MM Lee with his jovial question

[@iuh75]

He genuinely cared and wished that while we all work hard, we can also have successful family.

[@sidmichael1158]

Legend says she's still looking for a boyfriend in 2020.

[@ryanlee1223]

He treated ppl & problems from the angle of parents, we can't say all the ways would be correct or the best but I think this is one of the reasons why ppl in Singapore so respect to him

[@rl9227]

Our founding father is truly a man with foresight and great sense of humor.

[@mrparadox6878]

You are a lucky nation my friend indeed...god bless you

[@louiszc999]

Great great man!

[@binlian4014]

Lee is a leader who knows demography and uses it to better his country....

[@MrDebmey]

A truly great leader with a touch of humour.

[@amcaast]

how i wish this man had lived for another 100 years. i can give away my life just to bring him back.

[@ttsing]

Mr Lee being so funny haha but he makes a lot of sense :)

[@PorkIsHalal]

This guy is still so sharp and witty at such an age

[@FirstUfoPilot2012]

No, he answered perfectly to the question, that Biology Phd girl should know that women's fertility decrease like hell over time, the risk of having unhealthy baby is only increased, chromosome are also aging due to the cell division (Telomeres), he also explained that instead to lose her time making a Phd she would better to find a guy, settle down and having babies at her early 20's ! At 30 a women have lost huge part of her fertility and difficultly compete with a 20 girl in the dating scene.

[@portauthority888]

When LKY talks, people listens..

[@sarabat]

@stsesame It seemed to me, rather, that he was attempting to answer the student's train of thoughts behind the question.

[@LC-dt6gl]

This is one of the most amazing persons I've been listening in a while. What a mind..

[@kennethfoo1458]

a great leader and good natured man at heart.....i got emotional at last part when he gave VERY, VERY WISE advice to the female PHD student,,....we miss you LKY!

[@alcedoable]

MM to PhD girl: How old are you?, Do you have a boyfriend? PhD girl: 27, obtain PhD in 29 *crowd laughters* MM: it's more important and more satisfying than your phd (in getting a bf) lol

[@jgtbym601]

I am Japanese, and his honest observation of our stagnant economy partly due to our xenophobic and obsessively narrow-minded views of our ethnicity IS SO REFRESHING TO HEAR even after all these years! But we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot and pretend to look qualified to be in the G-whatever-number Summits while we’re running a deficit economy and stealing from the collective pension savings. It’s a financial sh#thole. We’re really screwed here in Japan.

[@reginaldmustardbacon5866]

hope it's getting better. I had Japanese friends tell me Japan is a great place to visit but a rather average place to live in. truly hope things get better.

[@typicalKAMBlover21]

China is now on the verge of population downturn. That's even more scary than Japan.

[@linwenli]

She was obviously nervous hence she spoke with a halting voice. The focus is not on her by the way..

[@gerritawuy422]

MM LKY Are just like Typical Chinese Peranakan (Especially in Indonesia) very family-oriented miss this guy!

[@gobinathmuniandy7963]

World class PM ever seen by this world....

[@HowHello]

I sudden like mm lee after this video!! He will make a wonderful grandpa..

[@Sky-8646]

That girl is so roasted...😂😂😂

[@4988raja]

Such a cute man with so much of love for his country and policy studies... you will be definitely missed.. t.c...

[@thegoonist]

they shouldve shown the girl's reaction

[@1houroflove186]

I bet she got A LOT of gentleman-callers after gaining the well wishes of Lee Kuan Yew ❤️💕💘

[@syedadeelhussain2691]

was a very fine leader! he can crack a few jokes. Enjoyable.

[@Chessmasteclass]

2011 This boy stay his LKY way

[@MrMarkswillis]

LKY HAS POINTED THE REAL- FACTS THAT SNG ,A LITTLE DOT REALLY NEEDS MORE YOUNG PEOPLE AND LOCAL NEEDS TO ACCEPT IT ,COS IF WE WANTS TO CONTINUE TO PROSPER AND COMPELETE WITH IN THE WORLD,WE HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET,OR ELSE WE WILL END UP LIKE JAPAN AND TAIWAN.GOODLUCKS SINGAPORE.

[@danplays1403]

They should show this videos to those complaining to PAP about foreigners

[@eddymohd5282]

With all due respect, RIP Sir Late Founding Father Mr Lee Kuan Yew. 🙏🙏🙏🕊🕊✌🤗🇸🇬

[@somerslim25]

I don't support his Party but you can't fault him in term of his love for country and duty - always respect him; speak ills of his party but never LKY

[@LoneSilentKiller]

she is probably nervous in front of the crowd

[@sandeepvk]

most intelligent man !

[@asiabrokersclub]

He spoke with sense and like grand father of a big family

[@manasnag4112]

Legends say she still is looking for a boyfriend! xD

[@weiweisgp]

It has been two years since your departure. We miss you Mr. Lee Kuan Yew !

[@mikec8826]

He is truly a Hero of Singapore

[@phamthongminh9370]

Respect Him! Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Lý Quang Diệu (in Vietnamese)

[@LC-dt6gl]

Epic ending.

[@typicalKAMBlover21]

Rave admiration for LKY. A leader not only wise but caring for each individual like a grandpa.

[@wiseguy9980]

I simply love LKY. A Great Great Man.

[@juRa6077]

Miss him dearly🥺😥😢😭

[@quillinkparchment4343]

So much love for Mr LKY

[@jinglesnowybells7960]

LKY you're adorable!

[@mohammedreswan9445]

yes are rite he is adorable when he grow order

[@Tommy_taipei]

+Jingle SnowyBells I luv the guy

[@enkii82]

he can only be funny when he's not in-charged. Otherwise who would take him seriously.

[@DrSolomon787]

He will be Missed!

[@Astroprime]

For a start...she's a PHD in Biological SCIENCES, no some language based or social sciences PHD...a person's intelligence is not limited to her language capabilities

[@ksprofit]

you can hear the nervousness from the first person ngl imma be nervous like her too

[@CongHamBanNuoc]

I sometimes wonder would the late Mr. Lee consider the 2 children policy a mistake. Anyway I've deep respect for this leader, easily one of the best in our time

[@adamcheong4742]

He did admit this mistake in past speeches.

[@jamestan8266]

He is and the best , God sent...

[@CapyPurin_celestial]

Nothing wrong with her English. She's just speaking with a Singaporean accent (and FYI, she's Singaporean for God's sake). Everybody speaks with an accent. Trolls will be trolls eh?

[@hippomac1981]

Maomee Federer Yes she is s Singapore, just from her accent. If you are her friend, just tell her not to "ah' too much in the future. pretty sure she is really ok with her speech with her friends. I am sure she did well in her oral defence a few years back.

[@CapyPurin_celestial]

So I suppose you think you can do better in that situation eh? Too bad there's no way to tell. Not everyone's comfortable with speaking in public. You could tell that she's nervous. Live and let live.

[@hippomac1981]

No, I was praising her. I may not even better than her. But there is some ways certain issues can be overcome. This is my experience which I want to share.

[@CapyPurin_celestial]

Sorry if I got your wrong. And thanks for sharing ^_^

[@user-it4qw6bm7z]

"Good evnin mr Lee, I unstand that for econmic and demogrefic reasons (...)" I don't call that an accent, I call that mispronunciation.

[@wymanspace4173]

Find me another leader like him.

[@jonathanchoi2585]

You have a choice, a blooming population or an ageing one. Unless you are good with paying double or even triple the taxes for welfare, There is only one solution. Other countries are huge. They may not be able to reproduce, but can take in immigrants with less complaints due to the size of their country, citizens do not complain as much as it does not affect them in a big way. For singapore, you can see trains getting more packed. But the consequences of not taking them in is bigger.

[@isaacc1582]

Man of wisdom

[@pepperorsalt]

I miss the old man

[@user-it4qw6bm7z]

Miss me suing people ? Cheers

[@user-it4qw6bm7z]

Mel T Mine already died. Hey hello I was 90+ when I matti, and don't call me an OLD MAN! I SUE YOU!!

[@pepperorsalt]

oh that's great! :)

[@user-it4qw6bm7z]

Mel T That's great you ignoramus

[@pepperorsalt]

+We Sue Yew glad u'r still with me lol

[@JensenLoh]

I salute to the founding father of Singapore, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. While there are many discussion about getting the FT to integrate with Singapore, the truth is Singapore needs them to keep the country's economy young. Take a leaf from Japan, their economy has been stagnant for a long long time.

[@eugenegohmugen835]

This must be Mr Lee's pet topic. I think his closing is just epic.. ahhaha laugh until drop off the chair..

[@rudyrudhran1304]

Wonder if she completed her PHD and found her boyfriend?

[@stantze]

@stsesame He did. Watch 1:03. He simply said it's a small problem compared to the problem of maintaining the balance between keeping the population young and being economically active.

[@jaychow57]

I LOVE YOU LKY

[@Blest62]

MM Lee is certainly a strong spokesman for the East!

[@sebastianniqvist3144]

Facts don’t care about your feelings.

[@georgechua7824]

LKY always show his care for Singaporeans because he deeply believe that he is responsible for their survival and welfare. Sadly missed.

[@anfield22]

@DoraTheDino i believe that singapore had been one of the most successful commercial centers in asia and part of the straits settlements for over 100 years by the time LKY became PM

[@NangongReng1973]

It may be a natural reponse when Mr lee say '" I have bad news for u " and the audience laughed. But on second thought, It's seems totally absurd when someone says he has bad news for u and u laugh.

[@dankclee]

I wonder, 10 years later - where is she now?

[@DavidTay-wi7wv]

Busy having kids😂

[@nomiriko]

Watching in 2020 & im 26 yo doing phd n no boifren😅 I love this video😂😂😂

[@gatzc]

so at the end he didn't answer the question..

[@laosingkai]

found the full version of this clip, only to realize most of the people focused on the girl's English...

[@TheSunPrince]

Sorely missed

[@GingerOreo]

She was probably nervous. Her English isn't that bad actually.

[@phoaychew1]

This Ah Kit says, we can if we remain with our Kampong Mentality because, most Whites Highly Skilled rich workers really love to be the sugar daddies, mummies and be God Like to adopt an island of Paradise , that is why in 2009, we have Ah Kit's Chew books imported to train up the Young University kids who really cares about being very White Singaporeans with Malaysian Kampong Cohesiveness and Relaxed Employments with the projection of remembering the Fathers of Singapore, She wants ABANG//

[@arugono]

The best case scenario is a HDB-block shaped population graph. We produce enough people who support the older people and they live forever just as those below them are born exactly at the same rate they were born. The fact is, people die. At all ages but more at the top. If we want a future, we need more kids than we have retirees simply because some kids will die for whatever reason and the working class will one day grow old and burden their families.

[@MonsterFishCraze]

"Which nationality you come from" probably thought she was from china lol. To be honest i would have though the same just by listening to the way she speaks.

[@Blest62]

Anti-foreigners' sentiments are at an all-time high. Sad though. Don't you think foreign workers keep the economy of Singapore ticking away? Think about it.

[@keavy2163]

Lkw.... the father of Singapore ....

[@gohxinyan]

6:00 (Y) BEST !!

[@hardysonchen]

lky talk about fact; the singaporean new generation are now becomes rarer, most which from better family background are study abroad and refuse to come back, or having settled/married on other country. and to keep singapore running they need man power, the quota of singaporean are getting low and low each year see the birth rate... that is why the imigran are needed and as key to keep singapore economy going and these imigran number keep rising each year...

[@DoraTheDino]

@hafidzhaj Please la have you seen a dictator and what those people do?

[@DoraTheDino]

@hafidzhaj I believe you are deluded lol. LKY made Singapore the metropolis that it is today instead of a fishing village. Dictatorship? Please wake up, dictators are the likes of Kim Jung Il, not LKY.

[@blearghp]

@unholydanger people who actually try instead of complaining.

[@garydogwood]

I think this is a wake up call for the younger generation. Go get marry.

[@dailylifes682]

nobody even can stand it side

[@junwah]

turn on the subtitle

[@lightingsword8268]

me too at today

[@itcw]

woah.. we have the ex minister mentor agreeing the cost of living is too high.. yet our current cabinet ministers says we can even own a hdb flat with $1000 and still doesn't want to recognize a minimum income wage... bleh..

[@MegaTonyng]

Out of touch "Millionaire" Ministers. Beginning of the End

[@abdulrahmanbinabdulhamid8677]

Why cant he just be honest about it? It was his stop at 2 policy in the 80's that was the main reason that contributed to the population decline.

[@Crane-yp7lq]

Abdul Rahman Bin Abdul Hamid .....you hit the bull’s eye, that’s the origin of today’s population .....now to face consequences. Immigration, labor shortages, overcrowding on MRT blah blah....Ministers Raymond Lim, Liu Yew Tuck gave up...now Khaw Boon Wan the new hero - shall have to see the steel in him !

[@Lu5ck]

True yet false. The stop at two isn't law enforced but more of campaign. This isn't china where there is actual law punishing people for giving birth to more. In fact, my father come from a large family of several siblings. This campaign naturally come with less child support incentive to family that give birth to more than 2. Of course, the problem with this is that the government thought of the problem literally such as mentioned in the video, a couple need 2 babies to replace themselves. That is how they derive on the number "2". This is also in consideration of allowing Singapore infrastructure to keep up. However, reality is, not every family gonna give birth to exactly 2 children. Naturally, the government realize their mistake and start yet another campaign to encourage more birth. This again is done during LKY's time. Therefore, LKY did recognize the mistake.

[@tobynagreanu]

the PHD girl was totally owned

[@Abdallaelharty]

ماشي. قدم الاحد و التنين و التلات و الاربع و الخميس و الجمعة عشان تلاقي السبت

[@dweeds1]

I do not agree with pyramid population for any country. Economically, it is the best viable option, however, with the Economist saying that the world's food source might not support the world's population, is that not a shot in one's foot? Singapore has limited land size, does having a blooming population make sense at all?? pursue of higher education is a problem is a society's problem all over the world because progress is for a better life. So its not a very good rebuttal.

[@denisecwf2746]

Huh.. Sengkang to city area in singapore is far away😩

[@FirstUfoPilot2012]

Part2: Thus if women make enough babies while they are young, population will be at the replacement level (2.1 to 2.3 in average), in Western countries we import huge number of immigrant which disrupt the social cohesiveness, and risk to have a population replacement (in Europe Muslim still very fertile). In Japan they have the same illness like Western countries, their women don't make babies, but Japan don't use immigration but at the price to have an aging and shrinking population !

[@DoraTheDino]

@unholydanger Come on now, is it really hard? If you wish to live in a bigger house, drive a car, buy the latest furniture/handbag/electronics etc., obviously it is going to hard. If living a basic and simple life, it is fairly simple and there are plenty of opportunities in Singapore for you to "fufill" it. It is not me not "grasping the meaning" when survival and living fufilingly are 2 different things. Ps. both can be achieved if without too many wants.

[@eddymohd5282]

CNA.. September 11th 2011 that this video was shown. Now its already 25th December 2022. Its about 11yrs back. Looking Back and Moving Forward. Its a Quantum Leap. By the way.. Merry Christmas Everyone here especially celebrants. Sad to say that today by the date dated: 11th September. Its the 911 tragedy back in the US financial Tower. 🇸🇬🇸🇬✌✌👌🕊🌻🌻🦋🌍✌✌

[@philipchua373]

What he mean to that young P.HD lady and also those unmarried people is... 勸君求利誤了時，千金難買少年時。 花開堪折直須折，莫待無花空折枝。 LOL.

[@lightingsword8268]

you are right😂

[@unholydanger]

damn this. on one hand he forces singaporean to fight for higher social career for survival, on the other hand want us to give birth. how many can actually do that?

[@bigbullzeye]

That's so 'low', how can you even think about saying that.

[@HappyGoLuckyMadDog]

if i am that phd student, i would ask: "Sir, how about you do something about your own daughter first"

[@TheRu5tyNaiL]

good job :)

[@MrStrawhatlegend]

Ha, I guess that is true.

[@Abdallaelharty]

انت عارف اللي قدمته قبل كده و لسه مقبضش حسابه.

[@mrnoobie15]

I wonder how she's doing now...

[@stonesoundjam]

Isn't it partially his doing, demand for ever raising education levels in order to secure decent and secure jobs are what are driving people to need to get advanced tertiary education. They have to compete harder for jobs going to other people. It's a vicious cycle and part of the reason why people like that poor girl having to study through a large part of her childbearing years, due to problems put into process by decisions he made in the past.

[@jeremynjw]

To whoever that scold mm lee, you're a disgrace.