Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS xv
3. What this book is about xxi
4. FOREWORD xxv
5. ACKNOWLEDGE MEN TS xxix
6. INTRODUCTION: It’s All About Life Choices 1
7. PART I. THE BEGINNINGS
8. CHAPTER 1. The Planning of NTI 7
9. CHAPTER 2. Implementing the Vision 10
10. CHAPTER 3. The Year 1985 17
11. PART II. ENGINEERING PURSUITS
12. CHAPTER 4. Riding High on Semiconductors 23
13. CHAPTER 5. Thriving in the Chemical Industry 27
14. CHAPTER 6. Navigating the Marine Industry 31
15. CHAPTER 7. Rise & Decline of the Disk Drive Industry 34
16. CHAPTER 8. Boom & Bust in the Electronics Industry 38
17. CHAPTER 9. Leading Lights in the IT Industry 44
18. CHAPTER 10. Riding the Ups & Downs in the Telecommunications Industry 48
19. CHAPTER 11. Transporting the Masses 52
20. CHAPTER 12. Providing Electricity & Gas to Singaporeans 56
21. CHAPTER 13. Environment Engineering & Inventions 59
22. CHAPTER 14. Building Infrastructure & Housing Millions 63
23. CHAPTER 15. Building Jewels In & Out of Singapore 67
24. CHAPTER 16. Soaring in Aerospace 72
25. CHAPTER 17. Banking on the Emerging Life Sciences Industry 75
26. CHAPTER 18. Making Waves in Other Industries 78
27. CHAPTER 19. Growing Singapore Inc through Government-Linked Companies 81
28. CHAPTER 20. Defending Our Nation 84
29. CHAPTER 21. Moulding Future Leaders 89
30. CHAPTER 22. Training Engineers at the Frontline 92
31. CHAPTER 23. The CSE Entrepreneurs 96
32. CHAPTER 24. Technopreneurs from EEE 100
33. CHAPTER 25. MPE Graduates Who Became Their Own Boss 103
34. PART III. THE LADY ENGINEERS
35. CHAPTER 26. Adding Value to the Electronics Industry 111
36. CHAPTER 27. Holding Their Own in a Man’s World 115
37. CHAPTER 28. Luminaries on the Infocomms Technology Stage 118
38. CHAPTER 29. Grooming the Next Generation 121
39. CHAPTER 30. Jumping onto the Business Bandwagon 124
40. CHAPTER 31. Developing Human Capital 129
41. CHAPTER 32. Aces in the Police & Defence Arenas 132
42. CHAPTER 33. Treading Paths Less Travelled 135
43. PART IV. NON-ENGINEERING PURSUITS
44. CHAPTER 34. Serving in Politics 141
45. CHAPTER 35. Carving out Niches in the Banking & Finance Industry 145
46. CHAPTER 36. Making Zoe Tay & Joanne Peh Stars 149
47. CHAPTER 37. Making Singapore a Famed Education Hub 153
48. CHAPTER 38. Beyond a Self-focused Life 156
49. PART V. EPILOGUE
50. CHAPTER 39. NTI’s Impact in Retrospect 161
51. CHAPTER 40. Engineering Education Then, Today & the Future 164
52. CHAPTER 41. Competing for Talent 169
53. CHAPTER 42. How I Benefitted 175
54. CHAPTER 43. Compass at the Crossroads of Life 179
55. APPENDICES 185