Singapore: setting standards in governance
Singapore no longer comes as a surprise to visitors from developed nations. Quality of life in Singapore is better than best cities in the world. It is stable, safe society despite having motley of multi-racial, multi-religious and multi-lingual groups. It has as much high-class business environment as is for arts, education and fashion. What could be the possible reasons to make Singapore a success story? Perhaps a small country size that makes it easy to manage. True, a small country is easy to govern but it is also vulnerable to succumb to any natural or human engineered external risks. Bigger countries have inherent cushion to withstand any danger, smaller countries may not have the same. Imagine what would happen to Singapore, if Hurricane Katrina were to hit her. Moreover, if it was just the size, many African nations could have been another Singapore. I think Singapore stands out in terms its leadership qualities and the manner in which state is governed. Those who have observed