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Them to live in these more or less uniform housing estates. but that form of social engineering also has certain benefits. >> anthony: unlike most of the wealthy developed world, there is universal healthcare and little to no homelessness in singapore. the country's public housing policy provides an astonishing 80% of singapore's 5.6 million people with affordable homes, with 90% of the population owning their own home. >> donald: singaporeans would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood that they would describe as a slum. they would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood where they say of the...

Empire. soon there after singapore grew. quickly becoming an economic hub and regional capital for the british colony on the malay peninsula. after world war ii singer clamored for independence first a part of the malz yan frgs than an independent state in 1965. tiny singapore famously went from a third world outpost to a first world nation in a single generation. >> in singapore. >> yeah. >> rules and regulations in singapore is very strict. we have to follow them. i'm a taxi. i can't break any law >> camera catches. >> you everything in camera. we have to follow the rules and

♪ >> anthony: one last trip straight back to where it all started for me. a simple good thing, in this case, one of my favorite things. oh, here it is, the mighty char kway teow. ordinarily, this is a breakfast, i eat it every time i'm in singapore. it's just about the unhealthiest breakfast you could have. i mean, it's literally like lard, crispy lard bits, healthy cockles, shrimp paste and a whole lot of noodles. and it's like legendarily fattening.

And then you start to wonder after a while, is there another way of life? i think that's the big kind of singapore. >> anthony: so is there angst? >> sudhir: yeah. definitely there's angst. >> tanya: but i think there is no outlet for it. so everybody is going online, but everybody wants to be anonymous about it. >> melanie: even online, they have paid the price for it. people have been let go of their jobs, and that's the price that we have to pay. >> anthony: the price may seem pretty high by american standards. no political disse, no right and limited freedoof speech.ess, sadir vadaketh, me...

♪ >> cab driver: in singapore, everything is perfect here. this is one of the safest countries in the world. we are gifted to be in singapore. we show some good examples to the world. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪