i suggest we merge with Malaysia like what Lee Kuan Yew had
suggested before...(read below articles) and form the new
government, name it the 'United States Of Singapura'
, because all the Malaysia states will be united under one
Singapore Government.
There are more good then bad by forming a new government with
Malaysia under one central government.Malaysia with it's rich
resources and vast amount of land combine with the good managment
and the efficent and least corrupt police forces which the
Malaysian government lack but we Singapore government have, i think
we will become one of the most powerful nation in the world able to
match with Japan and Australia.We might also enjoy alot of welfare
benefit as we will have more resources in our hand to play around
with. 
Above is only my humble thought.Feel free to comment!
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SINGAPORE: Some 10 years after he publicly broached the idea of a
Singapore-Malaysia reunion - to raised eyebrows all around -
Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has spoken about the topic once
again.
In a recent interview with American journalist Tom Plate, Mr Lee
said Singapore would be "happy" to go back to Malaysia should the
latter practise meritocracy.
On Wednesday, transcripts of the wide-ranging interview - conducted
last month in Mr Lee's office - were made available online by UCLA
Asia Institute.
When Mr Plate asked Mr Lee who he thought would "come after"
Singapore, the Minister Mentor said: "We are a standing indictment
of all the things that they (Malaysia) can be doing
differently."
"If they would just educate the Chinese and Indians, use them and
treat them as their citizens, they can equal us and even do better
than us and we would be happy to rejoin them."
The last time Mr Lee floated the idea in 1996, it caused ripples on
both sides of the Causeway, with then-Malaysian Prime Minister
Mahathir Mohamad replying that he did not think "it is time
yet".
While much has changed since then, scepticism towards a reunion
remains.
Said Dr Ooi Kee Beng, an Institute of South-east Asian Studies
(ISEAS) fellow: "The chances of a re-merger in 1996 and in 2007 are
the same - Zero."
While bilateral economic links would continue to increase, Malaysia
is far from ditching its decades-old bumiputera policy, "where
race-based affirmative action ... has disqualified efficacy as the
criterion for policy correctness", Dr Ooi added.
In Parliament, Opposition leader Chiam See Tong is often a lone,
but persistent, voice on the issue of an economic union with
Malaysia, espousing the benefits of a common market.
Mr Chiam told TODAY: "A political union is out of the question. The
Malaysians will never agree."
Dr Ooi added: "The very idea of a re-merger on Singapore's terms is
appalling to most Malays (in Malaysia) and any move in that
direction would be political suicide for a Malaysian politician to
take."
ISEAS' Dr Terence Chong believes that Mr Lee had in mind the future
- "50 to 100 years down the road" - when he talked about rejoining
Malaysia.
Said Dr Chong: "If you look at historic port cities, they all enjoy
their golden eras and then decline. For Singapore to flourish in
perpetuity would mean defying history."
Already, Singapore is facing a fight to keep the very talent it had
successfully attracted.
Mr Lee acknowledged in the interview that the Chinese students on
Singapore Government scholarships were using the Republic as a
stepping-stone.
Said Mr Lee: "They come in here, they get an English education ...
and they're off to America. The Indians, strangely enough, more of
them stay here in Singapore because they want to go home to visit
their families."
Mr Lee added: "We are net gainers for how long? I think in the case
of China, maybe another 20, 30 years ... India, maybe longer - 50,
60 years before their infrastructure catches up. Anyway, this is
not my worry anymore!" - TODAY
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