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What do you call a country that takes 35% of salaries to finance a state investment fund run by the prime minister's wife? Where the government controls companies responsible for 60% of gross domestic product and 85% of its citizens live in public housing? And a country with stringent restrictions on the media and public information,... 

Lim Swee Say refused to budge on minimum wage because he claims it's the easy solution to income disparity. Yet when it comes to falling birthrates, MM Lee Kuan Yew is opting for the easy way out by bringing in more foreigners. Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng claims it's an uphill task to persuade Singaporeans to have more... 

Singapore’s TODAY newspaper today (14 January 2011) carried a report “Global Freedom slipped last year”. It mentions countries that have declined in democracy like Thailand and Cambodia according to Freedom House. There was no mention of where Singapore stands. Normally the media here will brag if any ranking is positive....