Neo colonization: Is Singapore a republic or a colony?

When the British and the Japs were here, they formed the govt and took
charge of everything. Two of the most important roles of any govt are
the distribution of power and the distribution of wealth. They took all
the important jobs and distributed the good jobs to their own people.
The locals were shunned except for jobs that they did not want to do or
needed the locals to do. The best