LKY: One freak election result is all it takes to wipe S’pore out


SINGAPORE: One freak election result is all it will take to wipe out Singapore’s success in building up the city state, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew warned on Wednesday.

This could happen if voters became bored and decided to give the “vociferous opposition’ a chance - out of ‘light-heartedness, fickleness or sheer madness”.

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