I agree with Mr Ronald Lee Yew Kee ("Name Sports Hub venues after athletes"; Nov 20) that there will be bigger and more befitting things to name after Mr Lee Kuan Yew than the new stadium.
One such facility is Changi Airport.
At some opportune time in the future, we should consider renaming it Lee Kuan Yew International Airport, in the manner of John F. Kennedy International Airport, which was known as Idlewild Airport until 1963, when its name was changed in memory of the late United States president.
Nothing personifies Singapore's journey from Third World to First World more than the transformation of our city state under the leadership of Mr Lee.
He was instrumental in the decision to build the airport in Changi, where there was available land for further expansion over the years. And it was Mr Lee who took a special interest in our national airline and airport, ensuring that they stayed at the forefront of global competition.
We are now building a fourth terminal and planning a fifth, with passenger capacity expected to exceed 100 million a year, to maintain the airport's status as a major air traffic hub.
The airport's new name will embody many of the values that Singapore represents, including excellence and dynamism.
Tan Chin Hwee
*Article first appeared on Straits Times Forums (28 Nov)