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I regret having been turfed out of Malaysia. I think if the Tunku had kept us together, what we did in Singapore, had Malaysia accepted a multiracial base for their society, much of what we’ve achieved in Singapore would be achieved in Malaysia. But not as much because it’s a much broader base. We would have improved inter-racial relations and an improved holistic situation.
Lee Kuan Yew
1 Sept 2010
in an interview with the New York Times/International Herald Tribune
See also:
• Khairy Jamaluddin’s running twittermentary on LKY’s remarks
(Transcript link lifted from @zurairi retweeted by KhairyKJ)
• Long extract from the NYT/IHT interview follows:
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