Singapore City – Unique Among Countries Singapore City: A Modern City-State Singapore City is one of three sovereign city-states in the world. It is the only city-state to be an island. The Republic of Singapore is a small island nation in Southeast Asia. It lies on the southern end of the Malay Peninsula. It is a very small island that is in between Malaysia and Indonesia. A little more than four million people call Singapore home. It has often been called” the cleanest city in the world.“
So how did Singapore City transform itself from being nothing but a swampy island to a modern financial centre? The answer lies in the election of their first Prime Minister, Lee Kwan Yew. Lee Kwan Yew used some very stern rules, but he actually put Singapore City on the map. It is one of the wealthiest, cleanest, and safest cities in the whole world. Lee Kwan Yew not only made a success story out of Singapore, but he did it in less than 4 decades. He took basic rules that every child should have learned from their parents and made them laws. Yes, you can be fined or arrested for spitting on a sidewalk, littering or selling chewing gum in the country. You can bring and use chewing gum, but you better make sure it goes to the garbage can when you're done. Yes, you can eat that hamburger, but that