Singapore – no grand story to tell the world

Posted by on March 19, 2010 3 Comments

“But to become a great centre for the arts and culture, like New York or London, Singapore needs unbridled freedom of speech and expression, and some tolerance for the creative messiness that accompanies it. It is freedom of speech in all its manifestations that enables a nation to generate an abiding grand narrative or a myth that binds its people. Today Singapore is a very neat, prosperous and liveable city. It is free from civic violence but its civic life is dull. The city-state has no great heroes. It has no grand story to tell the world.”

Times of india

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3 Responses to “Singapore – no grand story to tell the world”

  1. AzharHafiz 19 March 2010

    True !

  2. Raven 19 March 2010

    “He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither” – Old American Saying

  3. UCLA 24 April 2011

    This 3rd world banana republic wants to be everything to everbody. They want to be a medical hub, educational hub, financial hub, technology hub, etc BUT they end up to be something else, mainly, a collecting pool for cheap 3rd world labor. Time to vote in the opposition into parliament.