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...time when summit meetings of the British Commonwealth meant tea at Buckingham Palace and gracefully informal get-togethers in mahogany-paneled London offices. No longer. Last week, when the 31 regular members of that unique order gathered for their 18th formal conference, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, the host, had to plead with his colleagues to be polite to each other, "if only coldly...
Cleanliness works in Singapore where it fails elsewhere because the government, and especially tough Socialist Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, cracks down on polluters with a vengeance. Strict laws are well understood in a compact city-state where the citizenry has a high literacy rate. But it is the sting of law-hitting Singaporeans in the pocketbook-that has been the most effective antipollution measure...
...there are any truly American sounds, one is surely the radio station break, complete with fragmentary tune and a slick chorus−"Double-yew Emmm Eeee Ellll, Light and Lively!" Blame it on Pepper & Tanner of Memphis, those wonderful folks who also brought you "Hey, Culligan Man" and the Roto-Rooter jingle (". . . and away go troubles down the drain...
...from the 14-state Federation of Malaysia two years later; of a heart attack; in Singapore. Founder of the newspaper Utitsan Melayu, which was in the vanguard of the struggle for independence, Yusof was rewarded with the largely ceremonial presidency, serving alongside Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew...
...other end of the spiritual scale are Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos: Lee shuns the metaphysical altogether, while Marcos relies little on astrologers or mediums. It is likely that they will be the exceptions for a long time to come. In a sense, the leaders are pursuing the same reasoning as the 17th century French Philosopher Pascal did in his "wager" on God. It can hardly hurt to call in an otherworldly adviser-and it just might help...