Singapore's Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam speaks to Reuters during an interview at his office in Singapore June 5, 2014. Singapore is willing to accept slower growth as a trade-off for social stability as it aims to keep down the number of foreigners working in the city-state, Tharman told Reuters. Over the past decade, Singapore's economy has expanded by a 6.4 percent annual average. Tharman said that he would be happy if Singapore grew 3 percent a year, as long as growth was driven mainly by gains in productivity. Picture taken June 5, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)