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Description About the Editor As Singapore enters its 50th year of independence, it is a time for introspection to look back at the successes an...

Description About the Editor As Singapore enters its 50th year of independence, it is a time for introspection to look back at the successes an...

Description Brimming with verve and dramatic incident, this title offers insights into the life story of this Singapore island city-state throu...

Description About the Editors Ageing is a part of life that all Singaporeans must face and, in fact, all families will have next of kins who wi...

Description This book is an annual effort by the economists at the Nanyang Technological University to provide analysis, interpretations and in...

Description This book is a spin-off from a highly successful seminar series jointly organized by the Division of Economics of the Nanyang Techn...

Description About the Editor Dr Noeleen Heyzer is the Institute of Policy Studies' 10th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book...

Description About the Editors Singapore's well-documented economic progress since independence owes a big debt to the initial investment that t...

An illustrated collection of Singapore truth and trivia, Singapore at Random is filled with anecdotes, statistics, quotes, diagrams, facts, advice,...

Description About the Authors This book is the definitive volume on the history of chess in Singapore. Covering 1945–1990, it covers the post-w...

Description The political, economic and social changes that have occurred over the past 60 years have shaped and transformed the childhood of c...

Description About the Series The early structures in Singapore were constructed from locally available materials. After British colonisation, m...

Description About the Series A collection of short essays written by the two authors, this book is an unconventional chronicle of the visual ar...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Central Provident Fund reflects the economic history and social development of Singapore. CP...

Description About the Series Historically, Singapore has been home to a myriad of people of Chinese descent, including those whose ancestors mi...

Description About the Series This book documents the development of civil society in Singapore from the colonial era to the present day. It exa...

Description About the Series This book is a history of Singapore from the founding of a settlement by Raffles in 1819, to the post-imperial pha...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Constitution traces the development of Singapore’s Constitution against the framework of Sin...

Description About the Series How can a tiny island defend itself against Goliaths in the region? This book addresses that often-asked question....

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Demography traces the trends and developments in Singapore’s population from the pre-Indepen...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Diplomacy shows how Singapore has dealt with many daunting challenges: separation from Malay...

Description About the Series This book gives a concise account of the Singapore economy, beginning withits origins in the colonial era and cont...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Education examines the key imperatives and principles that drove policy formulation, the suc...

Description About the Series This book examines the origins of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) in the inter-War years and its subsequent de...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Energy examines the evolving growth of Singapore's energy use and manufacturing. Starting wi...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Environment documents Singapore’s journey towards greater environmental sustainability, biod...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Eurasians explores the social history of Singapore Eurasians, focusing particularly on the 5...

Description About the Series Singapore is one of the premier financial centres in the world. It is one of the biggest markets for the trading o...

Description About the Series The term “flora and fauna” refers to the plants and animals found in a particular region. Singapore’s primeval veg...

Description About the Series Singapore’s reputation as a food paradise reflects its position at the intersection of four culinary cultures: Chi...

Description About the Series Singapore has leveraged on its strategic location and open economy to become a global maritime and logistics centr...

Description About the Series Good governance is at the heart of Singapore’s development, forged in the furnace of the early challenges that Sin...

Description About the Series This book reviews the development of healthcare in Singapore, especially over the last 50 years. It presents major...

Description About the Series Heritage means different things to different people. This book provides a guide to Singapore heritage and its pres...

Description About the Series Though a small minority within the Singapore society, the Indian community displays deep diversity within its own ...

Description About the Series This is a short account of the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, which lasted for from February 1942 to August 194...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Language reviews and discusses the changing language use patterns within Singapore society f...

Description About the Series This book tells the story of the Singapore legal system. Beginning with the British years, it moves on to the post...

Description About the Series Singapore has not one national literature but four literatures, in the official languages of Malay, Chinese, Tamil...

Description About the Series The vicissitudes of history, from Raffles’ purchase of the Singapore island from a Malay sultan to the short-lived...

Description About the Series This monograph outlines the development of Singapore’s media from the first government-subsidised newspaper to rad...

Description About the Series This book discusses the significance of multiracialism as one of the central components of nationhood in Singapore...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Opposition traces the eventful history of Singapore’s opposition parties from post-World War...

Description About the Series This book discusses the inception, evolution and longevity of the People’s Action Party (PAP), which has governed ...

Description About the Series Singapore is simultaneously praised for its extraordinary safety and criticised for its draconian laws. This prime...

Description About the Series The conventional and dominant view of Singapore’s history is that it began with Stamford Raffles’ arrival on the i...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Presidency traces the fascinating twists and turns of the relatively short history of the El...

Description About the Series The story of public housing in Singapore is a unique one. This book chronicles the journey from the early days of ...