Management of Success: The Moulding of Modern Singapore

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Management of Success

The Moulding of Modern Singapore

Edited by: Kernial Singh Sandhu and Paul Wheatley

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1989

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Fifty-six authors provide analytical reflections on how Singapore has been transformed from a colony into a thriving, modern, independent republic. It offers the most comprehensive evaluation of the achievements of the government and people of Singapore to date. An outline of the colonial context is followed by evaluations of government policy and practice; restructuring of the economy and accompanying social changes; concomitant modifications in the cultural matrix, and the way Singapore is responding to the information revolution and the changing international environment.

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Social Sciences Political Science Local Government and Administration

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Kernial Singh Sandhu and Paul Wheatley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	v
NOTES ON SINGAPORE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	x
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
FIGURES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xviii
TABLES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xxi
PLATES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xxv
SECTION 1: SINGAPORE'S INHERITANCE
1. The Colonial Legacy Edwin Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
SECTION 2: LEADERSHIP AND POLICY
2. The Political Leadership: Lee Kuan Yew and the PAP Team Robert O. Tilman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
3. The PAP and the Structuring of the Political System Chan Heng Chee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	70
4. The Bureaucracy Lee Boon Hiok Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	90
5. The Limits of Government Intervention Jon S. T. Quah and Stella R. Quah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	102
6. The Management of People Pang Eng Fong, Tan Chwee Huat and Cheng Sod May Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	128
7. Trade Unions Raj Vasil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	144
8. Social Welfare Linda Y. C. Lim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
SECTION 3: THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ECONOMY
9. From High Growth Rates to Recession Lim Chong Yah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	201
10. Theoretical Notes on Singapore as a Development Model Ronald Findlay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	218
11. Diversification of Trade Koh Ai Tee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	227
12. The Character and Progress of Industrialization Chia Slow Vue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	250
13. Expansion of the Service, Sector Lee Soo Ann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	280
14. Singapore as an Oil Centre Fereidun Fesharaki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	300
15. The Port of Singapore Chia Lin Sien Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	314
16. The Evolution of Singapore as a Financial Centre Ralph C. Bryant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	337
17. Singapore's Record of Price Stability, 1966-84 Herbert G. Grubel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	373
18. Elaboration of the Transport System V. Setty Pendakur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	399
19. Providing Mobility and Accessibility N. Varaprasad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	420
20. Government as Entrepreneur Lawrence B. Krause Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	436
SECTION 4: THE TRANSFORMATION O F SOCIETY
21. The Demographic Base Yap Mui Teng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	455
22. The Perception and Practice of Education Tham Seong Chee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	477
23. Language and Linguistic Policies Nirmala Puru Shotam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	503
24. The English-Language Writer in Singapore Shirley Lim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	523
25. The Chinese as Immigrants and Settlers Wang Gungwu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	552
26. Singaporean Identity Sharon Siddique Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	563
27. The Emergence of Nationalism W. E. Willmott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	578
SECTION 5: THE LAW
28. The Singapore Legal System G. W. Bartholomew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	601
29. Constitutional Development Philip N. Pillai and Kevin Tan Yew Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	647
SECTION 6: VALUE SYSTEMS
30. Value Premises Underlying the Transformation of Singapore Ho Wing Meng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	671
31. Religion Trevor Ling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	692
32. Culture and the Arts Koh Tai Ann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	710
33. Self-Images: Contexts for Transformations Edwin Thumboo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	749
SECTION 7: MODIFICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
34. The Transformation of the Physical Environment Wong Poh Poh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	771
35. Spatial Reorganization Aline K. Wong and Ooi Giok Ling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	788
36. The Idea of the Garden City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	813
37. The Political Economy of Public Housing Cedric Pugh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	833
38. The Architecture of Rapid Transformation Tay Kheng Soon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	860
SECTION 8: TOWARDS AN INFORMATION SOCIETY
39. Managing the Information Revolution Juzar Motiwalla and Arthur Lee Gilbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	881
40. Singapore in the Computer Age Meheroo Jussawalla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	892
SECTION 9: COMMUNITY AND NATIONA L SECURITY
41. Crime and Control W. Timothy Austin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	913
42. Community Security Ong Jin Hui Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	928
43. National Security Seah Chee Meow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	949
SECTION 10: FOREIGN RELATIONS
44. The Conduct of Foreign Policy Michael Leifer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	965
SECTION 11: LIFE IN SINGAPORE
45. The Problem of Corruption Syed Hussein Alatas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	985
46. The Business of Living in Singapore Chua Beng Huat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1003
47. The Quality of Life in Singapore: A Foreigner's Reflections Hans Christoph Rieger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1022
48. A Little Dragon Tamed Ezra F. Vogel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1049
49. Challenges of Success Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1067
THE CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1107
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1123

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