07/08/2015 GMT

It's been called an economic marvel, an Asian success story and is the envy of many of its neighbours. Singapore is now one of the world's richest countries. But as it marks its 50th year of independence, many Singaporeans say they're not feeling the benefits of economic growth. Our Asia Business Correspondent Karishma Vaswani explores the challenges facing Singapore over the next half-century, and gets explores its future path with a leading opposition member, an expatriate journalist, a novelist, social scientist and young entrepreneur.