Since both the “Know Singapore” and “The Singapore way” threads got shut down I have nowhere to put news about Singapore, except by starting a new thread.
PS> Those who have no interest in knowing anything about what is happening in Singapore, past or present, are free to not open any links, or even to block this thread from their feed.
Who cares!!!
So sorry to have posted something you don’t care about.
There are others here who have been outside the GoM. They may understand and appreciate a joke.
PS> There are a lot of posts on here that I’m not interested in. I just don’t open those.
Highly recommended!!
I have always found Singapore fascinating. Lived there off and on while working there. It’s a technocracy that is constantly evolving but their dedication to innovation and the ability to maintain a relatively peaceful multicultural society is admirable. Singapore put education as a top priority and at the time tolerated no corruption. Compare the progress of Singapore to the progress of the Philippines to get an idea. Both were decimated in WW II. Singapore with no natural resources compared to the Philippines, which has many natural resources, is now far ahead by every measure.
I too have a lot of admiration for the Singaporean culture & governance. But comparing the advancement of Singapore to The Philippines after WW2 is like comparing apples to hundreds of orange groves spread over 7,641 islands. Warren Buffet has claimed for years he could make a 50% annual return on $1 million dollars compared to the single digit returns on his current $200 billion portfolio. It mostly has to do with scale. Singapore has used it to their advantage & has done a damn good job with it for sure.
All it took was a benevolent dictator with a robust legal and banking system at the cross roads of the world.
The trouble is we all fancy ourselves as that dictator but history shows very few.
Contrary to some pessimistic estimate:
