European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                7779 mythical Morton Symbol of Singapore Etta Itiat s longtime tester is Leo Kuhn Yaw. Western influence worries Singapore s Leader by Barbara Crossette new York times be Kuan Yew is the Only prime minister the people of Independent Singapore have Ever known and to its 2,5 million citizens an ethnic mix of chinese Matey Indian and european have grown accustomed to Lee s propensity or poking into All Comers of their lives. He la at it again. With Singapore reaching the living standards o Western Europe he prime minister who was educated in Britain is concerned that the country is losing some of its Aalst cultural bearings. Confucian principles should guide Public Hie he said in an interview at his official residence. He is worried about the unsettling effects of Western individualism on an Eastern society. But at Home he said it is time for Man to abandon their asian preference for submissive women. He thinks the wrong people the least educated in a society with widespread educational Opportunity Ere having the children. University educated women have their minds on careers. At a recant student forum a Young woman asked Lee 63. Why he was hounding Lemale graduates to have Bebee. He replied that maybe it was a mistake to give singaporean women so much Equality. I was in my 30s when we made that decision he told his questioner. He and his wife the Farmer Kwa Geok Choo competed for top honors at Cambridge University. My wife was educated he said. There was no trouble proceed it was a has Fly  a said. Does that mean he wants to reverse policies thai Mado Singapore s women Asia s most privileged will hares lore polygamy As Many women fear we can t go Back he said in the interview. Instead a radically new trend could be coming educated but unmarried women having children and raising them As single parents. A called it the next step Down the Road App Beio thai the Western woman has  1 Don Welcome it he added the problem is Amale  he said. It s a problem of a mate Cui Lural lag. Stereotypical chinese family. The women can t be seen to be wearing the  he recalled thai when the government set up one of jts publicized singles cruises last year to bring professional Young people together "50 women signed up and three men men were no interested in graduate women he said. Lee said one of his toughest jobs in making a nation out of Singapore was building a common language. The City state which got limited self Rule in 1959, joined an ill fated federation of Malaysia in 1963 and became Independent on its own two years later. People wanted to keep heir own languages he said. We speak at least five major languages. If you include the dialects there will be about  so 1 had to Knock a lot of Heads to keep the language chauvinists in Check he said. Though parents were allowed some Choice he said children will learn English in school so that across the races we will Uso English he said he was immeasurably aided in building the nation by the confucian roots of its chinese majority looking Back Over the last 30 years one of the driving forces that made Singapore succeed was that the majority of the people placed the importance of the welfare of society above the individual which is a Basic Conlu Clenist concept Lee said. This provided a certain social cohesion that enables us to avoid the Industrial strife that has plagued so Many countries even developing ones before there Are Many trolls to  one of the sharpest distinctions Between in american Way of resolving disputes and a chinese or japanese or korean or vietnamese Way he said is the belief you have that you can resolve All disputes by slamming each other with Points and counterpoints and you get the Ruth revealed and everything is resolved. There is no such fundamental Faith in this method of resolving conflicts in confucianism societies he said. Hence the remarkably few lawyers they have even in Japan As compared to american  today s crossword by Eugene Stieffer across 1 to Nnoli Mil 4 hnutlqu1 Art style 11-Wlierouic by " isvofoine14 and tar 15 wrestling need 16 like Good. 17 super Market. 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