Singapore Quotations | Page 2

It's terrible. We're starting to look like Hong Kong, or Singapore at worst. Pretty soon you won't be able to throw a piece of gum on the street.

Frank has been a leading force in building our International businesses since joining the launch team in Europe 18 years ago when we set up our International operations. In Europe, he drove the creation of a pan-regional advertising market, enabling MTV Networks Europe to consistently exceed business plan. Since he moved to Singapore to create MTV Networks Asia Pacific in 1994, he has launched 20 MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon channels and has forged important partnerships for the company across the Asia-Pacific region. With his creativity, passion and vision in driving our Asian expansion strategies, he has built a vibrant Asian business that will be a growth engine for MTV Networks for years to come. Frank has been a trusted, invaluable colleague and friend through the years, and I wish him and his family much happiness and success in Australia.

The winning bidder will provide the lowest execution risk to the Singapore government.

Asia can learn much from Europe. Trade could be made easier in Asia, and the conditions for doing business could be improved by reducing red tape. In this regard, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea have done better than the best in Europe.

He has laid out a long-term plan for the economy and he's trying to get everybody on board. The speech was to rally people to his plan of making Singapore a world-class city with a world-class service center.

Singapore is the happiest place in Asia

We had a small terrace house for sale. The owners were posted to Singapore and were at a loss as to what to do with their beloved cat. There were six buyers keen on the property and one young woman managed to win the heart of the vendors by telling them that she loved cats and if she bought the house, she would happily keep theirs. No sooner had she completed than it transpired she was allergic to cats and had absolutely no intention of keeping it.

The risks of piracy spreading beyond the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, off the Somali coast, and in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore and beyond are substantial.

India, Pakistan, China, Singapore and South Korea are heavily investing in nuclear arms. Since 21st century is the century of Asia, Asian countries should be the first ones to drop this arms race.

The Singapore dollar will continue to appreciate because of the economy -- there's no question about that.