THE MIRACLE OF A REALISTIC POLICY

THE MIRACLE OF A REALISTIC POLICY Positive Wise Planning L EE KUAN YEW, founder and Prime minister of Singapore died on March 23, 2015, at the age of 91. Earlier Singapore was a part of Malaysia. On seceding from Malaysia in 1965, Mr. Lee became Singapore’s first Prime Minister when it was an underdeveloped country and lacked natural resources. Mr. Lee’s tremendous efforts transformed Singapore into a major commercial hub in a single generation. An educated Singaporean remarked that to those who sought Lee Kuan Yew’s monument, Singaporeans could proudly reply: “Look around you.” The extraordinary progress and development of Singapore is well known. People generally give credit to the first Prime Minister of Singapore. In reality, it is the result of right policies having been adopted and implemented. Mr. Lee was a highly educated person and, through his studies, he learnt the difference between the possible and the impossible. He understood that the key to Singapore’s progress was through drafting national policies that were positive; that it should not complain of the dearth of resources or adopt a policy of confrontation against supposed enemies. Mr. Lee put a complete end to negative thinking. He developed the available resources of Singapore in an intelligent manner. He did not spend a single day seeking resources that were unavailable but planned on resources which were currently available. This positive approach brought fantastic results in a very short period of time, an unparalleled feat of development. The world is governed by the laws of nature. The secret to success is to discover the eternal laws of nature and to develop an action plan accordingly. This world is God’s creation and functions according to the laws of the Creator. One law is that opportunities that are plentiful The secret to success is to discover the eternal laws of nature and to develop an action plan accordingly.