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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Singapore isn't a real democracy.

Singaporean politics have been dominated by the People's Action Party (PAP) since self-government was attained. Although Singapore's laws are inherited from British and British Indian laws, including many elements of English common law, the PAP has also consistently rejected liberal democratic values as "Western." Laws restricting freedom of speech, including criticising the government, are justified by claims that unrestricted speech may breed disharmony within Singapore's multi-racial, multi-religious society.

Worthington, Ross (2002). Governance in Singapore. Routledge/Curzon. ISBN 0-7007-1474-X.

Neither is Hong-Kong, after the British left. Besides, both are port-city-states, nowhere near comparable to complex nations. Malaysia was run by the Suharto regime, and has seen democracy in probably only the last decade or so, if at all.

10 posted on 05/12/2007 2:45:45 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick
Singapore is rather autocratic. But economically (and in terms of other freedoms, such as religion), it is successful.
11 posted on 05/12/2007 2:59:59 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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