PM Wong, please stop using Swift deal as policy model

It is not about right or wrong, but the long-standing misperception among its neighbours that Singapore, one of the world’s most prosperous nations, cares only about economic gain, the writer argues. Unsplash

THE newly installed Prime Minister Lawrence Wong should seriously learn from neighbouring countries’ protests against megastar Taylor Swift’s six-day concert in Singapore in March, which generated S$500mil (RM1.7bil) for the city-state.

This is not about right or wrong, but the long-standing misperception among its neighbours that Singapore, one of the world’s most prosperous nations, cares only about economic gain.