Question

How does the author connect his statement that America should tell other countries to behave mercifully with the list of American corporations with branches in Singapore

Answer 1

Answer:

The author indicates by a list of corporations who are major players in the economic stability of Singapore to put an emphasis and pressure on the government to cancel the punishment of the US citizen, Michael Fay.

Explanation:

Some of the people who are involved in the process of emphasizing and pressurizing the Singapore president to cancel the punishment include the heads of following companies:

• Riley P. Bechtel of the Bechtel Group Inc.
• John S. Reed of Citicorp
• Roberto C. Goizueta of the Coca-Cola Company Inc.
• Edgar S. Woolard Jr. of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
• Lee R. Raymond of Exxon Corporation
• John F. Welch Jr. of the General Electric Company
• Michael R. Bonsignore of Honeywell Inc.
• Louis V. Gerstner Jr. of the International Business Machines Corporation
• Ralph S. Larsen of Johnson & Johnson Inc.