Rich and orderly Singapore, a regional base for many multinationals and fund managers, is one of Asia’s smoothest-running and least risky countries, and is rated triple-A by both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s.
Its long-ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) is, however, losing support from an electorate unhappy about the widening income gap and the government’s liberal immigration policy, and there is greater openness in political debate than at any time in the past decade. Full story
