In 1992 Lee said in an interview: "For East Asian countries like Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, group values and behavior have been extremely helpful in the process of 'catching up' economically.
一九九二年，新加坡總理李光耀在一場訪談中提到：「東亞國家如日本、韓國、台灣、香港及新加坡等在『追趕』的發展過程中，其群體價值觀和行為是非常重要的助力。