be serious. An Italian woman won the general elections in India in 2004 but she never became the PM due to threats from Indian nationalists. Asia is not the same as Europe. In Europe, there are two (admittedly small) countries which have Indians as PM. In Asia, each country's leader invariably comes from the majority ethnic group of that country. In Burma, a woman who was under house arrest for 20 years and who even won the Nobel Peace Prize during her imprisonment was finally released and became State Counselor. Although she herself had been persecuted for decades, once she became leader she turned a blind eye to the persecution and genocide of a religious/racial minority group in her own country. Asians are very close-minded people. They never stray from convention. Singapore will never have a non-yellow person as PM. Singapore even disallowed a white American (Chip Goodyear) to become the head of Temasek Holdings in 2009. Asians are simply very paranoid and distrusting of people who don't come from their own ethnic background, let alone people from a different race. White people are far, far more open-minded. It's a difference in the DNA.

@lucretius8050

5 жыл бұрын

It is the best smokescreen as always, just bring out examples that suit your agenda. Be it income gaps, housing, wages etc the government always brings a country which is weaker in that expect to and praise themselves on their achievements.

@asillypiggy

5 жыл бұрын

LHL only became PM due to his dynastic connections. However woes should not be on him. But rather the older generations who believed in the stability of a dynasty and their racist attitudes.

Hmmm.. I am also watching the kingdom of Singapore also La ..😁 Succession governance is a feudalism ideology so does the idea of independent sovereign nation states of the world..🙂.. the age of elites that separate and benefits from suffering of a utopia 1% interests must end..🙂🤳

only Lee right no onther right here.

@Adam50457

7 жыл бұрын

NO Mark its LEEgal RIGHTS!!!

Feels like Lee is more political than his father when it comes to these interview responses. Senior Lee would have withheld no stinging rebuttals rather than be put on the spot.

@LooNciFeRx

4 жыл бұрын

His father was a lawyer before being a politician, so i guess its different.

@joseki6644

4 жыл бұрын

@@LooNciFeRx I doubt. I put it down more to personality and method of despatch than profession.

Just love it…..you don’t come and teach me how to run my country 😂😂love it!!!!!

The journalist just wants to see the relationship between all asia countries are not good for their advantage.

I am grateful that Singapore has such a capable leader.

Interviewer questions are too presumptuous and hypotheticals .........very rude.

@arshadabdulkadir8770

4 жыл бұрын

That's bcos he's a westerner n he feels he has the right to be superior... Regardless!...

@vencheock4233

4 жыл бұрын

Arshad, I think soooo.....

Do they still has colonial mentality ? Or they think Singapore or HongKong will still be better under their rule? Do journalist and reporters know the codes and ethics of reporting or interviewing? I guess like in the movie Jack Nicholson said "Truth? You can not handle the truth?", and I quote. Under democracy I guess this is "Freedom of speech".

On the ground level by locals and foreigners, and by many eminent political scientists, Singapore has been a system by which there are widespread contractual control of the markets by the Singapore government, and the suppression of both civil, and political liberties of the people of the nation state in the name of "Singapore model" with the emphasis on western-labeled "democracy" tag with selective market structure system, and cultural-relativism of Asian "Confucius ruling system" In particular, many of these institutions militate against individuality and individual rights and freedoms. In turn, "authoritarian capitalism" describes the operational elements of this particular development model. On one hand, authoritarian-capitalist regimes place a limited and selective set of persistent policy interventions into market activities. On the other hand, these same regimes impose heavy restrictions on political activity. Whereas, Soviet economies contrived to have an economy without prices, authoritarian capitalism presides over markets without the guarantee of individual freedoms or rights. As a result, there are conflicting and misleading signals about a relatively free economy whereas political freedoms are repressed within an authoritarian- based government. Singapore's single-party regime offers a model of authoritarian capitalism that may be followed by other single-party regimes in the region. Singapore's authoritarian-capitalist regime has its own peculiar political arrangements that mesh with its economic policies. By combining a sense of national insecurity and dread of the unknown with the fear of government retribution, Singapore's ruling party has implemented a special form of "Asian democracy" that can be identified as phobocracy. The rule-by-fear government of the People's Action Party (PAP) regime judiciously combines a western democratic vocabulary with a particular set of traditional values that it claims are unique to Asia. In order to maintain a disciplined and docile electorate, the PAP rulers rely upon a beguiling combination of reason and force. However, their idea of reasoning is limited to an unbalanced insistence upon only the advantages of communitarian arrangements and the necessity of consensus building. Their ability to construct these incomplete images of political utopia is supported by a subservient domestic media and a cowed international media. The passivity of the media results from legislative and judicial actions that operate at the behest of the PAP-controlled executive branch. In sum, the regime exercises obsessive and complete control over all branches of government and media as well as other elements of civil society. In turn, there are few limits to the amount of force that can be wielded as reprisal against critics or political rivals. Singapore's regime practices a form of "soft authoritarianism" without political murders or disappearances. Nonetheless, executive control over the judiciary and the legislature means that law follows the whims of the regime. One element of the illusion of the legal system is the scrupulous application of justice in cases that involve commerce, particularly when it affects the interests of multinational corporations. The resulting system is one of rule by and for rulers in place of the rule of law. The compliance of the courts leads to "lawless order" and is a conspicuous contradiction of the reputation for Singapore's corruption-free government. The criminalization of politics and politicization of crime represent several of the other institutional arrangements associated with Singapore's authoritarian capitalism. Politics in Singapore is criminalized in the evident pattern whereby opponents of the regime are sued for criminal defamation after criticizing the actions of the ruling party. Moreover, the authorities in Singapore use crime as a political weapon. One aspect of this involves the manipulation of perceptions and the apparent masking of crime statistics to provide the illusion of a crime-free environment. Another aspect is to place the blame for much of the crime that does occur on westerners and their decadent influences.

@Adam50457

7 жыл бұрын

Bro... well PUT you deserve ******for it

@crisyorke1328

7 жыл бұрын

Billy The-Kid As a political scientist, I know what I'm saying. Experts in this field agreed with the analysis.

@Adam50457

7 жыл бұрын

Sad to say the well CONDITIONED BRILLIANT flock of sheep who passes exams with flying colors BUT no ability to THINK for themselves thinks that the Lees & their Lies are GREAT

@crisyorke1328

7 жыл бұрын

Peter Q Of course, the Marxist socialist government only wants workers who are smart enough to get the job done, no question ask. They want gullible compliant sheep.

@Adam50457

7 жыл бұрын

Chris...Total compliance allowing an EVIL man to slaughter 500,000 of its own through LEEgal abortion@$5 per shot@ KK hospital in order to fulfill his plans of an elite society...."A pair of WhiteHorse will at worse produce a Grey or even an albino" unlike a pair of workhorse that produce at best a MULE or worse a donkey so say a supposedly Great??? leader

Just lock this guy without trail

My country. my land. my prime minister My Singapore. We lived in the. beautiful country and peacefully love Singapore forever long lives. People Action. Party

I hope someday my country will be like Singapore. Long live to your PM. God bless us all.

Excellent interview from both Shaker and the one and only PM Lee hsien Loong.

Stephen Sackur should be aware that the Britain evolves step by step from Magna Carta is established 1000 years ago. Democracy like any other big changes in the world should take place and be applied GRADUALLY. The problem of EU and Brexit IS ultimately because the progress of EU has been too fast. The idea of democracy can be great and righteous and politically correctly, but the reality and result of democratic revolution that takes place too fast in a society is a disaster. I thought British people have the best knowledge about this. People crave for the heroic feelings of democratic revolutions and freeing people “suffering” in developing countries. But the result of ANY social changes/ revolutions can be dangerous.

PM Lee Hsien Loong is so brilliant.

BBC interviewer should brush up their history knowledge before asking questions of a country’s PM. With regards to race and religion, do you know how Singapore survived and achieved current state? Do you thoroughly understand the mentality and mindset of Singapore’s neighbouring countries?

The Singapore PM destroyed the interviewer.

The interviewer is really rude. And I don’t really understand why the westerners (particularly the Americans and British) always try to impose their moral value onto other countries. If they believe in democracy, they should respect others with different belief too.

@Adam50457

7 жыл бұрын

They come from a Nation of Eagles and NOT sheep

@jeangian1781

7 жыл бұрын

garyster They know the true meaning of Democracy! They are the ones to demand for democracy! Are we?

@siewmj1

7 жыл бұрын

Just like how we should accept and respect Kim Jong Un and Robert Mugabe belief. Just like how we should accept the sharia law in Saudi Arabia.

@jimmychoo6341

6 жыл бұрын

Its either you are with us or you are against us. Democracy.

@themusicgaragetmg2330

5 жыл бұрын

Not all journalist are from cna or straights Times....

This western high moral dictation and the feeling of being superior disgisis me

singapore is so blessed with PM Lee Hsien Long..

@GeorgiaAndrea

5 жыл бұрын

Singaporeans beg to differ though....

这个节目一直就是这个德行，也不会改变，因为它有它的合理性。主持人需要的是内容能够让他们的观众满意，也就是说这个节目的视角的切入点是代表了西方观众的立场，提的问题也都是西方观众关心的问题。如果你有任何不适，只能说明你的视角和理念和西方主流观众有差异，并且你显然不是这个节目的目标观众。

The PM body's language speaks volume ......

Giving BBC any notice is stupid. Why did he even bothered to be interviewed by this $&@? 😂

Excuse me who that another Cultera to distroy,some peoples forget where they stand,and who Culture Country they stand for, in the Country ,tnank you