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Lee Kuan Yew: Prime Minister who told striking pilots 'I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget'

Lee Kuan Yew was the first Prime Minister of Singapore. He died aged 91 on March 23, 2015. [Courtesy of BBC]

In November 1980, pilots of Singapore Airlines had threatened to paralyse activities at the country's leading airport Changi and other facilities across the nation.

They were demanding a 30 per cent increment to their basic salaries and an improvement of their welfare.

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