李光耀:新加坡赖以生存的硬道理

出版社:Singapore: Straits Times Press
出版日期:2011-1
ISBN:9789814266727
作者:Singapore: Straits Times Press
页数:522页

作者简介

引自新加坡联合早报
新加坡报业控股2010年1月13日宣布出版一部由新闻工作者对内阁资政李光耀的专访新著。
本书名为“Lee Kuan Yew:Hard Truths to keep Singapore going”(《李光耀:新加坡赖以生存的硬道理》),是由李资政讲述他对新加坡发展的观感和国家所面对的挑战。
英文报《海峡时报》的新闻工作者以超过十个月的时间,对李资政做了多达16次采访。他在访谈中谈到新加坡政治制度未来的发展、新加坡与邻国的关系、移民问题、中国与印度的崛起、气候变化等一系列课题,还提到他的家庭、孩子和孙子。
负责编辑本书的《海峡时报》总编辑韩福光说:“这是一本重要的书,因为这是李资政第一次接受《海峡时报》七名记者总共长达32个小时的深入采访。他特地拨出许多时间接受访谈,因为他想借助本书与国人,特别是年轻新加坡人联系。他们并不确定李资政的观点在今时今日的新加坡是否还合时宜。”
本书的筹备工作早在2008年8月展开,参与采访的新闻工作者参考了李资政过去的大量讲稿与关于他的书籍。负责协调编务小组的副总编辑朱莱达、评论版副主编蔡美芬、政治组副主任林惠敏等人把李资政的治政思维分门别类,然后讨论要向他提出哪些方面的问题。
此外,编务小组也同年轻新加坡人和学者举行小组讨论会,以了解他们想向李资政提出哪些问题。
朱莱达说:“本书讨论近年最热门的课题,如外来人才、包容性增长、宗教意识抬头和气候变化。为了解新加坡人关心哪些课题,编务小组与超过两百名新加坡人交谈,包括许多年轻国人。从他们那里,我们获得了大量的问题,也反映出新加坡社会的矛盾所在。”
他们同李资政的访谈都在总统府进行,每次超过两小时。本书共分成11章,每一章都有引言介绍所讨论的课题,访谈内容则以问答形式发表。
本书选用《李光耀:新加坡赖以生存的硬道理》作为书名,是因李资政在访谈中多次提到新加坡某些方面是不能改变的,因为这些都对保持社会稳定和拥有强大与高效的政府很重要。
美国前总统克林顿对这部书给予好评。他说:“在这一系列新的访谈中,李资政坦率地针对新加坡处在快速变化的世界环境中所扮演的角色,分享了他的智慧并说出他的忧虑。本书反映了李资政所深信的观点,即繁荣和可持续发展必须是建立在过去的经验教训基础上。”
李资政的老朋友、美国前国务卿基辛格说:“这32小时的访谈是空前的直率,课题的多元性也是空前绝后的。”
韩国总统李明博说:“李资政以清晰、坦白和有力的字眼,讲出了他的看法。这肯定会对读者有强大而持久的影响。”
马来西亚前财政部长达因说:“李光耀一直都对新加坡、新加坡人民、新加坡的前途和与邻国的关系充满感情。这样的情感驱使他把新加坡发展成一个活力充沛,又对世界有价值的国家。”


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  •     前一阵看的,忘了不少了,记得多少写多少,做个笔记,自我扫盲。 这本书是采访体裁来简单解答现在年轻人的困惑(都是二十多岁的小朋友做记者),着力点在新加坡的目前各种社会现状。作为新加坡的开国之父,李光耀带领新加坡从半个世纪前的渔港(第三世界)到现在的亚洲金融中心之一(第一世界),实在是牛。
  •     《Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths to keep Singapore going》, Strait Times Press, 2011.厚厚一大本,海峡时报于2010年对李光耀做的系列访谈。以此前读英文书速度来看,不到两月,看得不算慢了。李光耀是政治强人,对新加坡有特殊意义。他对目标的坚持,对信念的坚持,对理想的坚持,俱是作为一个政治人物所不可或缺的。在新加坡独立之初时,若无此类坚定意志,可能今日之新国将完全不同。他坚持双语教育,坚持吸收最优秀人才入人民行动党,坚持有限自由,坚持科教立国,坚持予公务员高薪,坚持小国灵活外交,数十年一以贯之。虽已暮年,但他对数十年来之坚持仍坚信无疑。或许今日中国,需要这样的人物,以坚定的信念推动改革。他是华裔,但并不亲华,甚至对中国心存警惕。在中美两强之间推美为善意霸权,警惕中国坐大。实际上这也是新加坡多年以来对华政策的出发点。作为小国,如此做法无可厚非。外交需从他人立场去思考问题。在这点上,从新加坡入手,相当有趣。
  •     Apart from spirituality, philosophy and psychology, biography has always been part of my reading obsession. You can only learn great things from great people, by reliving their lives or equivalently, their episodes of history.Lee Kuan Yew is a legendary figure and the fascination started when I conducted some research comparing Singapore with Hong Kong, primarily due to personal interests. And oh, Singapore looks much more appealing than Hong Kong, its landscape, outlook, culture and system, which will or perhaps has already overtaken the latter. There have been two published volumes of Lee Kuan Yew’s memoirs and I am about to start. This one is slightly different from an autobiography, as it illustrated a somewhat spontaneous Lee Kuan Yew by the Questions & Answers layout. Eleven chapters are included, ranging from politics, diplomats to his early life and family. In each, a plain introduction is first given, followed by Lee’s answers to various questions, some of them really touched fundamental issues as democracy and nepotism, and it ends with a conclusion and photographs. I would say that the structure does engage readers like me and despite its length, I managed to finish it within five days. Questions were addressed to Lee in a series of interviews, taken place in Istana between 2009 and 2010. Lee was 86 or 87 then and his beloved wife past away during that period after 61 years’ of company. So we have a more sentimental Lee in this book, who confided his attachment and his gratefulness to having her in life and the adjustments he made to cope with her absence. In that sense, this book is worth reading. Probably, we won’t be seeing a new one to come.I would like to give some summary of Lee’s background and early life here. Lee was born to a wealthy Chinese family in Singapore (or Malaya by then), learnt English as his first language, Malay the second. It wasn’t until his entering politics that Lee started to pick up Mandarin and Hokkien. Educated in prestigious Raffles Institution, spend a term in LSE and later transferred to Cambridge for a bachelor degree in Law. Being subject to British and Japanese colonial control and witnessing the Second World War must have greatly influenced Lee. He met his wife before he made a move to Britain and fortunately, she received a scholarship to complete a Law degree in Cambridge, so they both studied there and got married in Stratford secretly. He was initially working as a lawyer in Singapore with his wife, but later stepped into politics as he commented: who would practice law in a chaotic country? And he fought on until early 1990s and much later his elder son Lee Hsien Loong became the prime minister, while Lee remained as the MM, Minister Mentor, serving as a living databank for young governors. He has two sons and one daughter, eight grandsons and daughters, if I was correct. And they are all successful, except one grandson had Albino and Asperger’s syndrome.Lee Kuan Yew is probably the greatest leader in the second half of the last century. While other politicians rejuvenated their countries like Margaret Thatcher, Lee founded a nation. Although Singapore is a city-state with only four million citizens, Lee started from nowhere. Singapore joined Malaysia and was later forced to leave, gained its independence and industrialization by attracting investments from MNCs, survived the communist surge and developed SAF (Singapore Armed Force), transformed its economy by devising new measures pulling foreign talents, and look at Singapore now, 90% of its population have a stake in the nation—a house subsidized by the government, and it has gained independent water supply. It is a better, more competent place than its rival, Hong Kong, although the latter now has got China.Lee is remarkable not because he is holding certain unpopular values, but due to his persistence and conviction in his own righteousness. He has no regret in life, not because there isn’t any, but he said all decisions made were the best options he had at the time, given such and such circumstance and alternatives. The most significant trait of Lee is his power in persuading people—he is firm in what be believes and he will never give way to his opponents unless they have more convincing reasons, which is seldom the case. He is neither conservative nor liberal, he said he is simply pragmatic: this is the difficulty now we encounter, this is the circumstance, and this is our capability and chance, so we still could make a good living given all the conditions. He is correct, but not politically correct. This is another argument that I buy completely. He is utterly candid, there are topics other politicians won’t ever go into, due to the fear of losing popularity and subsequently, political power, while Lee endeavors, he regards Singapore as his heir and whatever he does, is in favor of Singapore, not his own interests. He said talents were born, determined by genetics, and he makes no effort in masking his preference for meritocracy and elitism. He is infidel, and although he does not speak Chinese as his first language, he has inherited the essence of Chinese culture—being practical, pragmatic, and recognizes life as what it is. “That’s life”, “That’s that”, “You have to accept life”, these have occurred repeatedly in Lee’s speech.He is a man of insight, he is a living history, and he is courageous and passionate. He knows what is right and he is obstinate on insisting what is right. He is knowledgeable that he understands China more than I do. This man with his wisdom, owns my admiration.

精彩短评 (总计40条)

  •     已过八十的李光耀的访谈录,从中可以看到他的政治理念、人生态度、家庭观、爱情观。出去政治外,其余让人精神大振。虽可能有光环,但并不影响许多,从中习得的无非是思想以及李光耀他那刻苦的精神。
  •     满分!满满的智慧
  •     两年前新加坡刚出版时候我买了这本跟字典一样厚的访谈录,一直断断续续的看几页后来断片儿了,直到上个月回国偶然发现我爸书柜里面也有一本同样的而且他说他2012年买的早就看完了,于是乎我秉着鄙视自己的态度终于把它读完了Orz
  •     “国情”这个词太复杂了。很喜欢那句“你必须在有生之年精彩的活着。如果你开始顾影自怜的说,噢,我为什么不能回到过去?那你就是在自寻烦恼。”不过坡县记者的华文读来有些伤神啊。
  •     强权者讲述自己的治国理念,言辞锋利,时有洞见
  •     通过李光耀的观点了解到了很多新加坡我不知道的历史和故事,印象最深刻的还是李光耀爷爷和他夫人的爱情故事。:)
  •     好书,不啰嗦,不煽情,信念坚定的实用主义者
  •     明显感到了老一代的睿智,以及他们和新一代的裂痕。 后1/4翻得很粗略,前半部分是精华, 反映了李光耀对前世今生的深度思考,直言不讳是本书最大的特色。
  •     The history tells
  •     掠过
  •     学习新加坡,超过新加坡。书中的很多对于国家发展的道理其实可以沿用到个人,坚韧品种,开放思想,全球视野...
  •     李光耀是真厉害!
  •     被英国殖民,被日本侵略,又被马来西亚抛弃,一穷二白资源匮乏的200万人小国如何崛起?李光耀是真正的伟人。
  •     还需再读
  •     中文版
  •     这本书是描述了从很多角度描述了新加坡发展的框架以及李光耀的执政理念,按照书中的说法,这些执政理念会一直延续下去。李光耀给自己的定义是使用主义者,没错,从他对国家经济,民主和民族等问题的见解可以看出。在他执政这些年里,已经考虑到长远的未来,对于新加坡这个弹丸之地,精英政治是唯一的出路,按照李光耀的比喻来说,新加坡就像易碎的精密仪器,其他国家摔碎了可以再造,但是新加坡就没有机会了,一旦被其他国家或者城市超越,新加坡就再没有机会。因此,新加坡围绕了自己的特点开始政经的发展。对于很多国家来讲,民主是生活的主题,但是李光耀给大家的答案就是,民主很多时候是浪漫的,但是不适合新加坡。
  •     看了一半 觉得蛮主观的 理念和我差异蛮大的 但我知道对新加坡而言他是对的 但我接受不了那么直接的表述
  •     A goddamn bright and pragmatic man with firm belief in Darwinism.
  •     奇怪英文版為何無法顯示?同中文版是一個isbn?
  •     我必要给予本书五星的评价。当我们习惯了从书架上抽取一本政治家的自传时,一本李光耀的以访谈为主体的书就显得格外与众不同。很显然我们能从中得到的知识与见解超过了十余年前的李光耀自传,除了对他的个性思想以及家庭等方面的了解,更多的是这个伟人的独到的政治见解和敏锐的洞察力。他强硬、务实、高效,也许我们会不喜欢他的某些观点,但应该承认这些确实在新加坡的发展过程中取得了巨大的成功。要说此书对我最大的影响就是这个博学的老人即便在生命最后的几年还在学习和继续思考,还没有允许自己钝下来,即便他明白自己距离离开越来越近了
  •     坦率 碰撞 精彩
  •     好看!
  •     他是一个固执的偏执狂
  •     a country built on vulnerability with both its rise and (potential) demise; excellent account (though not always right). 也许是最后一个现实主义者了
  •     一个现实主义的人,一个从不后悔的人,但却创造了世界奇迹
  •     可能真的是没有李光耀就没有现在的新加坡。身处这个城市,经常会想如果没有李光耀,或者说没有李光耀的坚持乃至所谓”强势”,新加坡是否会发展到今天?可能真不会。一个不大的区域、没有资源、周边国家关系时好时坏,真的是隔壁感冒自己都可能会咳嗽的情况下,短短几十年把一个贫穷落后而且复杂分裂的国家发展到如今的地步,没有清晰的认识以及非常的坚持,恐怕难以做到吧?李光耀逝世这件事反而使新加坡民众更加团结起来,这似乎也在印证老百姓心目中对他最真实的情感吧。
  •     在李光耀先生去世那天我在自己的微信朋友圈里简单谈论了这个人,以及谈论了她哪位我觉得500年也修不来的妻子。关于这本书是很久之前读的,关于李先生我也是研究和追崇过的,我看过他的很多书和文章,或许忘记里面那些细节的内容但是忘不了他给予我的启迪和他的智慧。李先生,四个字形容就是八面玲珑。
  •     一个现实主义者,一个活跃政坛50余年的老人,一个并不在乎是否给人留下好印象的人,一个立足于新加坡利益,带领新加坡成功的大家长。。。。 这本书,从国内到国际到自己家庭。这是一本坦诚的书,虽然未必都是我们的视角,但是,读完,受益匪浅!
  •     一位有着自己坚定信仰,并为之奋斗一生的人。李光耀先生身上最耀眼的闪光点,是他时刻居安思危,清醒的看清现状,甚至是最不堪的状况下都要为新加坡的美好未来奋斗。他,从未放弃过这个理想。并且用一生的时间实现了它。
  •     后悔和遗憾没什么用,只有面对现实不断前进。
  •     看了三十几页没看下去,跟其他出版的采访大同小异,基本保持他坚持的理念,大概我比较需要的是关于他的经历的书,早年的。
  •     此书可称为《李光耀回忆录》第三部,采用问答形式,精彩异常,值得推荐。
  •     说实话,越来越觉得中国需要一个强势的政府和一个强势的政党来推行社会主义,但是这种强势需要建立在可以被监督的前提下,尤其是被媒体监督。
  •     昔人故去,书很厚,但是前半部分都是关于政治观念的,对于一般的读者,意义不大,后半段开始是李光耀回答一些年轻读者的问题,可以知道李老先生是一个极度自律的人,但是通过婚前性行为灯问题,又会感知到有一丝迂腐
  •     个人学习和参考,懂得更多,思考有原料
  •     这是一个非常非常有主见、有自信、坦率的人。
  •     彻底的现实主义
  •     1. 感觉新加坡就像一个精密运行的仪器;2. 李是一个很实际的现实主义者,对基层了解很多,能敏锐地剖析问题;3. 低生育率导致了劳动力和人才缺乏,李尤其担心政府官员没有足够的人才补给,因为在他看来政府成员的优劣对新加坡的发展起到了决定性的作用,新加坡的机制很独特(个人觉得可能是因为地方小导致政府规划的成本低于市场机制?但这种机制的可持续运行对政府成员的素质依赖过高。不过新加坡对于政府官员应该是有比较好的监督机制以及高薪激励机制)4. 李拥有一个一生的灵魂伴侣和幸福的家庭。
  •     有些话全新加坡也只有他敢讲了吧
  •     虽然偶尔上有粉饰,但是大问题上够直白。
 

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