How could I have foreseen that science and technology, especially breakthroughs in transportation, telecommunications, and production methods, would shrink the world? The story of Singapore’s progress is a reflection of the advances of the industrial countries- their inventions, technology, enterprise, and drive….. With each technological advance, Singapore advanced- containers, air travel and air freight, satellite communications, intercontinental fiberoptic cables.
Information technology, computers, and communications and their manifold uses, the revolution in microbiology, gene therapy, cloning, and organ reproduction will transform people’s lives. Singaporeans will have to be nimble in adopting and adapting these new discoveries to play a role in disseminating their benefits…. The future is as full of promise as it is fraught with uncertainty.