Boston.com
9th Feb 2008
BORN WHEN it broke from Malaysia in 1965, Singapore is still a young nation, and it is undergoing an adolescent growth spurt. Already the busiest container port in the world, with bank skyscrapers to rival Hong Kong's, the city-state has embarked on a building boom as it tries to diversify its economy to keep up with other Asian tigers. With a master plan to double Singapore's population from its current 4.2 million, the government of Lee Hsien Loong has been awarding land lots - many reclaimed from the Singapore Strait - at a dizzying clip. The growth is driven by a seeming national philosophy that there is no problem, geographic or social, so big that it can't be solved by good engineering. >>>> More
