From Lee Kwan Yew's memoirs, Singapore Story:

The Marcoses' have a penchant for flamboyant frivolity in a country of desperate poverty.

But Filipinos have "a soft forgiving culture". Only in the Philippines could a leader like Ferdinand Marcos, who pillaged his country for 20 years, still be considered for a national hero's burial."

Imelda had a penchant for luxury. When they visited Singapore, they came in two DC-8s, his and hers... like Hollywood melodrama, these could have happened only in the Philippines."