Bob Browning recently visited Singapore and found a country that, having achieved remarkable material success, is trying to redirect itself for the next stage of its development. It seems inevitable that some of the centralised direction of the economy and the polity will be relaxed.
Singapore’s Central Provident Fund (CPF) is the state-run personal savings system which has been much admired in other countries. Some in Australia see it as a social security system alternative, especially in re…
