now NY Times publishes it
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/world/asia/29singapore.html?ref=asia
A surprisingly well-balanced article, in my opinion.
From the article:
"Singaporeans quite seriously describe their society as
being driven by a local concept called kiasu, a desire not so much
to get ahead as to not lose out. That concept might be applied, for
example, to a person who pushes ahead of everybody else to get into
an elevator."
Woohoo! Kiasuism finally takes the world stage!
