I think they said that five years ago.
And five years before that.
And another five years before that.
Heck, at the time of independence, they were confident that
we would never catch up with them and that we
would fail miserably as a nation...... so, what happened? 
My relatives in Johor back then was saying alrdy
Tat time back in 1965, it just gave Singapore a chance to
shine...