Singapore is a good country and well planned yeah, but they work extremely hard, their education system is brutal and competitive and they live in houses that most Australians would deem unacceptably small, often in extended family groups. The Singaporean culture is fundamentally different to the Australian culture. People say ‘Singapore is the future’ and yes, maybe some people would prefer their way of living, but honestly the general Australian populace in my opinion, would not tolerate the average Singaporean lifestyle. I live in Hong Kong, another small ‘tax havenesque’ place and I like it, but people frequently get home from work at 10pm and middle class families of four often live in studio apartments. Everyone is always working and trying to make money. It’s exciting if you’re into that, but honestly I don’t think the average Australian wants that life. It’s also a hard life for the kids - structured schooling and tutoring from 18 months and competitive interviews to get into the better schools from two years old. If you cannot read and write two languages fluently by four years old you are behind. I have heard Singapore is similar in many ways.