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这段时间新加坡第一家庭内斗持续发酵,一向低调的李家三代人陆陆续续都被卷入其中,而且还愈演愈烈,该事件不仅在新加坡引起轩然大波,更是登上世界各大新闻媒体的头版头条。(参考:更多细节曝出:新加坡第一家庭内斗!李显龙总理错了吗?)
而众所周知,这场内斗的起因就是因为李光耀的故居是否拆除的问题。李光耀的次子李显扬和女儿李玮玲认为应该遵照李光耀的遗嘱拆除故居,而李显龙则认为拆除与否应交由国会讨论后再行决定。(参考:李光耀立7版遗嘱,绝密视频谈拆屋原因!李显龙提出9大疑点回击...)
这时,有网友感叹说道,如果李光耀先生还在,他会怎么说和怎么做呢?
为此,徐芳达作为李光耀先生生前的首席私人秘书,最近更是在其社交网站Facebook贴文上,发表了相关言论。
他写道,“如果他的前上司还在世,他认为,李先生会希望每个人都把新加坡放在首位,停止所有争执和相互指责,以便能回到治理国家的工作、解决国家面对的现实问题、和改善人民的生活。”
而作为一名最了解李光耀先生处事风格的人,他还说道:“李先生也不会希望看到政府领导人和体制受到毫无根据的指控,打击外界对他所创立的制度的信心。”
他还指出,在过去2个星期里,那些没有根据的指控,已经损害了新加坡的声誉,而那是李先生用尽一生的心血。
一起去看看中英文原版文稿吧~
中文翻译版
我从2008年至2011年担任李光耀先生的私人秘书,这算是我有过的最好的职位,因为这让我有机会能直接从李先生那里学习和观察到,他是如何处理和对待不同类型的人和事。在这3年里,我认识了Wei Ling,并和她成为了好朋友。而Wei Ling也是我一直崇拜和尊重的人之一。她有着自己的主见和看法,虽然有些时候会有点反应慢,但她有一颗美好的心,懂得真正地去关心她周围的人。
看到过去2个星期所发生的一切,我很难过。那些野蛮无理的指控,已经严重破坏和影响到了新加坡的声誉,而新加坡的声誉也是李光耀先生用尽一生的心血。我不相信Wei Ling会做一些故意伤害国家的事情,所以我一再问自己,她为什么要这样做?她被误导了吗?
如果李先生得知的这件事,他一定是把新加坡的利益放在个人利益之上!以前,在与部长和公务员的讨论中,李先生多次提到这一点,他已经通过他的行动表明了自己的观点。他的观念激励着我们所有的人。他也相信任何人包括他自己都要受到法律的制裁和约束。这些价值观构成了我们国家建设的基础,这也是新加坡和其他国家的区别之处。
了解李先光耀先生的人都知道,他是一直坚持认为法律面前,必须人人平等的人,他会坚持用法律去对待每一个新加坡人,即使是在处理奥克斯利路38号的房子问题上。因为这些都是他所创造的。因而我也会希望他的继承人们也都继续坚持李光耀先生所坚持的一切制度和价值观。他不会想让他的家人受到任何特别的待遇 。
Hsien Yang 说他是“一个为了尊重父亲的愿望而努力的人”。新加坡是李光耀终身的热爱,这是他的遗产。李先生不希望将家庭纠纷变成公众面前的争吵,这样会伤害到新加坡的国际地位。他也不希望对政府领导和机构作出无根据的指控,破坏他所创造的制度。李先生始终将新加坡的利益置于个人利益之上。
除了争议和指控之外,我们还有很多艰难的挑战,我们需要解决新加坡的未来,如何发展经济,为新加坡人创造更好的就业机会,以及如何维护新加坡的安全,保持团结一致,面对日益增长的外来威胁。如果我的前老板还在身边,我想他会希望大家把新加坡作为优先事项,停止所有的争吵和指责,以便我们能够将重心回归到国家事务上,解决我们现阶段所面临的实际问题和改进我们人民的生活。
英文原版
I served as Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s Principal Private Secretary from 2008 to 2011. It was the best posting I ever had, as I had the opportunity to learn directly from Mr Lee and observe how he dealt with different types of people and handled difficult issues. During those 3 years, I also got to know Wei Ling and we became friends. Wei Ling is someone I admire and respect. She has strong views and can be very blunt at times, but she has a good heart and genuinely cares for the people around her.
It saddens me greatly to see what has been happening over the past 2 weeks, especially when I think of the pain it would bring to Mr and Mrs Lee. The wild allegations have damaged Singapore’s reputation, something which Mr Lee spent his entire life building up. I do not believe Wei Ling will intentionally cause harm to her country. So I have asked myself over and over again, why is she doing this? Has she been misled and misunderstood what happened?
One thing I learnt from Mr Lee is to always put the country’s interests above personal interests. Mr Lee would make this point repeatedly in his discussions with Ministers and civil servants, and he demonstrated it through his actions. He drummed this into all of us. He also believed in the rule of law and that no one, including himself, was above the law. These values formed the foundation of our nation building and differentiate Singapore from other countries in the region.
Knowing Mr Lee, he would be the first to insist that the law must apply equally to his will and the house at 38 Oxley Road just as it does to all other Singaporeans. These are in accordance with the systems which he created. I have no doubt Mr Lee would want his successors in the Government to continue to uphold these systems and values. He would not have wanted his family to be given special treatment – in fact this would make him most unhappy as it goes against his values and what he believed in.
Hsien Yang said he is “a man working to honour his father’s wishes”. Singapore was Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s lifelong passion and it is his legacy. Mr Lee would not wish for a family dispute to be turned into a public quarrel that hurt Singapore’s international standing. Neither would he wish for baseless allegations to be made against Government leaders and institutions, undermining confidence in the systems he created. Mr Lee would put Singapore’s interests above personal interests.
Beyond the dispute and allegations, we have many tough challenges we need to tackle to secure Singapore’s future – how to grow our economy and create good jobs for Singaporeans, how to keep Singapore safe and remain united as one people in the face of rising threats. If my former Boss were still around, I think he would want everyone to put Singapore as the priority and stop all the quarrelling and finger-pointing, so that we can get back to running the country, solving the practical problems we are facing and improving the lives of our people. -- Hong Tat