Kishore Mahbubani talked to us today on "Why Mr. Lee Kuan Yew Succeeded?".  According to him it was "Meritocracy", "Pragmatism", "Honesty". And a strong dose of 'cunning' ; LKY was the most astute politician he had ever seen. Many more interesting vignettes: how the Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka Shing made a $100 Million donation to the School, and that 80% of the bottom 20% economic strata of Singapore own their own home - a signal achievement. How one of the key elements of pragmatism for Singapore has been copying the best of other countries. He claimed that Deng Xiaoping learnt something from Singapore and some Chinese classmates were not amused :-) .