Why Singapore Might Make It.

Focuses on the leadership of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore. Acceptance of the Communists as allies in the struggle against colonialism; Implementation of tax increases and cuts in the dearness allowance of government workers; Percentage of the gross national product spent by the country on defense; Claim of power of Lee Kuan Yew's People's Action Party that it found the treasury empty; Success of economic policy by Lee Kuan Yew; Report on Singapore spending only about one percent of gross national product on defense; Relations of Singapore with Japan and Australia; Admiration of United States by prime minister of Singapore; Efforts of Lee Kuan Yew to make his island of immigrants an island of skilled workers.