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Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. I'm Ora Okenby.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. A trip to Winswept Scottish islands reveals a troubling trend for archaeology.

Climate change is unerthing national treasures all over the place, but the land

developers who typically fund archaeological digs are nowhere to be seen.

And a new French biopic tells the story of classical composer Maurice Ravel's struggle to create his distinctive

1928 piece, Bolero.

Could its repetitiveness have had something to do with the composer's brain disease?

First up though, though,

Singapore is often

Singapore is often admired as one of the world's most successful societies.

Well, at least in financial terms.

Its stability, as well as its tax and governments regimes have long been attractive

to international investors but it still maintains strong links with China and is criticized for its illiberal domestic politics.

Now change is a foot at the top and Singapore is about to come under new management.

I accept this responsibility with humility and a deep sense of duty.

Lawrence Wong, Singapore's finance minister and deputy prime minister, will take over from Lee Sien Long later this month.

Every ounce of my energy shall be devoted to the service of our country and our people.

Mr Wong will be just the fourth Prime Minister since 1965, the year that Singapore gained independence from Malaysia, and among the challenges he faces

is protecting the island's economic progress amid increasingly tricky relations between

China and the West.

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