Fri: Singapore Inflicts ‘Enormous Damage’ on its Reputation

News

“Singapore Activist Ban “Authoritarian”: Wolfowitz” (Reuters) “Enormous damage has been done and a lot of that damage is done to Singapore and self-inflicted. This could have been an opportunity for them to showcase to the world their development process”

Related

• “Singapore Branded Authoritarian” (BBC) “World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has described Singapore’s restrictions on activists for meetings of the Bank and IMF as “authoritarian”.”
• “Singapore Inflicted Enormous Damage to Reputation: Wolfowitz” (AFP)
• “Singapore IMF Activist Ban Slammed” (CNN) – Alex Au Quoted

Comment

• “Noisy when people throw stones at tinpots” (YB) “A few days ago, an academic asked me which country I was from. Unusually for me, I hesitated before I said “Singapore”. It was embarrassing to be Singaporean. Why is not hard to guess. Singapore’s been in the news for all the wrong reasons because of the World Bank and IMF annual meetings now in progress.”
• “Who Ever Said That Singapore was Boring?” (Kitana)
• “The Lees Launch Libel Suit Against FEER” (Gayle Goh)
• “Bloodflowers” (Xenoboy)