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Steve Wozniak Apple's co-founder said this yesterday[Link]: Look at societies like Singapore where bad behaviour is not tolerated and can get you extreme punishments: Where are the creative people? Where are the great artists, where are the great musicians, where are the great writers? All the creative elements seem to disappear.... 

My friend who is an economist was terrified when he bought a private condo. He and his wife were thrifty penny pinchers who paid down the housing loan as fast as possible. Why was he so fearful? Being an economist he knew a lot of economic history and knew that many things can go wrong when one has a large debt. Somehow these... 

The Straits Times recently published a news report ('More Australians Choosing to Move to Singapore', 28 Nov 2011) boasting that Singapore has emerged as Australians' fastest-rising destination. There were 88,000 departures from Australia last year and Singapore overtook Hong Kong to become the 4th biggest destination for...