1. "My first visit to Singapore was by air, and I got to know the central city, where I was base, rather well. But the second was by freighter from Hong Kong, and this afforded quite a different perspective. Here was one reason for Singapore's success: I have simply never seen a neater, cleaner, better organized, or more modern port facility. Even piles of loose items were carefully stacked. Loading and offloading went quietly and orderly. Singapore is one of the world's leading enter pots, where good are brought in, stored, and transshipped. Nobody does it better, and Singapore carefully guards its reputation for dependability, on-schedule loading, and lack of corruption." H.J. de Blij.