Singapore distresses the Malaysian in me

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Our tiny neighbour down south will get a new prime minister next month. Lawrence Wong was already anointed as the successor to Lee Hsien Loong a couple of years ago. It will definitely be a seamless transition. In Singapore, Wong is a fourth-generation leader.

They seem to have everything under control and properly planned out. Since tearfully leaving Malaysia in 1965, Singapore has gone on to develop from a swampy mud-flat to a sparkling example for the world on what happens when there is visionary leadership, and proper governance.

There is no likelihood whatsoever of statutory declarations being bandied about. Or, no trips for members of parliament to their Istana – the residence of the Singaporean president – to verify numbers by getting a head count on which MP supports which candidate. That kind of nonsense is our specialty.

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