Why can Singapore be the cleanest country in Asia?

The report released by Lausanne, Switzerland also shows that Singapore is the cleanest country in Asia. The reason why Singapore can control corruption and win worldwide acclaim is that Lee Kuan Yew, a former prime minister and current cabinet senior minister, has done a very good job in controlling corruption during his administration. Lee Kuan Yew served as Prime Minister of Singapore for 3 1 year (1959- 1990) and made up his mind to govern the country according to law. He has his own anti-corruption "four basic principles", that is, everyone is equal before the law, everyone is free inside the law, there is no democracy outside the law, and there is no authority above the law. Lee Kuan Yew has said many times that I am the prime minister of the government, and I can make many millionaires and billionaires, but I will never be a rich man myself. Lee Kuan Yew said: "Unless you practice, you can't maintain this society." Lee Kuan Yew said that he may be the poorest prime minister in the world. Presumably, this means that you only rely on wages, and there is no "welfare" and oil and water other than wages. Lee Kuan Yew does not have his own official car. He bought the car with his own money. It is a standard "private car sharing". He can afford horses and saddles. All the expenses such as gasoline, maintenance and cleaning are out of his own pocket. Housing must be bought with your own money. There is no official residence "public house" for officials to use. How much you love living depends on how much you pay, not the size of your official position. Lee Kuan Yew took the lead in living in his private house, so no one dared to brazenly take public houses as official residences. For some social activities, it is not something you can eat with an open stomach. Everything is limited. Because of going abroad for state affairs or attending international conferences, the expenses are strictly regulated, and the parties can only receive the minimum allowance. It is impossible to find an excuse to find a "good thing" that can be reimbursed at will as long as you can get the invoice, and it is impossible to make a profit by taking the opportunity. Domestic receptions, meetings and celebrations, as well as accompanying visiting foreign heads of state or delegations for sightseeing, are also cost-effective, and there is a strict and open financial system from which no one can embezzle. In all celebrations, the etiquette is simple and clear, and extravagance and red tape are not allowed. Officials will never allow inscriptions to cut the ribbon everywhere, let alone accept red envelopes on this ground. Officials are not allowed to "borrow money" from subordinate units or enterprises under their jurisdiction, nor can they hint at what they lack, nor can they ask for money from subordinate units in any way. Lee Kuan Yew will bring a briefcase to work. He usually likes white shirts and trousers, not because Singapore is too hot, but because white symbolizes purity, which is also his consistent strict requirement for Singapore civil servants: honesty. He said, "If we allow you to reach into someone else's till, then we are all finished." At the beginning of Lee Kuan Yew's reign, he called a meeting of relatives and warned them not to have the idea of climbing the dragon and attaching importance to the phoenix and taking advantage of it. "From now on, you don't expect to get special care from me. You should treat yourself completely like ordinary people. " He still lives in his parents' old house, and the official residence is only open when the government rewards him. Liang Zhengcai can town under Liang, and Lee Kuan Yew's punishment for corruption is severe. Some senior officials, such as the former Minister of State for National Defence and former President Tiffany, all broke their heads and lost their jobs in front of the iron wall of a clean government. Lee Kuan Yew's punishment of corruption is based on the idea and excuse of fundamentally digging up corruption, that is, the basis of conviction is quality, not quantity, mainly based on "whether corruption and bribery" rather than "how much corruption and bribery". Many countries in the world often take "quantity" as the criterion for judging whether or not to accept bribes, which makes the boundaries between accepting bribes and general bribery, bribery and general gift-giving, corruption and eating more and getting more blurred, and also makes many people find excuses to get away with it. As a result, because there is no clear definition, corruption and corrupt behavior breed and grow, and there is no way to uproot them. From the beginning of his political career, Lee Kuan Yew made up his mind to cut off Singapore, a "cancer of Southeast Asia", and never allowed corrupt elements to bully the weak and fish the people in Singapore. The main basis of corruption is not "quantity", but "whether this kind of behavior exists" Lee Kuan Yew supports one point, that is, all people who hold public office, especially those who have power in their hands, must never accept even a little money and things that do not belong to them, otherwise they will violate the law. Therefore, such "trivial" things as accepting bribes from a pack of cigarettes and accepting tips from housewives will be incredibly severely punished in Singapore. Regarding bribery, Lee Kuan Yew believes that the briber should be severely punished first, which cannot be reversed. The subject of corruption is the authority in society. Only when they have the rights or positions sought after by others can they have the conditions and possibilities of corruption. Once they ignore the Constitution and laws or "cannot be punished by doctors", they will be indulged and sheltered, and the political, economic and social life of the country will inevitably breed and spread corruption. As for bribers and those who provide conditions for corrupt people, although there are unforgivable crimes, they are not the main aspects of corruption. If officials are honest and clean, corruption will not breed. As the saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs. Therefore, to punish corruption, the first thing is to govern officials, to govern officials according to law, to be prepared for heavy punishment, and to nip in the bud. In the second year after the founding of Singapore, Parliament passed the Anti-Corruption Law, which increased the power of the Corruption Investigation Bureau and established 1952. The Bureau is directly under the leadership of and accountable to the Prime Minister. The director of corruption investigation bureau and special investigators can arrest anyone suspected of corruption without an arrest warrant. They can also arrest anyone accused or suspected of violating anti-corruption laws. They can exercise the special powers conferred by the Criminal Procedure Law and the special investigation power of the police without the order of the public prosecutor. They have the right to enter the house to search, confiscate any money or articles that are considered illegal money or stolen goods, have the right to enter various departments and institutions, ask anyone to provide necessary internal information, and have the right to ask suspects to explain their property. Lee Kuan Yew is not soft on organized crime and adopts a "one nest end" approach. From 1970 to 197 1, the traffic police collectively accepted bribes from the transportation company and received money from the transportation company on a regular basis. The transaction of power and money has a purpose. When the transportation company violates traffic regulations, the traffic police turn a blind eye and let it go. After the traffic police got the bribe, they shared it equally and pocketed it. After taking over the case, the Corruption Investigation Bureau severely punished all criminals and eradicated corrupt groups. The Singapore government has great determination, flexible means and strict investigation. Any corruption case, as long as it rises, must be severely cracked down. For more than 30 years, there have been no major group cases in Singapore. A very common aspect of power and money trading is reflected in the corruption of employing people, that is, spending money to buy officials, which is the most hateful corruption. Singapore's civil servants are not in charge of any boss and can be promoted if they want to be promoted, but there is a strict selection and appointment system. Everyone who wants to be a civil servant has to pass a rigorous examination and physical examination, and there is no back door to go. Singapore places special emphasis on the ethics of civil servants. Their private lives are strictly managed, and their daily communication, family situation, personal interests and hobbies, whether individuals have bad habits such as drug abuse and whoring are not formalism, but watertight. Lee Kuan Yew believes that people with bad hobbies entering the civil service will not only affect the image of the government, but also breed corruption with ulterior motives and easily go astray once conditions permit. Therefore, strict examination of the "first pass" must be done well, which is an effective way to prevent corruption. Civil servants must be transparent. Another feature of Singapore is the moral assessment system for civil servants. "Keep an eye on people" and implement supervision in minutes. The government sends a diary to civil servants every year. The diary is printed with page numbers and year, month and day, and each page is written by the civil servant himself in front of the competent official to ensure that the contents recorded in it are true and not false at all. They are willing to be severely punished if there are false or inconsistent records. Civil servants must carry a diary with them, and must not lose it or put it anywhere, and record their activities at any time. During office hours, if there are family members and relatives visiting, the names and reasons of the visitors should be recorded in detail. Diaries are checked regularly. When civil servants go to work every Monday, they should send the diary to the competent official for signature and inspection, and return it after completion. If the officials in charge think that the diary is suspicious, they should send it to the Corruption Investigation Bureau for examination and verification. If the Corruption Investigation Bureau knows and believes that this person has committed corruption through other channels, the responsible official will be punished together with the crimes of knowing not to report and lax inspection. A tracking system has also been implemented for civil servants. By the National Bureau of Corruption Investigation and other units and ordinary people, all civil servants, regardless of their positions, especially those newly appointed to public office, secretly sent people to follow them and make unannounced visits to their daily actions to see what their private lives are like. Whether there are whoring and gambling behaviors, whether they go in and out of bars, whether they secretly associate with illegal gangs, if they find any misdeeds, they will immediately send people to take photos secretly, and the parties will surrender themselves in front of the facts and wait for punishment. Behavior tracking system is a very shocking anti-corruption system. For anyone who wants to be corrupt, there are visiting cameras and encirclement everywhere. The reason why corrupt elements are rampant is because of the gap between their wage income and the huge amount of money, which makes them dare to take risks and do whatever it takes. Especially before retirement, you have the right to expire, which is the "59-year-old phenomenon." Lee Kuan Yew wants to use positive methods to discourage people from "throwing caution to the wind", and the provident fund system is his unique trick. 40% of the monthly salary of on-the-job public officials is provident fund, which can only be withdrawn after the bank retires. This 40% is only deducted from the salary by 22%, and 18% is the state subsidy. That is to say, in addition to the monthly salary, the state also subsidizes 18% of the total salary in the provident fund. If civil servants start working in their twenties, they will have a huge provident fund to draw from when they retire, ranging from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands, which is enough to ensure a well-fed life. The central provident fund is a solid and reliable guarantee, which is both a welfare and a clean mortgage. For those who dare to take bribes and take advantage of legal loopholes, provident fund is a bargaining chip for punishment. After a corrupt criminal is sentenced by law, all his provident fund will be confiscated and turned over to the state treasury. Lee Kuan Yew does not engage in idealism or materialism. He can make the material and spiritual municipal affairs just right and form positive anti-corruption measures in Singapore. Every year, the government will find out the wage scales of private enterprises and government departments, and then balance them to prevent the average wage level of government departments from being lower than that of private enterprises. The salary level of government departments is at the top of the whole Singapore society, and the monthly salary of senior civil servants is more than 10 times of the general social level. Compared with some elite sectors of society, such as commerce, lawyers and medical care, absolute wages are still incomparable. Therefore, on the one hand, Lee Kuan Yew manages with a high salary, on the other hand, he still emphasizes the spirit of dedication and advocates that people who hold public office should make some sacrifices. Barker, a former attorney general, is a private lawyer, earning three times as much as when he was a minister. At that time, the salary of civil servants was still relatively low, and he found it difficult to support his family and send his children to school. Therefore, he had to submit his resignation to Lee Kuan Yew and wanted to return to his old job. Lee Kuan Yew disagreed and talked with him in depth, and then his salary doubled before Buck was able to stay. At present, Singapore's top leaders, Hao and others used to be senior staff of private institutions before taking up public office, earning a lot of money. Now their wages are different. Lee Kuan Yew often asks civil servants to be "selfless" and "make great contributions to the great cause in the future in a simple living environment".