
Lessons from Singapore for Tibet
(31 Dec) - Early 2012 I had the opportunity to visit Singapore (population 5.1 million). It was fascinating to note that the country’s economic rise really started after their independence in 1965. Today Singapore has a very low poverty rate and is ranked one of the least corrupt countries in the world. Singaporeans can...

S’pore likely in recession now based on PM Lee’s New Year message
(AFP, 31 Dec): Singapore likely slipped into recession in the three months to December, analysts told AFP on Monday, as data showed growth in 2012 came in lower than expected. In his New Year’s message, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said “growth was slower this year, at 1.2 percent”, which is well off the official growth...

Singapore Wants Five Mile Sanctioned for Resorts Fight
Fox Business- December 28, 2012 Singapore's government is losing patience with Five Mile Capital Partners LLC and is now asking a bankruptcy judge to sanction the investment firm for its "unending" quest to derail Singapore's purchase of four resorts. In a letter Thursday to Judge Sean H. Lane of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan,...
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