Imagine that,handicapped by the size of this island,our forefathers had been a narrow-visioned,petty-minded people. Could Singapore have prospered,as it has done so far?

• 试想，我们的开国先驱们，如果也这样只看到“小”的先天不足之处，并以此为借口，那还会有今天繁荣的新加坡吗?