"The announcement last week that Singapore is strengthening its anti-corruption stance may have come as a bit of a surprise to some. After all, the republic is relatively free of the scourge of graft - both locals and foreigners know that palm greasing isn't the modus operandi here, particularly in the public sector.
"Yet, for all its famed 'squeaky clean' image, the reality is, as the Prime Minister said in announcing the moves, the problem of corruption 'will never disappear completely'. The prosecution last month of four former senior executives of shipbuilder Singapore Technologies Marine for bribery offences is but the latest in a recent string of corruption scandals that came to light."
- Editorial, The Business Times, 22 Jan 2015
Read the full editorial online in Singapore Law Watch. http://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/slw/headlinesnews/56222-anti-graft-boost-a-good-chance-to-plug-enforcement-gaps.html
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