We are not Americans, we don't pretend to be and if we were like Americans completely, probably, we wouldn't survive in Southeast Asia. You know, for many Western critics, for example, Singapore has been a very repressive and autocratic nation. We have tens of thousands of foreigners who live in Singapore who know that's not so and who are happy to be here, including journalists who have decided that it's more comfortable to live in Singapore than many other places in Southeast Asia or in Asia. But I think the facts will be out because whatever the caricature, the reality is there for travellers to see. Singaporeans travel overseas, foreigners come to Singapore and they know.
People live here, they are quite relaxed.
They don't scrape and bow at the powers that be and if they were not happy, they wouldn't be here. They would have been off to Hongkong or America, maybe even Atlanta. I mean, we've always had free speech. You are safer now, the limits are wider, let's try. So, we are trying.