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Description About the Editor 50 Years of Urban Planning in Singapore is an accessible and comprehensive volume on Singapore's planning approach...

Description This book is one of the few books written in English on Chaozhou culture and history. It compiles information from Chinese and Engl...

Description This book presents insights on Singapore's politics and governance from leading thinkers, based on selected commentaries from Singa...

Description Sample Chapter(s)Foreword Dr Cheong Koon Hean, CEO of the Housing and Development Board (2010–Present) was the Institute of Policy ...

Description About the Author Sample Chapter(s)Foreword (81 KB)Lecture 1: Politics and Governance (261 KB) The IPS-Nathan Lectures series was la...

Description This book presents insights on Singapore's economy and society from leading thinkers, based on selected commentaries from Singapore...

Description About the Author How does a certified accountant become an artist? How did the world of finance instruct his art to make him the un...

Description Lim Siong Guan, Singapore's former Head of Civil Service (1999–2005) was the Institute of Policy Studies' 4th S R Nathan Fellow for...

Description About the Author It is said that the duty of public servants is to 'speak truth to power' - to give honest, sound and sometimes unp...

Description About the Editor The social context of Singapore is changing rapidly, and understanding how people think, feel and behave in variou...

Description About the Author This book examines the staying power of the People's Action Party, a political party that has governed Singapore s...

Description The fields of special needs education and disability in Singapore have witnessed significant changes and developments especially du...

Description About the Author Sample Chapter(s)Foreword (106 KB)Lecture I: Hunting Black Swans and Taming Black Elephants: Governance in a Compl...

Description About the Author The Sound of Memories: Recordings from the Oral History Centre, Singapore features the happy, funny, poignant and ...

Description Key Features On 10 July 2020, Singapore held its 18th general elections in history and the 13th since independence in 1965. As in ...

Description About the Author Read a sample chapter Since 1819, more than 6,200 place (street and village) names divided into more than 3,900 na...

Description A General History of the Chinese in Singapore documents over 700 years of Chinese history in Singapore, from Chinese presence in th...

Description About the Editor From independence in 1965, Singapore has experienced a meteoric rise to a modern developed city-state. What is les...

Description About the Author The book shows how the Chinese are now confident of their capacity to learn all they need from the developed world...

Description Contents Singapore and India established diplomatic relations in August 1965. However, their ties date as far back as the 10th cent...

Description Praise About the Author Soul of Ink: Lim Tze Peng at 100 pays tribute to the remarkable achievement of artistic renaissance at 100....

Description About the Author Written by author and speaker Shawn Seah, My Father's Kampung delves into the social history of Aukang and Punggol...

Description About the Author One of Singapore's top diplomats, Bilahari Kausikan was the Institute of Policy Studies' (IPS) 2015/16 S R Nathan ...

Description The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship benefits from the author's many years of experience as a serial entrepreneur. By mapping hi...

Description Throughout the history of mankind, the rise of societies, whether civilizations, nations, or communities, has been a story of human...

Description Professor Tan Tai Yong is the Institute of Policy Studies' 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book is an edited...

Description The hajj calls Muslims to journey to Mecca from wherever they are across the world. Of the far-flung communities one of the largest...

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 The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is Singapore's central bank and integrated financial regulator. As a central bank, MAS pr...

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 About the Author This autobiography is a record of Cham Tao Soon's life and interactions with many interesting people over the cour...

Description About the Author A memoir of Lim Chin Joo, this is a book about his life as a kampong boy growing up against the backdrop of the Se...

Description About the Editors Dr Goh Keng Swee was Singapore’s first Minister for Finance from 1959 to 1965 who initiated Singapore’s first ind...

Description About the Editor Income inequality has become a global phenomenon. Rapid technological advancement and an expanding global workforc...

Description The "small actions" you take today can put you on the path to big career success tomorrow. If these actions are innovative, intelli...

Description About the Author Understanding Singapore Politics, Second Edition, aims to present a structural-functional understanding of politic...

Description About the Editor Since 1965, Singapore has been propelled to the dizzying heights of first-world prosperity. Yet, the People's Acti...

Description About the Author The evergreen debate over government's involvement in business continues in earnest. Participants straddle all st...

Description The year 2019 marks Singapore's Bicentennial milestone since the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore in 1819. It was in an...

Description Praise After decades of overwhelming political domination by the People's Action Party (PAP), Singapore has entered a phase of poli...

Description About the Editors The European Union is the most successful regional organisation in the world. ASEAN is the most successful region...

Description About the Author This book provides a comprehensive portrait of class structure, dynamics, and orientations in Singapore – understo...

Description About the Editors Many cities across the world continue to grapple with long-standing urban challenges even as new ones emerge. Wit...

Description Praise About the Author In this wonderfully detailed narrative, Daryl Yeap brings us the fascinating story of Hui-lan, Ida and Lucy...

Description About the Author This book, a compilation of key speeches and articles by the late Mr S Rajaratnam, is a tribute to one of the foun...

Description About the Author The book introduces Chinese culture to readers of English, using poetry from the various periods rendered into Eng...

Description About the Editors Dr. Goh Keng Swee’s extensive career as a public servant was dynamic as well as distinguished, in many ways decis...

Description For a Chinese immigrant in South-East Asia to make good is not unique, but what is unique in Tan Kah-kee’s case is his enormous con...