BBCNEWS HARDtalk July 7, 2024
is singapore's political and economic balancing act sustainable in a world of rising tensions? minister k shanmugam in singapore, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, mr sackur. let me ask you about singapore's model. it was sort of set up by lee kuan yew. it's been in effect for well over six decades. it combines economic openness with a real sense of political control and social control. do you think that model needs to change? well, i disagree with the assumptions in your question about political control and economic control. you know, in the last elections, we had 61%, the opposition ...