Worlds aside? London mayor’s Singapore go to triggers conflict over metropolis reputations

Khan, who was in Singapore this week, posted an image of himself standing in entrance of the Marina Bay skyline on Sunday with the caption: “This is what it looks like when two global powerhouses unite. Delighted to be here to bang the drum for London and supercharge the strong ties between our countries.”

Social media customers have been fast to level out the variations, notably when it got here to regulation and order. While some known as Singapore too authoritarian and strict, others identified that London’s crime charges made it unsafe.

“In Singapore people do not get randomly stabbed, randomly mugged, have their bikes randomly stolen, nor get to watch other people randomly not pay for public transport,” one person mentioned. “Khan would do well to learn from Singapore. But I’m not holding my breath on that.”

Another person mentioned: “The former colony has now surpassed its former colonial master as the latter forgot how to govern.”

In response to the criticism, a spokesman for Khan instructed This Week in Asia that the mayor was main a enterprise delegation to Singapore to foster stronger ties between the international locations.