Field Report: Pressing for Openness in Singapore

Issue Date April 2001
Volume 12
Issue 2
Page Numbers 157-167
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Although friendly to business, Singapore’s government represses dissent and is far from transparent in its management of public funds. A leading dissident chronicles his struggle for greater openness.

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