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Philip Bowring

Philip Bowring is a British journalist who since 1973 has been based in Asia, variously as editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, columnist for the International Herald Tribune, correspondent for the Financial Times and occasional contributor to the Guardian.

March 2015

  • Lee Kuan Yew at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur in 2001. After his time as prime minister, 1959-1990, he retained a place in the cabinet until 2011.

    Lee Kuan Yew obituary

    The founding prime minister of an independent Singapore, he sought to encourage prosperity through ensuring a dominant role for the state
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