Tag: Singapore

Lee Kuan Yew – Statesman or Autocrat?

Post author By Tom Spencer
Post date March 29, 2015
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WE were saddened to learn of the passing of Lee Kuan Yew last Monday. Harry is recognised as the founding father of modern Singapore and, from the time he was sworn in as Prime Minister in 1959, played a central role in building the fledgling city state into an Asian Tiger economy. Having spent a week […]

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Economics

The Tortoise and the Hare

Post author By Tom Spencer
Post date July 24, 2013
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Stable growth is often more important than fast money SINGAPORE is on the rise as a wealth management hub with funds under management growing by 22% in 2012 compared with around 5% for Western Europe as a whole. The disparity in growth rates is large, and the FT has attempted to narrate a story that fast […]

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