Singapore is a success. Why reinvent it?


As arduous as Singapore’s first six decades as a republic have been, the next 60 years are replete with huge challenges. — Bloomberg

HOW much talk about reinvention does one of the world’s most successful, if tiny, economies have to listen to? Quite a bit, judging by a high-powered conference in Singapore this week.

Convened to mark the centenary of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew’s (LKY) birth and canvas ideas for at least part of the next 100 years, the Reinventing Destiny gathering was a mix of back-patting and must-do-better.

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