Singapore— Veteran diplomat Tommy Koh caused quite a stir last week when he called Singapore a First World country with Third World people at the Singapore Bicentennial Conference, which was organised by the Institute of Policy Studies. The controversial remark made headlines, along with other comments from Professor Koh, who did not hold back in expressing … Continue reading “I think that’s a fair way of describing it,” reactions to Tommy Koh calling Singaporeans 3rd world people