How does a country like Singapore become rich?
How does a country become rich? How does a country become rich? (21 Oct) - Singapore is one of only a handful of countries to have managed it in the past half century. A colonial outpost now has the third highest average income in the world. How did it do it? And why are social tensions now showing? It may surprise you to know...
Singapore shows Hong Kong how to pop housing bubble
A dealer counts US currency notes at a money changer in Singapore. Home prices in Singapore have gained 33 percent since 2009 compared to Hong Kong where they have more than doubled in the period. (AFP) (20 Oct) - The city-state that banned chewing gum to curb litter is showing the rest of Asia how to cool a housing bubble. Singapore...
Singapore, Chinese meritocracy and Western democracy
(21 Oct) - More than two decades ago, the political leaders in Singapore put forward the idea of “Asian values” to assert that liberal democratic principles and practices were not suited to the region. This decision sparked an important debate that centered on the universality of human rights. But these discussions largely...
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