'If MM Lee has his druthers, when it comes to the COEs and ERP and so on, he will say 'Forget about the ERP. Just squeeze on the COEs, don't let them buy cars, then they can't complain. Have the unhappiness once, done with it'.

I say, they all want cars, let them own the cars, and I'll put the gantries up, 'beep beep' they get angry, never mind, but at least they get the car.

There is a difference in mindsets. He's prepared to chop, I'm prepared to carve a bit more carefully.'

PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG, giving an example of the different leadership styles between his generation and that of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew