Singapore's Golden Age

Many years ago, the Tang Dynasty had its Golden Age, and behind its success is of course, the influence of a great leader. Today, I believe that Singapore has reached its "Golden Age" in its 50 years under the great influence of our leader,our nations's founding father the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

Mr Lee Kuan Yew passed away peacefully on the 23 of March 2015 at 3.18am. During the 1 week of acknowledgement to Mr Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore, I started to learn more and more of what Mr Lee Kuan Yew has done to our country. He brought Singapore from a small fishing village to a big metropolis. Even after the merger failed with Malaysia, he still did not give up on Singapore who had no resources then and thought of new ways to help Singapore. He sacrificed his time, family and personal time for Singapore. Even though many sacrifices had to be made, it was all for the sake of Singapore. Even after many years later, when his wife died in 2010 despite being filled with grief and sadness, after seeing litter along the Benjamin Sheares bridge, he told his secretary to remind the cleaning services to clear it up- Mr Lee Kuan Yew still thought of the well being of Singapore. This event moved me and made me respect Mr Lee Kuan Yew even  more.

Now, during the 1 week of mourning for Mr Lee Kuan Yew, many people from the young to the old were seen queueing up towards the parliament house. Even though they queued up under the hot and blistering sun for more than 8 hours, they still persisted. There were even volunteers who gave food and water to those who queued up and their act of unity and kindness made me very proud to be a Singaporean. Besides, queuing up under the hot sun for many hours to pay respects to our late Mr Lee Kuan Yew is nothing compared to the contributions and time he had spent for the sake of Singapore.

Without Mr Lee Kuan Yew, there would be no houses, no education, no clean and bustling green city but only a fishing village. I personally feel that, even after Mr Lee Kuan Yew passed away, we, as the future generations of Singapore, we will carry on his legacy and ensure that his legacy will be passed down to future generations. Singapore is  currently at its prime and we should make Singapore progress further more in the years to come.