In Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's view of Asian economics big fish eat little fish, and little fish eat smaller onesbut none are about to get his 225-sq.-mi. island nation. The reason is that, small as it may be, Singapore is more than strong enough to keep its economic independence.
Long a major Asian banking, insurance and warehousing center, Singapore last year moved ahead of London into fourth place among the world's ports. Its gross national product rose by 11% to an estimated $1 billion, making the tiny republic (pop. 2,000,000) the...
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