Singapore has a long coastline

Singapore is a small country. It has a long coastline. It is porous, and it's easy for people and for goods to be brought in or even to leave Singapore. (Channel News Asia, 8 May 09)

- Wong Kan Seng,
Minister of Home Affairs
(Attributing how Mas Selamat had escaped Singapore by swimming across the Straits of Johor into Malaysia)

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