Singapore: This 'little red dot' has a big plan

Singapore has ambitious plans to redevelop the island into a world-leading city. Lars Henriksson explains how patient investors could profit.

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Singapore has ambitious plans for itself

On 4 August 1998 in the Asian Wall Street Journal, the former Indonesian president, BJ Habibie, said he did not think of Singapore as a friend. He then apparently pointed to a map and said, "It's OK with me, but there are 211 million people in Indonesia. All the green is Indonesia. And that red dot is Singapore."

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Lars is an emerging-markets expert, with many years of 'on the ground' experience hunting down profit opportunities in Asia. Lars spent ten years living in Malaysia and Thailand, seeking out strategic opportunities, before moving to London to manage the Oracle Asia Absolute Fund. In short, Lars has real knowledge of where the opportunities in Asia are.