There’s nothing wrong with paying respects to Lee Kuan Yew of course, but surely there’s a clear boundary where it starts to get a wee bit creepy and indoctrinating?
In a video captured and posted on Facebook by netizen Tengmu Fuming, a group of kindergarten kids are politely being commanded to bow properly in front of a shrine remembrance site dedicated to the late founding prime minister. Well-intentioned it may be, but it just might be a little too much when teachers are urging impressionable toddlers to kowtow to a man they might not even fully fathom.
The kindergarten at my block asking the children to bow three time out of respect to the photo of Mr Lee after telling them a short story of him. Do the children understand?
Posted by Tengmu Fuming on Sunday, 20 March 2016
Singapore’s first prime minister passed away at 91 last year on Mar 23, and the first anniversary of his death is being commemorated this week. Multiple remembrance sites are being set up across the island, and The Straits Times have even dedicated a whole section of their website in his memory.
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