Most of our readers won’t have been to Singapore. What can they expect to find?
It’s much more developed now than it was when I left – 40 years makes a world of difference. Now Singapore’s one of the largest and most impressive cities in the world. It’s a safe place, there are no drugs, no crime. If you’re born and bred in Singapore you’re a model citizen, compared – not to cast aspersions on British people – to folks over here.

No, that’s fair enough. I’ve been in some of our city centres on a Friday night and met a fair few citizens that are far from model.