OPINION: I wave my flag in slow motion on Singapore's National Day - Liau Chuan Yi and Norvin Chan

Asian Correspondent, 9 Aug 2010
Amidst the frenzied flurry of waving flags for Singapore's National Day (Augut 9), one can't help but notice a single flag that waves markedly slower than the rest. It possesses its own stubborn rhythm; it defies the crowd’s faster pace.
And one can't help noticing something about the old man holding the miniature flag – still moving in its slow, hypnotic manner - an old man that looks as out of place as the flag he is holding, out of momentum, out of his time.
The old man is none other than Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew. Full Story