Coconuts with Prasoon

Spent a pleasant afternoon with Prasoon yesterday at the Shangri La, sipping coconut water.

Prasoon has,over the course of many years, built good friendships and business relationships with influential people in India and Indonesia and he has therefore excellent insights into what is happening there and the current thinking of their leaders.

And sometimes what is the truth may well be different from what one reads in the papers. So it was good for me to understand what is happening in these countries from someone who has his head to the ground.

We also spent time talking about the living costs in Singapore. And to me it is clear that this now a serious concern of not just the middle class but also the upper classes. Something Singapore has to look out for, although I am not sure what is the solution.