Still a model?

This is from the article, China Sees Singapore As a Model for Progress, by Nicholas D. Kristor in The New York Times in 1992.

One of the most illuminating statements he [Mr. Deng, Xiaoping] made was this: Singapore's social order is rather good. Its leaders exercise strict management. We should learn from their experience, and we should do a better job than they do.

Find Singapore here.