Prospects of ex-ISA detainees
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I have no crystal ball.I cant tell future of current ISA detainees.
We look at ex-ISA detainees and get some cues.
1.Ho Kwong Ping,middle.
HO Kwong Ping
Chairman,Banyan Tree Group
Chairman,Sg Mgt University Board of Trustees
detained few months under ISA.
2.Kuo Pao Kuan
Play writer,
Highest Sg Culture Award
Detained few years under ISA while wife few months.
Her wife said in a recent long report in STimes life section
they dunt regret what they believed.
3.The government help former communists followers
to get jobs many years ago after they were released.
Some even worked in PA.I think then DPM Toh
helped them a lot.
4.LKY said he was a socialist democratic when he studied
in UK in 1940's, in a recent speech in India.
He was also an idealist.But he knew he cant just distribute
cake like socialists,he had to bake it first.
Thats why Sg is socialist--captialist economy.
Read LKY memorial then u know he was a half socialist.
5.I will be bias if i did not tell u that there is at least
one Mr Kwan who has been locked up for more than 20 years.
He is now in Germany. -
6. Lim Chin Siong
The late Lim
Chin Siong died in 1996. He was very active on
the political scene in the 1950s and part of the
1960s until his arrest in 1963.
At first a member of the PAP, he later left the party
to form the Barisan Socialis
in 1961 with other politicians such as Dr Lee Siew Choh.
Whether for or against his political beliefs, the late
Lim Chin Siong, a former leader of the Barisan Sosialis,
made an impact on both his political rivals as well as friends.
"Occasionally, we talked about it (politics).
He was glad that Singapore has developed
very well under the PAP Government,
I think he appreciates what the PAP government
has been doing but I think there's still a little
bit here and there
that he doesn't agree with."
(Dr Lee doesn't think Mr Lim regretted his part in
Singapore's past.) "He was doing what
he thought was best for the people of Singapore."
-- Dr Lee Siew Choh, 79, had known Mr Lim since 1961,
when they were members of the Barisan Socialis
(The Straits Times, Feb 6, 1996)
"I had good regard for him. He was a dedicated politician, but questionable because he was left-wing. He never did anything stupid or incorrigible and never did anything for money, and in that way, he was clean."
-- Former Senior Minister S Rajaratnam, 82 (The Straits Times, Feb 7, 1996)
Above -- Dr Toh Chin Chye ,former DPM at Lim Chin Siong's funeral
Dr Toh Chin Chye (bowing) paying respects. From right, the late
Mr Lim's wife, Madam Wong Chui Wan and her sons, Zi Yi and Zi Kuan.
"Lim Chin Siong and the Communist Party played a very important part in Singapore's political history and if they had won, Singapore would be very different today."
-- Former Deputy Prime Minister Toh Chin Chye, 75, said during the funeral of Mr Lim Chin Siong in February 1996 (The Straits Times, Feb 7, 1996)
"He was a very kind and sensitive person and he never discriminated against any colour or creed."
-- Mr A Mahadeva, 65, a business consultant who had known the late Mr Lim for over 40 years (The Straits Times, Feb 7, 1996)
"The irresistible tidal wave of anti-colonialism which convulsed Singapore in the 1950s up to the mid-'60s found in him its leading and most eloquent voice, and I do not regret having been one of his closest comrades."
-- Former president Devan Nair (The Straits Times, Feb 9, 1996)
2.Below is an excerpt of the obituary note on Mr Lim Chin Siong by Mr Lee Kuan Yew. (The Straits Times, Feb 9, 1996)
I liked and respected him for his simple lifestyle and his selflessness. He did not seek financial gain or political glory. He was totally committed to the advancement of his cause.
He and many of his comrades, graduates from the Chinese middle schools, taught my colleagues and me the meaning of dedication to a cause.
They were prepared to sacrifice everything for their cause, and many did. Some lost their lives in the jungles, many were banished to China.
Because of the standards of dedication they set, we, the English-educated PAP leaders, had to set high standards of personal integrity and spartan lifestyles to withstand their political attacks. They were ruthless and thorough. We became as determined as they were in pursuing our political objectives.
source of the above
3.Have u heard of LKY praised a man like this?
What is the cost and benefits for LKY to praise Mr Lim?
Why Mr Lim's photo can be found in Sg history book?
If LKY and PAP want to abolish history of Mr LIm,they can
do so easily.
Why LKY pened a so remarkable obituary note
on Mr Lim Chin Siong when many old generations
almost forget Mr Lim and remind next generation
there was a Mr Lim who shaped the history?
4.Lim Chin Siong and the Communist Party played a very important part in Singapore's political history and if they had won, Singapore would be very different today."
-- Former Deputy Prime Minister Toh Chin Chye, 75, said during the funeral of Mr Lim Chin Siong in February 1996 (The Straits Times, Feb 7, 1996)
How Mr Lim would treat LKY if he won?
5.Mr Lim and wife went to London after release
.Their two sons were born there.
Mr Lim returned to Sg let his sons study here.I remember both
of them are doctors.
