How do we inculcate "The Good" from others?

It is we individuals who make up a family, an organization, a society and finally a nation. You all would imagine what I am upto now and what am I trying to convey.  Recently I had been on a trip to Singapore and there were so many things that we all can learn from that nation of 4 million people.

An island nation no more than the Los Angeles County in terms of area, can boast to be one of the most prosperous at nations of the modern times. The moment I landed at the Changi International Airport, I started to compare this fabulous airport with the ones that I have seen in the US, Dubai, Kuala Lampur etc. Unfortunately I could not compare this to any US airport.

When I reached the immigration center, it was delightful to see that place, a huge area with a giant statue. Even better, when you are greeted so politely by the immigration officer welcoming you to the country and a big smile at 3:00am in the morning. This shows how much they care for the visitors.

My week passed by with work and still I was trying to find out issues, limitations and again I was comparing it to the more developed countries of the west.

There were taxi stands along with bus stands, where people queued up to wait for their change to hop on the nicely maintained cabs. The best part, the charges were based on the meter, no tipping or any extras. The rates changes based on the time of the day, how may toll roads did your drive take and which part of the country are your heading to. Another interesting fact that I learned from my friend and folks I met, the whole country discourages on tipping which is a huge thing in the west and now catching up rapidly in India. So you pay what is billed.

Interestingly the only part of the country that was not well kept up and possibly seems chaotic was a place called “Little India”. This houses all sorts of Indian stores, eateries, not to forget the jewelry stores. People crossed the street anyplace they like, honking cars, over crowed streets, shopkeepers calling out load to pull in the customers.

This is where you can find Indian origin tourist from through the globe flocking to do their shopping and the favorite among them is “Mustafa”. This is an enormous store which practically keeps everything that one can ask for.

Thinking through the 18 hour long flight back home, I was happy to learn so much from this place, the people and the policies. Can we model these in any other developing countries, even states, even cities? Are we open to accept something good, way and means which improves everyone’s life and living standard.