
What's in the Name? How the Streets and Villages in Singapore Got Their Names
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...
View full detailsDescription 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...
View full detailsDescription The branding of Singapore International Airlines with the image of a beautiful, petite and servile 'Oriental' woman dressed in figu...
View full detailsDescription About the Editors Since his undergraduate days in Cambridge, George Yeo has spoken and written much in and out of government. Many ...
View full detailsDescription About the Editor As Singapore enters its 50th year of independence, it is a time for introspection to look back at the successes an...
View full detailsDescription Outstanding Academic Title for 2014 by CHOICE Einstein Relatively Simple brings together for the first time an exceptionally clear ...
View full detailsDescription Chen Poh Seng’s great grandfather lived in Pulau Tekong, his 50-over cousins were born and educated there. He lived in Changi Point...
View full detailsDescription Sample Chapter(s)Chapter 1: Aspects of the Newtonian Methodology (224 KB) This book looks at how Newton's theories can be linked to...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors Sample Chapter(s)Chapter 1: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723): The First Microbiologist (523 KB) Pasteurizatio...
View full detailsDescription Reflections: The Legacy of Lee Kuan Yew is a collection of essays reflecting on Singapore's first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew's im...
View full detailsDescription 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...
View full detailsDescription About the Editors Singapore's well-documented economic progress since independence owes a big debt to the initial investment that t...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Singapore is known internationally for its successful economic development. Key to its economic successes is a var...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors On 1 January 2004, the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) came into force. The USSFTA was the result of a...
View full detailsDescription About the Author The authoritative biography of the 'Father of Singapore'. By the time of his death, Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-...
View full detailsDescription Southeast Asia contains some of the world's busiest shipping waters, particularly the Indonesian archipelago, the Straits of Malacc...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Gedung Kuning or the Yellow Mansion was home to the family of Haji Yusoff 'Tali Pinggang' from 1912 to 1999. It wa...
View full detailsDescription 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...
View full detailsDescription This book is a record of Mr Tan Lark Sye's remarkable contribution to the founding of Nanyang University. Hailing from Jimei, Fujia...
View full detailsDescription About the Author With Foreword by S R Nathan. “A scholar by inclination, a businessman by necessity, a diplomat by duty” those wer...
View full detailsDescription About the Editors Our Lives to Live: Putting a Woman's Face to Change in Singapore explores and documents how women's roles, choice...
View full detailsDescription About the Editor Singapore's success story is essentially a "people" story. Singaporeans have good reason to celebrate the nation's...
View full detailsDescription About the Editor Income inequality has become a global phenomenon. Rapid technological advancement and an expanding global workforc...
View full detailsDescription The Malay/Muslim community, comprising approximately 13% of Singapore's population, is an integral part of modern Singapore's forma...
View full detailsDescription This book pays tribute to 25 Singaporean South Asians who pioneered and excelled in their respective fields from 1950 to 2015. It i...
View full detailsDescription About the Author This book is a 25-year milestone celebration of DAS' efforts in creating awareness for dyslexia and providing qual...
View full detailsDescription About the Editor In conjunction with Singapore's 50th birthday in 2015, 50 Years of Environment: Singapore's Journey Towards Enviro...
View full detailsDescription This book describes in vivid detail how a newly independent nation with neither a history of technical education nor industry, deve...
View full detailsDescription About the Editors 50 Years of Singapore-Europe Relations: Celebrating Singapore's Connections with Europe is one contribution to th...
View full detailsDescription Ever since Singapore became independent in 1965, its leaders have invested tremendous efforts and resources to develop its economy ...
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