Abstract
The problem with being at the peak of success is that every way you look, it’s all downhill. That is Singapore’s problem. It is a beacon for sound corporate governance in the region. Indeed, there is a view among some outside Asia that corruption is part of the Asian way; that Asians are somehow culturally predisposed to corruption. But there is an obvious flaw in the argument: Singapore. The Lion City is something of an embarrassment to the argument because it shows that it is possible to be both Asian and not corrupt.
My fellow Singaporeans,
Compared to the bright sunshine of the early 1990s, the recent years look much darker … I know that you are worried that we have lost our way.
(Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong’s opening lines for his National Day address, 2003)
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Backman, M. (2004). Reinventing Singapore?. In: The Asian Insider. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403948403_11
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