Roger Mitton's writing on:
Singapore - All's Not Well
"And that illustrates another myth – the place is not squeaky-clean, nor is it corruption-free. This month, another high-ranking figure, the speaker of parliament, had to resign because of bad behaviour.
It follows other corruption charges this year against the Singapore Civil Defence Force director, senior officials at the Singapore Land Authority and the head of the Central Narcotics Bureau.
When you live a fantasy propagated by a government that supplies adult pacifiers like new shopping malls and food courts and precious little else, you are going to fail the quality-of-life test.
And that’s what has happened to Singapore"
Singapore - All's Not Well
"And that illustrates another myth – the place is not squeaky-clean, nor is it corruption-free. This month, another high-ranking figure, the speaker of parliament, had to resign because of bad behaviour.
It follows other corruption charges this year against the Singapore Civil Defence Force director, senior officials at the Singapore Land Authority and the head of the Central Narcotics Bureau.
When you live a fantasy propagated by a government that supplies adult pacifiers like new shopping malls and food courts and precious little else, you are going to fail the quality-of-life test.
And that’s what has happened to Singapore"
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