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Perfection – A Pictorial Review of Singapore
David Yang，May
2006
When the 2-year marriage
with Malaysia
ended and Singapore gained its full independence in 1965, and with
the British military presence vanished in 1968, many said this
little island state was doomed. It had no modern industry, no
natural resources, even drinking water had to be imported from
Malaysia (and it is still so). "It was really a problem of do or
die." said Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the then Prime Minister of
Singapore. They were wrong and Mr Lee was right. Singapore survived,
beautifully...Read
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