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<SINGAPORE, which many commentators have advanced as a model state for economic development, having copied Jamaica's economic model in the 1960s, has achieved its lofty status because of the United States, Foreign Affairs Minister A.J. Nicholson has said.
"Throughout the years, if the United States of America had not decide that Singapore was going to be an economic beachhead in the east, Singapore could not develop," Nicholson said in the Senate on Friday.
Nicholson, who was rejecting a suggestion from his opposition counterpart Dr Christopher Tufton that Singapore be looked at as model for doing business, also noted that the country is not a democratic one.
"You have talk-show hosts and others who everyday get up and talk about Singapore. That's a geopolitical strategy of the United States of America. So don't bring the example of Singapore when you are dealing here," Nicholson said, in admonishing Tufton.>
Why O Lord have you foresaken us !!
"Throughout the years, if the United States of America had not decide that Singapore was going to be an economic beachhead in the east, Singapore could not develop," Nicholson said in the Senate on Friday.
Nicholson, who was rejecting a suggestion from his opposition counterpart Dr Christopher Tufton that Singapore be looked at as model for doing business, also noted that the country is not a democratic one.
"You have talk-show hosts and others who everyday get up and talk about Singapore. That's a geopolitical strategy of the United States of America. So don't bring the example of Singapore when you are dealing here," Nicholson said, in admonishing Tufton.>
Why O Lord have you foresaken us !!
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