SINGAPORE, April 20 — Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam yesterday (April 19) criticised a commentary by British publication The Economist which he said could not...
SINGAPORE, April 20 — Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam yesterday criticised a commentary by British publicationwhich he said could not “resist sneering” at Singapore ’s political leadership handover.
In a response published on Facebook yesterday, Shanmugam said that the publication “can’t resist” sneering at Singapore due to an instinct lodged “in the unconscious of the British commentariat class”.“They can’t stand that a people they were accustomed to lecturing are now doing better than they are, across the board,” said Shanmugam, before outlining areas in which he said Singapore has progressed further than Britain.
In economic terms, Singapore’s per capita gross domestic product stands at over US$80,000 and is the fifth highest by purchasing power parity terms, “well ahead of the UK”, Shanmugam added.) obviously prefers a situation like in the UK, where one person can control major media outlets, and have politicians pay court to him, and where media owners can influence who gets elected, and who becomes PM.
In spite of the high chances of winning for him and the party, the piece said that “more is at stake” at the upcoming election.
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