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I mean, we like to make fun of singapore in the west and call it disney land with the death penalty, and we're skeptical, of course, of one party rule, we're skeptical of constraints on freedom of the press or the things you can't do. >> najip: can't do, yeah. >> anthony: do you think that young creative singaporeans feels those constraints and suffer from them? >> najip: i think some of them who travel knows better. most of them are over educated and under exposed, meaning they have very little experience in what they know. and i think that's what we are lacking. they're looking for things to...

>> donald: you know, this place is almost contrary to the founders' original expectations. this place was this multiethnic meritocratic idea, this pragmatic understanding that free trade is good for everyone. this is place is, after 50 years, is deeply imprinted in singapore. it's remarkable how open and welcoming of diversity singapore still is. >> anthony: we are now living in times where globalism and globalization are bad words. we are seeing a rise of -- >> donald: yeah, i know, populism. >> anthony: -- of populism, of nationalism. >> donald: which is why, you know, i'm concerned about si...

You know, before, singaporeans, a large majority of singaporeans, more than 80% of 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...

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