[An update of a previous post] It is the 50th year of Singapore's independence. That's half a century of nation building. It's quite an achievement to have come so far. Bloomberg recently listed the Top 100 ideas of the century and "Singapore" was strangely listed as one of those ideas! At #71, Bloomberg highlighted Singapore's growth of 1356% in GDP per capital over that 50 years while the world grew 146% and the US at 96%. World #1 in ease of doing business, #2 in shipping container traffic per capita, #2 in global competitiveness, #4 in financial centre, #3 in science scores, #2 in maths score and #3 in reading scores. Fascinating. I guess there is much to be thankful for, even as we deal with new challenges moving forward, re-calibrating from a growth-at-all-cost model to one that seeks to find the right balance. So let's celebrate SG50 with ... ...