Actually no, it's not exaggerated. Yes, I admit, Singapore is an excellent country to live in... but like I always say, only if you have the money and if you're a true patriotic citizen that never ever question the government (For Singaporeans, we're 'trained' like little puppies to obey the government, so it doesn't matter if we're patriotic or not). But this is the grim reality. Whenever you hear about other countries, you'll usually always be told the good side or the country's government version of things (Unless the country's your enemy, then your country will probably talk about all the bad stuff, prime example would be Malaysia under the `ex-prime` minister)
Singapore is nothing like a communist faction, and we're certainly far from being a democratic nation. Democracy is what our governments tells the world about us. As for being very westernised, this credit goes to the British, even now, the way we build our buildings and our layouts, we're still following how the British used when they came and turn us into a coloney. (And not to mentioned how the person who got Singapore it's independance, studied in Britian. One really wonder how our government can turn into something like we're now when we're so 'British' in every other aspect)<!--`QuoteBegin-alan_smithee`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(alan_smithee)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Maybe other countries get Singaporian news... The only things that have ever reached us here were the caning and the gum ban thing, and that was only on the "news of the weird" page. But I wonder if it's because outside journalists aren't allowed much access, or simply a fat lazy `self-centred` American lack of interest in everyone else?[/quote]
My guess is that it's probably both. Then again, it's probably more towards the - Singapore is too small for anyone to have an interest in. `Tee-hee`, and noticed how I always mentioned the word 'money'? Our government really have us trained...
Singapore is nothing like a communist faction, and we're certainly far from being a democratic nation. Democracy is what our governments tells the world about us. As for being very westernised, this credit goes to the British, even now, the way we build our buildings and our layouts, we're still following how the British used when they came and turn us into a coloney. (And not to mentioned how the person who got Singapore it's independance, studied in Britian. One really wonder how our government can turn into something like we're now when we're so 'British' in every other aspect)<!--`QuoteBegin-alan_smithee`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(alan_smithee)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Maybe other countries get Singaporian news... The only things that have ever reached us here were the caning and the gum ban thing, and that was only on the "news of the weird" page. But I wonder if it's because outside journalists aren't allowed much access, or simply a fat lazy `self-centred` American lack of interest in everyone else?[/quote]
My guess is that it's probably both. Then again, it's probably more towards the - Singapore is too small for anyone to have an interest in. `Tee-hee`, and noticed how I always mentioned the word 'money'? Our government really have us trained...
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