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