Monday, August 22, 2005
Singapore President Nathan
Nathan with Indian President KalamSingapore President S.R. Nathan was reelected to serve a second six-year term, he is 81, elected unopposed in 1999 to become Singapore's sixth president, he was only one among four candidates approved by a presidential elections committee last Sunday to run for the presidency. On September 1, his second term starts.
Nathan, who is of Indian descent, also spoke briefly in Mandarin, Malay and Tamil, the official languages of multiracial Singapore, to thank SingaporeansFor more on the article CLICK
What a distinguished career!!!
This also brings me to the question why does the West not embrace its Politicians of Indian descent as much as its Asian counterparts?
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And not only the West, why doesn't a country like Fiji (almost 40% of its population Indian) embrace its politicians of Indian descent...
My 2 cents....since I live in S'pore
S'pore treats all races as equal and hence anybody has a equal right of aspiring for any high office. I doubt whether such things will happen in the US / UK as it is normally the locals who govern the country. Places like Kenya, Fiji, Maldives and Mauritius have lot of people of Indian descent and it would be good to see some Indian's governing those countries.
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