Asia Times Online
31st Jan 2008
By Yang Razali Kassi
SINGAPORE - The passing on Sunday of former Indonesian president Suharto brings to a close an important chapter of the founding generation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The successor generation now faces the challenge of carrying forth their leadership legacies amid changing popular expectations.
Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew flew to Jakarta to visit the ailing 86-year-old Suharto, who the senior statesman clearly held in high esteem and fondly remembered as a close friend. Another aging ASEAN stalwart, former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, also made a deathbed visit. >>>> More
