Lee said the cases and growing repression showed that his city has deteriorated - though he also acknowledged the lack of political freedoms was a holdover from his father's decadeslong leadership, during which the resource-poor former British colony transformed into a prosperous financial hub with low crime and almost zero corruption.
Singapore's affluent veneer hiding repression and corruption, says son of its modern-day founder
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Lee said that, while he didn't know what Australia's arrangements were, he expected it similarly made “mutually acceptable, sensible arrangements” with Swift when she performed in Melbourne and Sydney - one of which Australia's prime minister attended - before flying to Singapore.
Taylor Swift strikes deal with Singapore not to perform in any other Southeast Asian country
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