lixian long, born february 10, 1956, graduated from the faculty of mathematics at cambridge university and the faculty of political science at harvard university, elected as a deputy in 1984 parliament, from 1994 to 1998, minister of industry and trade, since 1990, the eighth chairman of the monetary authority of singapore, since 2001, minister of finance, since 12 august 2004, prime minister of the republic of singapore, in our unique geopolitical position, our first policy priority is conservation good relations with neighboring countries, especially with members of the ocean, which includes 10 countries in our region, and especially with indonesia and malaysia, our closest neighbors, which are much larger than us. we are small country, so it is in our interests to be friends with everyone. we don’t want... the island of singapore is miraculously located at the crossroads of europe, asia and australia, therefore, as if by fate itself , the island is destined to become one of the greatest ports in the world, although for many, many decades only malay fishermen lived on the island of s