SINGAPORE: If Lee Kuan Yew were alive today, would he jump out of his sick bed as he famously promised and try to stop the downward slide he feared Singapore could head towards? Or would he afford himself a satisfied smile that the island state was in good hands and doing as well as could be expected?

Ten years after his death in 2015, contrary to the claims of some of his critics, Singapore has not followed him to his grave. That might give him some satisfaction, though, being the country’s worrier-in-chief when he was alive, he would nev...