We are of course grateful to the PAP leadership, especially Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, for their fortitude, intelligence, foresight and determination in ensuring that Singapore not only survived but survived well.

CNN: LETTERS AND COMMENT

When the demanding founder of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, was asked recently which leaders he admired, Mr. Lee cited Churchill, Deng and de Gaulle.

WSJ: Book Review: The End of Power

Friends of Mr Tung, who is an avowed fan of Singapore's patriarch, Lee Kuan Yew, argue that Hong Kong should, like Singapore, mix prosperity with that city-state's sterile politics.

ECONOMIST: All eyes on China

Lee Kuan Yew may have been infinitely the greater statesman, but some would have judged Mr Jeyaretnam the bigger man.

ECONOMIST: J.B. Jeyaretnam

Just as Lee Kuan Yew emerged from the confines of Singapore to become the seer of Asia, so Mr Haq became accepted as one of the visionaries of international development.

ECONOMIST: Mahbub ul Haq