Can Trinidad and Tobago be like Singapore?
Can Trinidad and Tobago be like Singapore? File photo of the Waterfront Complex, in Port of Spain. - Vidya Thurab For many years now, from politicians, businessmen, academics and artists, we have heard the repeated yearning for this country to be “like corruption-free Singapore.” Could we? The recent debate over the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act and the controversial exemptions sent me too thinking about Singapore and political corruption. And also the extent to which Singapore adjusted traditional democratic rights and freedoms to achieve public safety and economic progre...