http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ecs/department/EducationandGrowth.pdf
for those who have the patience to read.
It explains well, why things are in SG from the point of view of one of those who made it happen at the beginning, incl things like a lack of culture esp when dialect, the point of communication and transfer of values was wiped out, hence cutting away a sense of continuity from time-driven values.
Pioneers and leaders who had battles and started things really see things differently from those who come later and just maintain it.
*essay mode,sorry*
