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Preparing to compete in a wider world
 Goh Chok Tong, prime minister of Singapore, sounds uncharacteristically insecure. His economy is ranked among the world's most competitive in the world, his political party is firmly entrenched and his people remain deferential. So what is unsettling him? ...more
ECONOMY:
Business has a quiet confidence
Even for such thorough people as Singaporeans, economics remains something of a dismal science. When he planned his budget for the 1999-2000 fiscal year, Richard Hu, the finance minister, assumed growth would hover around zero ...more
BANKING:
Local mergers are being encouraged
Consolidation is the order of the day for Singapore's local banks. In the belief that a closed financial centre can no longer protect its local market, the government has decided to open Singapore up to more foreign banks ...more
HIGH TECHNOLOGY:
Set to embrace a new economy
In the high technology race sweeping Asia, Singapore was off the starting blocks with a host of natural advantages. These include full broadband connectivity, a long-standing electronics manufacturing base and a well-educated labour force ...more
PROFILE:
Entrepreneur can afford to have the last laugh
Inderjit Singh is a classic Singaporean entrepreneur. He devoted much of his university years to founding clubs and societies, but nonetheless came away with a respectable degree, learnt the ropes at a multinational, and has since spawned a small stable of high-tech companies ...more
INTERVIEW:
'This is becoming a smaller world'
Can you compete globally?Whilst we're very competitive on the manufacturing side, using multinational companies to have our fair share of the available market for the products, we are much less competitive on the services side ...more
TALENT:
Training takes a change of direction
"Quick, quick. Late already. You eat yourself, we eat ourself." It's hardly the type of English normally associated with Singaporeans, but such slang - known as "Singlish" - has been creeping so habitually into their conversations that even the prime minister has taken note ...more
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