The world is big enough for both countries and each is too big to be contained by the other.

I hope we are improving by our standards. Whether we are improving by your standards or American standards is a different question. Our responsibility is to Singaporeans, and what we do here should meet their approval. There are no universal prescriptions.

This will continue so I'm not too worried about these various demonstrations. We're just being used by various parties to hit at each other.

With ministers, with prime ministers, we've always had good relationships.

Supply isn't going up as much as demand so the prices of metal, especially that of copper and zinc, are going up.

I hate to say it, but I'll bring my chemistry book. I really need to polish up on my chemistry. I play the drums. We'll pull out pots and pans and play those.