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08-11-2014, 09:11 AM
Lee Kuan Yew points way forward for PAP
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Lee U-Wenleeuwen@sph.com.sg@LeeUwenBT
33133477.jpg THE People's Action Party (PAP) has stayed in power for more than 50 years because it has continually adapted itself to changes in Singapore's society and around the world, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has said. PHOTO: SPH
8 Nov5:50 AM
THE People's Action Party (PAP) has stayed in power for more than 50 years because it has continually adapted itself to changes in Singapore's society and around the world, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has said.
"We must keep the party dynamic, relevant and in sync with the times," the 91-year-old wrote in the foreword of a new book commemorating the party's 60th anniversary this year.
The 158-page book, titled PAP60, Forward Together, was launched on Friday at a party event held at the Victoria Concert Hall. About 3,000 copies of the book have been published and will be distributed to the party's 87 branches.
Mr Lee noted that while Singaporeans today enjoyed better lives and more opportunities, the PAP's task remained a "vital and difficult" one.
"The party must maintain the support and trust of Singaporeans, provide the leadership to meet their aspirations, especially of the young, and work with them to create a better society and a stronger Singapore," he wrote.
Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong - the second PAP secretary-general - and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the current secretary-general, each also contributed to the foreword for the book.
Mr Goh wrote that the PAP was not just an ordinary political party with partisan views and advancing only vested interests but a "unique and key institution" and the only party able to hold Singapore together.
"The PAP lives by its bedrock values of integrity and equal opportunity for all Singaporeans to maximise their potential and reap the rewards of their efforts," he said.
PM Lee, meanwhile, said that the PAP had to continue to have the "courage and the big ideas" to take Singapore forward. In this current age of uncertainty and rapid change and with global competition becoming more intense, he said that the party "can and must" tackle these issues head on.
The commemorative book chronicles 60 defining moments in the party's history and contains stories from various activists over the past six decades.
It is now not for sale to the public but those interested in the book may call the PAP headquarters at 62444600 or send an e-mail to paphq@pap.org.sg.
By
Lee U-Wenleeuwen@sph.com.sg@LeeUwenBT
33133477.jpg THE People's Action Party (PAP) has stayed in power for more than 50 years because it has continually adapted itself to changes in Singapore's society and around the world, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has said. PHOTO: SPH
8 Nov5:50 AM
THE People's Action Party (PAP) has stayed in power for more than 50 years because it has continually adapted itself to changes in Singapore's society and around the world, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has said.
"We must keep the party dynamic, relevant and in sync with the times," the 91-year-old wrote in the foreword of a new book commemorating the party's 60th anniversary this year.
The 158-page book, titled PAP60, Forward Together, was launched on Friday at a party event held at the Victoria Concert Hall. About 3,000 copies of the book have been published and will be distributed to the party's 87 branches.
Mr Lee noted that while Singaporeans today enjoyed better lives and more opportunities, the PAP's task remained a "vital and difficult" one.
"The party must maintain the support and trust of Singaporeans, provide the leadership to meet their aspirations, especially of the young, and work with them to create a better society and a stronger Singapore," he wrote.
Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong - the second PAP secretary-general - and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the current secretary-general, each also contributed to the foreword for the book.
Mr Goh wrote that the PAP was not just an ordinary political party with partisan views and advancing only vested interests but a "unique and key institution" and the only party able to hold Singapore together.
"The PAP lives by its bedrock values of integrity and equal opportunity for all Singaporeans to maximise their potential and reap the rewards of their efforts," he said.
PM Lee, meanwhile, said that the PAP had to continue to have the "courage and the big ideas" to take Singapore forward. In this current age of uncertainty and rapid change and with global competition becoming more intense, he said that the party "can and must" tackle these issues head on.
The commemorative book chronicles 60 defining moments in the party's history and contains stories from various activists over the past six decades.
It is now not for sale to the public but those interested in the book may call the PAP headquarters at 62444600 or send an e-mail to paphq@pap.org.sg.
