Singapore is a rich country.

[piggo]

@soros but when it comes down to it, the new post LKY administration will be wise to defer to greater powers like China/US or basically any country

[corydorus]

I think is unrealistic to expect Singapore to be more powerful than China because that's mean likely China is in serious trouble and not because Singapore has go very strong unless we can reach a population say 100M.

However you do bring rightly the case in point in Terrex that we can still be bullied. And this is where total defense comes in with the deterrence concept. We need to make sure aggressor suffering is painful enough for them to think thrice. Singapore is top investor in China. We are mainly chinese racial mix and despite our differences, Singapore is still be more trusted than other Asia nations. 9 older version of chassis is not worth the trouble if I were them. I think they have mis-stepped.

[brattzz]

Wealth is useless when you are poor politcally... i.e wealthy without power.

Terrex is a good demonstration, the haze is another...

strong statement,

I agree, but then again, Singapore is often ignored by many anyway. LKY did his best to put sg on the map through his skilful ways...
nowsdays, we are just lack of good leaderships & scoring a lot of own goals (cock-ups).....

think it's best for Singapore to keep low profile and keep churning the money in... our time (good leaders) will come...hopefully!

play safe now!

[Temperament]

Ha! Ha!

Haven't you heard of the phase - "Bully Kechit"

So if we can remember and live by what the CHINESE says --

"Ai Chai Dou Kai"

We should be doing alright.

Is Duterte tall?

[brattzz]

Kechit got Kechit advantages, be small, and nimble, be fast and flexible, be strong and honest, be bold and daring!

lay low and wait for our next LKYs!!