OPINION: Venice and Singapore: A Study in Parallels - George Yeo

The Globalist, 28 Apr 2012
Singapore is geographically very small. The Swiss think they are small, but those who come to Singapore realize how big Switzerland really is by comparison. We have very little land, we don't have much air space, and even the seas are claimed by others. We are forced to plan and organize very carefully.
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