lemon singapore when you have silence, you eyebrows are dark blue wonderful song by alexander vertinsky in early childhood, and it sounded almost magical even before i read a wonderful book by the wonderful writer viktor dragunsky tell me about singapore, of course, i could imagine that this is some then i will be able to visit this extremely interesting country and, moreover, meet and even talk twice with the prime minister of the country. li hsien-long was born on february 10 , 1956 graduated from the faculty of mathematics cambridge university and the department of political science at harvard university in

1984 elected as a member of parliament from the ninety- fourth to ninety-eighth minister of industry and trade from the ninety-eighth chairman of the monetary department of the financial authority of singapore since 2001 minister of finance since august 12, 2004 prime minister of the republic of singapore you have a reception here , if you are a reception minister of a very large globe and it is very clearly visible on it, what a unique i would say, in my opinion, a very advantageous position in the world dealing with singapore between europe, australia, asia, there is a very large globe on the globe. and if we look at singapore, this is a very small red spot. on it, we look around us and see the great partner countries, the opportunities, as well as the dangers that must be avoided so that our small craft can be

safe. sail further towards a brighter future and prosperity, looking at the asia-pacific region as a whole, we are optimistic about the opportunities as we believe the region can save peace and stability. the fact that singapore is geographically located in a very advantageous place was first understood by the chinese, skillful, far-sighted merchants in the third century ad looked after this island on the edge of the peninsula. long time. only malay fishermen and pirates lived here, the strait, through which today tens of thousands of ships pass to the modern port a year, was considered one of the most dangerous in the tropical seas. according to the malay legend, singapore was founded in 1299 by a prince from the state, sheribdjaya, fleeing a storm on the island prince

i saw here a strange animal, similar to a lion, and since the prince himself was called a sink. what does a lion mean, he decided to found a new city on the island, he called it singapore the city of a lion. of course, it's hard to believe now, but some 60 years ago, that is, in the life of one generation, singapore from one of the poorest countries has become a powerful economic example for the whole world. 60 years ago e. the rishis were founded past one-story houses. this is, uh, the good of the state, which even ported building sand and ordinary fresh water and happened miracle about which we want to tell you, indeed. today, it has simply made an outstanding economic breakthrough, but has also become

a role model for a huge number of countries in the world. skyscrapers and glass and concrete giant port technocratic oasis of asia all this and the city and the island and the independent republic of singapore living by its own strict rules. i think the historical path that we chose also played a significant role. we have survived the period of the war of the anti-colonial struggle of the left movement of the pro-communist persuasion, the unionist movement. it was an underground political movement in singapore before we gained independence. it was our experience as part of malaysia and the people went through such an experience of their recovery and development and decided that we must live on and fight and this

seriously affected our success. the first constitution in the history of the country came into force on june 3, 1959 . it provided for the introduction of self-government within the british commonwealth, the historical date for singaporeans was december 22, 1965. on this day, an independent the republic of singapore from 1959 until 1990 for 301 years as the prime minister of this country was one person in the face of an angel in his book. singapore story from the third world. in the first liguan yu. written in 1959, when i became prime minister, the gnp per capita was $400 in 1990, when i went into

vascu. he grew to 12.000, and in 599 he reached 22.000 dollars 1959, heading the government , i understand that there are no natural resources in the country, formulated the goal of his cabinet against singapore, the most powerful trading and financial center of all east asia, the government did a great job of reducing taxes on trade duties. investors were attracted, which naturally increased the employment of people and the goal of feeding time was achieved. singapore has become an economic miracle not only in asia, an example for the whole world, and is rightfully

called the father of this economic miracle. here is the influence of this outstanding leader and whether sion was brought up by his son, now the prime minister of singapore and our interlocutor. first of all, my father was successful, because, it seems to me, he had the ability and was an outstanding personality but it's not just about that, it's about the world. there are many outstanding individuals. worked with him. a very efficient team. that is, everything that was done was done by neon alone, but he, as he himself said , was a conductor. he had a whole orchestra that played music under his direction. his orchestra was talented, they were a single team, and they were focused on one common goal singapore if you decide the orchestra, then you can talk about the contribution

all the people who supported him trusted him, and he took care of his people and people worked together with him to achieve the changes that happened, you can have very good ideas, but if people don’t believe in them, if you can’t convince them that that this is exactly what is necessary and for the sake of this it is necessary to work. you won't succeed. in this regard, we are lucky. it all started with the fact that a rigid codec of laws was supposed to teach the nation a new civilized order, you can’t litter. you can't throw cigarette butts to drive without a seatbelt reading porn magazines or watching films with scenes of violence for all these violations will be fined severe punishment awaits cafe owners for poor-quality food. lee kuan yew's reforms were called harsh for drug trafficking by the death

penalty, and those who were addicted to corruption were sent to prison. crime in singapore has been reduced to almost zero today. uh, when it comes to crime, we have a very strict stance on drugs, weapons are prohibited from possession of weapons and if a person commits an armed robbery, he is sentenced to death, and in singapore has not had a case of robbery with firearms for a long time. we believe this is the right approach. 728 m² singapore is home to almost 700,000 people. let's imagine six people being there in a wonderful way.

it gets along surprisingly well, probably also because any manifestation of national enmity or national hatred is severe. punished by law, you know, singapore is sometimes compared to switzerland on various indicators, but on one indicator, singapore can definitely go with switzerland, because there are four official state languages ​​from switzerland and singapore. well, that fact itself already speaks of how tolerant people are in singapore. but how is it

possible to achieve such inter-ethnic inter-religious harmony, uh, in singapore our situation is more complicated than switzerland switzerland different languages ​​german italian french rittermann, but in general there is one european and ethnic group. eh, in our case, it's not only the language of religion and since you have an origin, that is, racial origin, religion and languages ​​are all different in singapore, all the world's leading religions are represented. we have three main racial groups, but there are still many different national communications, the population speaks very different languages ​​and not all of them belong to this european language, tomil chinese is completely different from english. and that's it. we need to get along together, that is, we are talking about constant efforts of social policy and

integration. little india is a district of singapore where the descendants of indian settlers live in ancient times. at times, this land was allocated to indian communication to solve interethnic problems, but time passed and today this area is multinational. here you can find everything related to chinese culture, temples, shops with chinese goods and spices, restaurants of national cuisine, but walking through chinatown. you will also meet the oldest hindu temple, khrip, moriaman, its bright facade cannot be confused with anything indian gods. here they are presented in all their colorful splendor, and here is also nearby the temple of the sacred tooth of the buddha. and here is the most ancient

landmark of singapore, the sultan husain mosque, it has retained its architectural appearance since its construction in 1826. 5,000 muslims can pray in it at the same time. that is, if there were a christian in singapore, then you do not consider singapore a christian country, if you are a buddhist and live in singapore, then for you, this is not a buddhist country, despite the fact that buddhists are one of the largest religious groups in singapore if you are a muslim then in singapore you have the opportunity to perform islamic rituals to fast go to the mosque. but you must understand that this is a multi-racial society and you live and work in a multi-racial context and a flexible compromise approach is always applied. and here is such a compromise and trust that was formed for a long period. they define the nature of our society from our point of view, what is

gradually emerging as a singaporean identity. so when you see a person similar to a hindu, then he can be a hindu from the centurion point of view. but when you look at it more closely. you will say that he is from singapore. when you see a chinese, you wonder if he is from china or maybe from hong kong. and then when you look at how he behaves? how he dresses, how he speaks, understand that he is from singapore and about the symbiosis of cultures of ethnic cuisines such a variety of singapore where the cultures of malaysia, china, india are intertwined. eh, this, of course, is a particularly unique such human, or something, climate through the atmosphere in singapore everyone has their own holidays, actually already singapore holidays. what are the brightest holidays, especially

er, well, or something, the favorite holidays of very singaporeans. i celebrate all holidays. we probably have the most diverse holidays in singapore, including muslim christian holidays. buddhist chinese indian. it seems to me that the most popular holiday that all singaporeans celebrate is the chinese new year, the chinese community is the largest, but this is not the only reason for this holiday has become a good occasion for the non-chinese population to also have fun, but more and more people are responding to another holiday that means a lot and unites our population. this is the national day of independence day on august 9 this day. we have a carnival parade. we're having a memorial service because it's independence day. we gather together and take an oath. singapore a truly fabulous tourist destination

, everything is intertwined here, together rich diverse nature very mild and warm climate and no less the warm welcome given to travelers by the locals. if you ever had to visit this hospitable region. you will definitely want to come back here. i know that singapore is one of the most visited in the world. e islands in the most included places. e in a year there are twice as many tourists of various kinds of guests. what actually lives on the island. uh, let's line up to make our country attractive to tourists. we do not have mountains and the black sea, but we have beaches beautiful parks historical center a city that is very interesting integrated resorts sea points where you can see marine

animals if you want a different experience. you can go to the casino and have a good rest or you can use singapore as a place from which you can go online. see the region as a whole and then return to singapore to get a feel for it. it is the second best place after home to explore the entire region . march 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. the first after the break, the ship left the port of singapore on june 30, 20 km from the capital is the world-famous changi airport with its annual throughput of more than 50 million passengers. this is a city within a city where you can find everything from an abundance

of shops restaurants to cinemas. yes, spa complexes and museums, those who love nature will definitely like the bukitimara reserve. it is located on a hill at the highest point in singapore at an altitude of 163 m on the territory of the raskinu reserve. this botanical garden. 160 species of monkeys found shelter here. it has long been a tame trip to singapore can not do without a trip to sentosa island, a small tropical island of tourist infrastructure, which was developed recently in the seventies of the last century. and there is also a zoo where animals live in the wild. the juranka bird park is the largest aquarium in the world and the butterfly park, home to 3,000 endangered species? one of the healthiest cuisines here,

i know indian chinese and malay cuisine, and it's all in this bouquet that gives a unique singaporean cuisine. well, how true is this and uh, let's say fans of what kind of cuisine are you personally ? singapore has a very interesting cuisine with a very large selection of indian cuisine , malaysian cuisine, which belongs to its east asian spicy and non-spicy dishes, rice noodle dishes. i'm all eclectic and there are many different dishes, but i have to comply with the measure otherwise my doctor will tell me the same about you, your cholesterol level has risen, please. take care of your form not really. i do sports. every day. swimming hiking i periodically train in the

gym, but every year the oldest is manifested and not only in the form of a single. probably, everyone who has visited singapore has some favorite place in their memory. here is for me. this is the embankment. kolorki once 150 years ago. it was a noisy crowded noisy pier. and now it is a very cozy embankment, along which it is another pleasure to walk. in my opinion, a very attractive amazing place. gardens by the bay, by the way, is the idea behind these gardens. again, she offered the prime minister a leaf moon, hundreds of hectares of land covered with plants, from all over the world and from africa from south america from asia in a word from all over the world. there are almost 250,000 of them here. by the way, this is the only

architecture in the world. a landscape project of this kind. find yourself in a house on top of a fantastic giant tree, look at sculptures of huge dragonflies and an incredible snail from above. is not the embodiment of a childhood dream. there is no limit to human imagination in singapore the country returns to childhood, even the most serious adult men. as we say goodbye to the minister, we said that singapore makes an extremely strong impression and is not just a wonderful hospitable country. well, as a country that can serve as a model in many ways? wow. i think that now there is no country in the world that would

serve as a model for other countries. all have their own conditions and characteristics. even though we all face similar problems. globalization technological change instability of the uncertain modern world. and we are all countries, we learn from each other, we travel around the world, we get acquainted with interesting practices in other cities, we study new interesting ideas to try to apply them in singapore we learn, and i am sure that other people come to us and watch what we have new in singapore and we do not make a secret of this. thank you very much. thank you.

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