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My children were educated in what were then Chinese schools, and they learned English as a subject. But they made up when they went to English-language universities. So they didn't lose out. They had a basic set of traditional Confucian values. Not my grandchildren.
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew
Born: Sep 16, 1923

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