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...Singaporean judge sentenced an 18-year-old American student at a Singapore high school to be beaten with a rattan cane, spend four months in jail and pay a $2,230 fine -- all for spraypainting cars and other acts of vandalism...
Most citizens would agree with Goh, the small businessman: "We have plenty of freedom here, except political freedom." And for most, that is just fine. Singapore is a nation of immigrants from countries historically ravaged by chaos and poverty. The average Singaporean is conservative and family- oriented, and cares most about two things: money and security. He approves of hanging drug dealers and locking up gangsters without trial. He has struck a simple social contract, accepting limits on personal freedom in return for prosperity and stability. What holds the deal together is the country's lack of corruption. When officials...
...week's news. The cool reception the award was given in other Asian states was hardly more encouraging. "It might prick the conscience of a few people," said Zakaria Ahmad, head of strategic and security studies at the National University of Malaysia, "but it won't change anything." A Singaporean diplomat categorized the prize as "almost a nonevent...
Anchored in the Saigon River is the Saigon Floating Hotel, offering single rooms at $150 a night and a BLT sandwich -- "Ho Chi Minh-style" -- for $8.50. It is crowded with Hong Kong, Singaporean and European businessmen. On Dong Khoi Street, the Continental Palace Hotel has undergone a complete renovation. The famous "Continental shelf," once an open-air terrace where American journalists and government officials camped out, is now enclosed and air-conditioned. The Rex, formerly a U.S. Army billet, has reopened as a luxury hotel, and the Majestic, facing the Saigon River, has been spruced up. The hotels take...
...golden, fisted, dwarfing the islands"). But the very unity of this collection produces a sameness. The reader begins to wonder, Doesn't Minot know anyone who is married, or older than thirtysomething? Doesn't she ever look beyond these modish urban lofts and restaurants? Henry Kissinger once remarked of Singaporean statesman Lee Kuan Yew that he needed a larger country for his talents. Minot, a writer to watch, needs a larger subject...