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ScuzzaMan's avatar

The people of Singapore trust their government a lot more than most developed nations, I think.

I believe it's because Lee Kwan Yew was such a staunch principled leader and his son and the new prime minister have coasted on his coattails, but are nowhere near the man he was.

It will take failures like this one to erode that trust back down to more usual levels. Let's be honest about it, we in the western European nations have a lot more experience of such failures than the people of Singapore have had since their independence.

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Karenvusa's avatar

I have a feeling there are pockets of people in Singapore that are aware of this,. They might be too afraid to speak out or they can't break through censorship. Thank you for doing this work, Steve, as you are providing a trove of information.

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