過去二十幾年，新加坡以低稅負吸收外國法人與自然人移民、引進外勞，提供新的資本與人力。新的資本、新的移民、新的外勞擴大新加坡經濟的供給面。同時，這些新的移民與外勞「輪流的」或半永久性的在新加坡生活，由新加坡提供生活與運用、操作外資的空間，擴大新加坡經濟的需求面。因此，新加坡發展策略的特性可以用「外資、外勞、外客」六個字去摘要。最能具體代表新加坡「外資、外勞、外客」經濟發展策略措施的就是新加坡的賭場整合渡假村的設立。新加坡的「外資、外勞、外客」政策並不適用於幅員相對廣闊、自然資源相對豐富、農業與本土企業相對重要的台灣。

For more than two decades, Singapore has been attracting foreign corporations and foreign citizens' immigration into Singapore by lowering taxes and easy foreign labor policy. The inflow of new capital, immigrants, and migrant labor enlarges the supply side of Singapore's economy. At the same time, the new immigrants and labor, taking turn or semi-permanently live in Singapore and using the land and capital provided, enlarge the demand side. Therefore, Singapore's economic development strategy can be characterized as "foreign capital, foreign labor, and foreign clientele." This strategy can best be personified in the establishment of Singapore's integrated resorts of casinos. Singapore's strategy is not a good model for Taiwan, which, compared to Singapore, has relatively large population, relatively abundant resources, vibrant domestic agriculture, and energetic native enterprises.