Landmark US visit was truly a proud moment

Singapore

NATIONAL Day is not till Tuesday, but Singapore may have already received a most remarkable gift for her 51st birthday.

It has been three days since Barack Obama welcomed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to the White House for Singapore's first official visit to the United States in 31 years, complete with a black-tie state dinner.

I was fortunate to be among the 2,000 guests on the South Lawn of the presidential mansion in Washington for the arrival ceremony, and what a surreal, humbling experience it was to be there that sun-ki…