served as its first Prime Minister. He was regularly re-elected from 1959 until he stepped down in 1990. Lee Kuan Yew was educated in England‚ and under his guidance Singapore became a financial and industrial powerhouse despite a lack of abundant natural resources. Lee ruled with ultimate authority‚ and his zeal for law and order was legendary. In 1990‚ he stepped down (though he remained in the cabinet as Senior Minister and now Minister Mentor) and was succeeded as Prime Minister by Goh Chok Tong
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In the UK‚ the Prime Minister is now effectively a president and has gained more presidential powers because nowadays the prime minister performs most of the functions of a head of state. The media tends to concentrate on the prime minister as the personal spokesman for government now‚ as they also dominate foreign and military affairs‚ usually the functions of a president. The absence of a codified constitution means prime ministers can act their role as they feel suits them. It has been argued
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for being the controversial figure at the centre of the dismissal of the Labor government of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975‚ an event which sparked the most significant constitutional crisis in Australian history. On that day Kerr dismissed Prime Minister Whitlam and appointed Malcolm Fraser to form a caretaker government‚ pending elections. The dismissal was the most dramatic event in the history of Australian federal politics. For the first time since Federation‚ the unelected representative
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Nowadays‚ parents are working very hard outside until they do not spend enough time with their children. In order to survive‚ they have to work hard to earn money. But‚ when they are busy working‚they neglect their children. What are the consequences if the children are being neglected? The children don not have enough paternal love and maternal love. The parents are busy working and they do not care enough for them. The children do not receive the love from their family. As a result‚ they are
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constitution. (This is your claim‚ but use the words: as a result of this…) The national government has too much power. The federal government has control of too many things. Including the distribution of coin and money and the right to declare war. In recent year‚ proponents argue federal powers have grown to untenable level‚ threatening individual liberties and making states rights that’s much
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Sir/Madam‚ first of all‚ I’d like to briefly define and introduce the topic. It means‚ in this post-modern capitalist human society‚ attitude of extreme liberalization has led parents lavish too much liberty‚ blank check and affection on their children which have proved dangerous in each and every aspect. I 100% agree with this statement. This freedom is multifaceted and begins at home as making negative use of the liberty of expression and action‚ children are allowed to say and do whatever they
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aJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced plans to apply new economic policies-on turning around his country’s “dying” economy. Some of the problems are a weak consumer spending ‚ low growth‚deflation (Reduction of the general level of prices in an economy)‚ an ageing population and inactivity. Abe inspired a plan called "Abenomics‚" takes three different steps or to approach the debt. It will help to increase the economy through monetary (relating to money)‚ fiscal stimulus (An increase
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Rough Draft - Unit 2 EA Students these days just have too much homework. It wears them out; kids have a life too. Kids need to be active not curled up with pencil and paper for 1-2 hours‚ a day sometimes more! Kid can be anti-social or un-active that way.Student should have no homework at all. Parents do the homework anyways and Kid already have enough work to do at school. 48% of parents do the kids homework. That’s about half the time of work
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Should teachers have limits on the amount of homework that can be assigned? The biggest complaint among American teenagers is homework. So‚ should teachers have limits on the amount of homework that can be assigned? Some might say yes‚ while others might say no. So‚ lets see why homework should‚ or should not be reduced. Having too much homework can have many downsides. As evidence‚ there are studies that children may show signs of depression due to a large amount of homework says Harvard
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This political speech made by United Kingdom’s new prime minister David Cameron in May 2010 could be considered the beginning of a new era in the politics of the country because‚ for the first time after World War II‚ Britain would have a coalition government. David Cameron (born in London in 1966) was elected leader of the Conservative Party in December 2005. He has modernised his Party‚ the Conservatives‚ by introducing new ideas such as the environmental defence‚ gay rights and abortion
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