KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb 2009 :A backbencher today suggested that Datuk SeriAbdullah Ahmad Badawi be given a role as senior minister after he steps down as prime minister next month, the same way Singapore appointed Lee Kuan Yew as minister mentor. Datuk Mohamad Aziz (BN-Sri Gading) said the move was apt as Abdullah had done […]
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Kuan Yew fitted with pacemaker
SINGAPORE, 30 Nov 2008: Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew had a minor surgery at a local hospital yesterday to implant a cardiac pacemaker. In a statement today, the Prime Minister’s Office said the surgery was performed because Lee, 85, had been experiencing symptoms of cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heart rhythm), which showed up with […]