subtle jibes from NYT....

• weiqimun

  27 Apr 07, 11:10

  .....on Sinkapore's gahmen trying to attract the wealthy....
  
  whilst generally a sitting-on-the-fence article, 2 pointers caught out that i thot was not meant to be flaterry....
  
  from the NYT:
  Singapore Makes a Pitch to Draw the Wealthy
  ....."Concerns have emerged, however, that Singapore may also be attracting wealthy individuals who have something to hide.
  
  Before his arrest in 2005 on charges of corruption and fraud, Gianpiero Fiorani, the former chief executive of ItalyÂ’s Banca Popolare Italiana, stashed some of his assets in Singapore. The Japanese fund manager and shareholder activist Yoshiaki Murakami moved his fund, MAC Asset Management, to Singapore before his arrest last year on charges of insider trading. And in December, the police in Shanghai arrested an unidentified Singaporean for running an underground bank that shuttled money between China and Singapore.......
  
  .......Roughly 60 percent of the buyers at Sentosa Cove are foreigners, according to the developmentÂ’s staff. SentosaÂ’s residents get a choice of two views; they can survey one of the worldÂ’s busiest container ports or one of the worldÂ’s busiest sea lanes"
  
• charlize

  27 Apr 07, 11:20

  Well, Sg and Indonesia concluded negotiations recently on an extradition treaty.
  
  And MM said that the treaty will not affect banks.
  
  Go figure.
  
  
• pearlie27

  27 Apr 07, 17:12

  Yes, Singapore is going to be the country of sin. Dirty money and casino.
• LazerLordz

  27 Apr 07, 20:23

  Originally posted by pearlie27:

  Yes, Singapore is going to be the country of sin. Dirty money and casino.

  
• 4getmenot

  28 Apr 07, 13:41

  so will MM and PM sue NYT also? afterall if they keep quiet, they must be some 'truth' to it..?
• AndrewPKYap

  28 Apr 07, 13:44

  Originally posted by 4getmenot:

  so will MM and PM sue NYT also? afterall if they keep quiet, they must be some 'truth' to it..?

  since they never sue the EU parliamentarians for comparing them to Myanmar and North Korea, we can happily repeat it!
• ndmmxiaomayi

  28 Apr 07, 14:58

  Originally posted by pearlie27:

  Yes, Singapore is going to be the country of sin. Dirty money and casino.

  I think looking at how Switzerland handles such cases will be a good idea.
  
  Casinos... whatever. Screw them.
• walesa

  29 Apr 07, 03:53

  Originally posted by 4getmenot:

  so will MM and PM sue NYT also? afterall if they keep quiet, they must be some 'truth' to it..?

  I'd like to see criminals taking their case to the Land of The Free and open judicial proceedings there.
  
  I'm sure the trial proceedings - if it even gets that far - would make for better entertainment than some Hollywood blockbuster.