Imagine a 10yo kid living in Singapore in 1965. He or she literally witnessed the transition of Singapore from a small trade town to a global city today, while doing it with no natural resources.

The guy managed to finish SimCity in hard mode.

I remember a quote that my history teacher once told me about protests and riots in Singapore: 'keep the citizens wealthy enough to ensure they do not protest. What's the point of joining a protest when the first car the crowd burns is yours?'

I am a proud Singaporean. Born here. Served my national service. This is my beloved country. Happy 60th National Day Singapore

The fact is that a lot of countries have the potential to become very strong both militarily and economically. But the corruption makes it impossible for the country to become so.

Tiktok CEO: Senator I'm Singaporian
US politician: So you"re Chinese?

Senator, I'm Singaporean.

How do you expect to be the 5th biggest exporter of refine oil. You don't even have any Oil dude.

Lee Kuan yew: hold my beer

Fun fact, Sir Winston Churchill considered the fall of Singapore to Japan as the most significant failure of WWII, meaning the value of Singapore to the British is WAY higher than this video was able to portray

I'm suprised you did not mention Lee Kuan Yew's insistence on the planting trees from early on, and the prohibition against litter, all helping to make Singapore a preferred destination. I remember when Lee Kuan Yew was being interviewed in New Zealand, he said the advantage of Singapore was that once they brought up the residents' standard of living, they didn't then have an influx of people from the rural areas that would also need helping, as other countries would have.

Fun fact to show how much SG achieve in a short time, Lawrence Wong comment in the daily ketchup that he is the first prime minister to only sing one national anthem throughout his life time. The rest had to sing Malaysia's, Japan's and UK's during their younger days.

I remember in my European History class, my teacher said "The best form of government is a dictator. The problem is that it's also the worst form."

I’m Cuban. And watching this video is painful. To see how a countries can take vastly different paths, 180 degrees apart.

How one leader can change the entire course of a country!!
Lee Kuan Yew did a great job.

one error, Singapore only imports about 24% of water from malaysia, with the other 3 quarters being either local catchments, newater and desalinated water.

As a Singaporean, my heart is bursting with pride and felt a little emotional at several points throughout the video. Deeply thankful for the wisdom of LKY and all the leaders after him. We have achieved the unimaginable in so many areas in 60 years and turned challenges in our favour. We have a different set of challenges today but am confident we will continue to thrive under the leadership of our leaders.

Lee Kuan Yew, is a miracle of a leader/person. It is easy, or common, to have a genius leader, who is thinks for the good of the citizen and the nation. But after obtaining that kind of power. To actually give it up. To put in place systems to limit his and his parties power. That is rare, to me, that is what makes him a true legend.

As a half Dane, half Singaporean, I have noticed the two countries' vast differences but also similarities. Both have populations of about 5 million, both are strategically placed on sea routes, both have the absolute lowest rates of corruption in the world and both have low crime rates, despite one being strict and one being relaxed on rules. It seems that there is more than one path to a good society.

Proud to see Singapore standing on where it's at today, sending love from Japan as a Malaysian Chinese!

My family has been in singapore since the late 1800s my grandma would always tell me how poor singapore was when she was growing up during and after WWII. It's such a different image from what we see today.