Lee Kuan Yew said his biggest regret was the failed merger with Malaysia
From comments from Lee Kuan Yew from a 2009 interview with the American journalist Charlie Rose. He said his biggest regret was the failed merger with Malaysia, a local Reddit user pointed out. "I ...
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