WSJ Blog, 11 Aug 2012Singapore’s annual National Day Parade–celebrated Aug. 9th to mark the country’s independence–was unusually newsworthy this year.
It wasn’t the fireworks, military flyovers or marching parades that riveted the nation, but rather former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s arrival at the event, following speculation throughout the week that he was in poor health and had died.
The false rumors–he did, indeed, appear Thursday and clapped along to National Day songs–had started earlier in the week when messages about the city-state’s founding statesman, who turns 89 in September, began appearing on Twitter and blogs, claiming he had died. Full story
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Deathly effect of Twitter rumor mill in Singapore - ZDNet.com
Singapore heaves huge sigh of relief at Lee Kuan Yew's NDP appearance - Yahoo! News Singapore
Singapore’s National Day and the Lee Kuan Yew rumour mill - Asian Correspondent
