[orcdork]

You could say the same thing for the UK.

Yes, i do realize there are vast differences between immigration in the UK (or the west overall) and Singapore, but find that blaming class differences and/or the mistreatment of poor immigrants to policies is to simplify the issue.

[jpatokal]

No, Singapore's approach is fundamentally different. Singapore does not tolerate "poor immigrants": instead, it imports a vast menial labor class, who are tied to their employers on fixed-length contracts that amount to somewhere between indentured servitude and slavery.

Some all-too-typical stories: http://twc2.org.sg/

[crdoconnor]

>You could say the same thing for the UK.

You really can't. There's no comparison to be made between the way Singapore treats Bangladeshis and the UK treats Poles.

[kyllo]

Or the way the UK treats Bangladeshis for that matter.

[seanmcdirmid]

I don't think they use arbitrarily strict libel laws in the UK to shut down opposition parties. Also, political leadership in the UK is not dynastic.