[cityhantam]

Indeed - Copying from the best is one of the key to catching up quickly.

In our early days, SG sent many officials overseas to learn and copy from the best-in-class.

Today, it is others who wanna  "copy" SG.

And guess who "copied" from SG which  in no small way, had changed the lives of millions in last 30 years ?

Munger is only partly correct.

If a country can just copy Sg and be successfully, many countries would have been as successful!