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2 STRAIGHTFORWARD COMMUNICATION
Lee Kwan Yews style of communication reflects the kind of leader he is. He tells
you straight what you need to do in order to lead a better life.
Idran Junadi, Account Director
I grew up watching Lee Kuan Yew on TV and at political rallies, and to this day, I
have not seen another local politician with the same fire and force of conviction that
LKY displayed in the earlier years. He was always brutally honest and often
controversial. If you were the opposition and facing him at a political debate, God
help you. Many local correspondents have shared that no global statesmen terrified
them more than our very own Lee Kuan Yew.
Maureen Tseng, Director of Client Services
Lee Kuan Yew displayed very direct to the point and very honest in his opinions.
This is how he began to write simple, clear, crisp, which means, no convoluted,
sentences. Lee Kuan Yew in Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore:
How to Build A Nation (Giants of Asia)
He refined his writing style to be even more direct and concise, to write in short
sentences and in the active voice so that the man in the street could understand
what he wanted to say.
I speak as a practitioner. If I had not been able to reduce complex ideas into
simple words and project them vividly for mass understanding, I would not be here
today. LKY
You lose nothing by being polite. The answer is No, but please say it politely and
give the reasons Explain to me why No. Dont change No to Yes. Dont be a
fool. If there was a good reason why it is No, it must remain No, but the man must
be told politely.
at the Victoria Theatre, September 30 1965
A man bows as he pays his respects to late former Prime Minister Lee Kuan
Yew at Tanjong Pagar community club, in the constituency which Lee
represented as Member of Parliament since 1955, in Singapore March 23,
2015.