How far is Singapore from Andhrapradesh?

How far is Singapore from Andhrapradesh is a obvious question! Mark the location you want either Vijayawada or Visakhapatnam on Google maps and get the distance. What is the question then? The Cheif Minister of Andhrapradesh and his esteemed ministers keep talking about building another Singapore either as a capital city or a stand alone city in the newly formed state of Andhrapradesh. The obvious of Singapore that people visualize and get excited about is the tall buildings, neat and clean roads, technology infrastructure, tourist destinations, etc. It is very important for any leader to have a vision and paint pictures of future for its citizens. What we all need to understand is what lies behind Singapore, its growth and what made the city/country one of the best countries to live in the world? For beginners, the population of Singapore and A.P is not comparable. We cannot build one singapore in an island with 50 lakhs population and let other cities dwell away in dirt and non-growth? For the land size and population, Singapore has very diverse occupations including manufacturing and financial services but very little agriculture. To reach Singapore, we haave to start taking stock of our occupations, what we have and what we don't and what our underlying strategy for financial success of our own 'Singapore'..Singapore is not about buildings or infrastructure..even if it is, are we going to make our development one city centric again? Cities like Singapore are built on clear cut vision and startegy and not just dreams...Strategically planning occupations based on the natural and human resources available and these resources linked to education(production) and Government. Singapore consists of more than 25% population born outside of Singapore which means they bring or take business 'from' singapore to their native country. (Import and exports). With very little dense population, it is easier to track all citizens and bring about sense of discipline. Now, where do we start off in terms of corruption? How many decades will it take India or any small part of India to become non-corrupt with all the monies spent in elections? How can we inculcate discipline amongst our citizens? Where do we start off with the 'human' element that defines a country or a city? It requires proper planning to develop one city into an IT hub or industrial hub. It is not enough for the Government to allocate land and invite industrialists. It requires proper policy and doing the right things first. We need to upgrade or modify/add support skills that requires an industry to run. The Government should bring the industry and education centers together to measure, estimate and develop skills required to make such IT cities or industrial hubs. New and creative programs to make the city affordable for the industrialists and employees is a must. The list above is just a beginning - I am not a pessimist, but an eternal optimist. I dream about great things for my country and love to improve the employablity for students comming out of colleges. However, I like to see the Government start off on our strenghts, have a practical strategy and direction to achieve what we have set out to -