Xinhua Commentary: Singapore is the future of China in urban order

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Singapore is the future of China in urban order
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/in..._133607658.htm

Singapore is proof that carrots and sticks work. People are rewarded for obeying the law by having the pleasure of living in a clean and harmonious society but punished for breaking it. Travelers are warned before entering Singapore that possession, or buying or selling of narcotics carry a mandatory death sentence. It shouldn't come as any surprise then that the number of people dealing in drugs in the city-state is minute.

Moreover, in a society with a large Chinese population wary of losing face, repeat offenders must perform community service wearing a vividly colored vest that identifies them as litterbugs. Is it any wonder that Singapore is almost spotlessly clean?

The same philosophy is applied to traffic. Singapore's electronic road pricing system regulates traffic by imposing a charge on the use of certain routes, with the amount varying according to the traffic load on the roads. The amount charged is automatically deducted from a stored-value card built into the vehicle.


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