{"id":150624,"date":"2025-07-09T16:42:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=150624"},"modified":"2025-07-09T16:42:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:42:18","slug":"tale-of-two-countries-staggering-contrast-singapore-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/07\/09\/tale-of-two-countries-staggering-contrast-singapore-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Tale of Two Countries.\u00a0Staggering Contrast:\u00a0Singapore & Sri Lanka.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prof. Hudson McLean<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

One with rich arable agricultural land, tea, rubber, coconut, round the Island fisheries, and the other a muddy newly independent nation, grappling with poverty, high unemployment, and a lack of natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence Gained:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4th Feb 1948 <\/strong> the population of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) was approximately 7.1 million<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9th Aug 1965  <\/strong>the population ofSingapore in 1965 was approximately 1,886,900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today Singapore rides high in the World, as a Highly Developed First World Rich<\/strong> country, with a Passport recognized by the world, entry without Visas. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Number One Best Passport in the World <\/strong> Singapore \u2013 193 destinations <\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today Sri Lanka is struggling as a Third World<\/strong> country with Sri Lankan passport holders have visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to a limited number of countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Top Five Non-Corrupt countries<\/strong> in the world are-: Denmark – Finland – New Zealand – Singapore – Switzerland over thirteen years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst Singapore ranks highest as a non-Corrupt country, Sri Lanka ranks No. 32.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.transparency.org\/en\/cpi\/2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Sri Lanka Stagnant?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1: Poor Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2: High Corruption<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3: Old Fashioned Education system<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4: No Time Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5: General Lazy Sinhalese Character<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Singapore Scored High?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1: Top Leadership started by Lee Kwan Yew<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2: No Corruption<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3: Education System Geared to Economic Needs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4: Working Like Clock<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5: Chinese Super Mindset<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam,  the Sri Lankan immigrants into European Union are way behind!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully the current government may try to improve the standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Government Leadership is far below that of the neighbouring countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get-Out-of-the-Box.  Look at the World Outside!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Express Your Opinion – Read What Others Say!
The Independent Interactive Voice of Sri Lanka on the Internet.

Please visit -: http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/<\/a><\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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