{"title":"Singapore","description":"Why is Kampong Glam so named? How do municipal concerns affect Singapore as a whole? What do Singaporeans really think of foreign talent? \u003cbr\u003eFind out in this section with everything you need to know about the Lion City.","products":[{"product_id":"not-born-in-singapore-fifty-personalities-who-shaped-the-nation","title":"Not Born In Singapore: Fifty Personalities who Shaped the Nation","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/IPS_Sample_spreads_2.pdf?3023467820479694302\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e   |  Get the E-book on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07NV2VZ3W\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmazon\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Ying_Hui_Not_Born_in_Singapore_Fifty_Personalities?id=M2CIDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDid you know that we owe the iconic Singapore Girl to a British-born adman? Or that the founder of the popular Mustafa Centre hails from India? This year as we celebrate our local heroes, it’s also time to put the spotlight on other unsung contributors who have shaped our nation. They may have come from other shores, but these 50 foreigners have left their mark in building Singapore into the nation we know it to be today. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 50 remarkable individuals are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTS\u003cbr\u003eIan Batey, \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eK. P. Bhaskar, Santha Bhaskar, Della Butcher, Choo Hoey, John Herbert, Kuo Pao Kun, Goh Lay Kuan, J. M. Sali, \u003c\/span\u003eTan Swie Hian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eECONOMY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMustaq Ahmad, Sir Laurence Hartnett, Dr Tsutomu Kanai, Pasquale Pistorio, Captain Muhammad Jalaluddin Sayeed, Tang I-Fang Ratan Tata, Kartar Singh Thakral, Tan Sri Frank Tsao Wen- King, Alain Vandenborre, Cyril Neville Watson, Albert Winsemius\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEDUCATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eDr Robert A. Brown, Brother Joseph McNally, Milenko Prvacki, Mary Turnbull, Professor Wang Gungwu, Professor Wu Teh Yao, Dr John Miksic, Ann Wee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSOCIETY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eProfessor T. H. Elliott, Christine Laimer, Lien Ying Chow, BG Yaakov ‘Jack’ Elazari, G. G. Thomson, Krystyn Olszewski, Bruno Wildermuth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSCIENCE AND MEDICINE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr Sydney Brenner, Professor Edward W. Holmes, Dr Edison Liu, Sir George Radda, Dr Shan Ratnam, Sir David Lane, Professor Jackie Y. Ying\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSPORTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAleksandar Duric, Feng Tianwei, Jing Junhong, Ronald Susilo, Tao Li\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“[We admire] the Pioneer Generation as the forefathers and founding leaders who made Singapore what it is today (read: from scratch).\u003cbr\u003e But this will be discounting many foreign-born thinkers and leaders who provided big ideas for Singapore and made even bigger impact with what they left behind. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e50 foreign-born personalities — industrialists, artists, historians and entrepreneurs — have been celebrated in think thank Institute of Policy Studies' (IPS) latest book, \u003cem\u003eNot Born in Singapore.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Yi Shu Ng, Martino Tan,\u003cem\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/mothership.sg\/2015\/12\/6-people-who-were-not-born-in-singapore-but-you-will-embrace-as-singaporeans-anytime\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMothership.sg\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYing Hui\u003c\/strong\u003e has a Master’s Degree from Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. She had the most wonderful two years of her life during graduate school exploring the mountains in Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring those two years of graduate school, she also read two texts that became her favourites—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Myth of Sisyphus \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Albert Camus and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Origins of Totalitarianism \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Hannah Arendt. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":32020126302321,"sku":"9789814655415","price":35.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50482335056169,"sku":"9789814655996","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/NotBorn-CVF-300.jpg?v=1444409341"},{"product_id":"whats-in-the-name-how-the-streets-and-villages-in-singapore-got-their-names-pos","title":"What's in the Name? 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As part of Singapore history, place names known since 1936 are recorded in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough place names are fairly static in nature, there have been more than 100 name changes. The naming trends transitioned from English to Malay and then back to English names. Discover that Toa Payoh was not named after a big swamp, Anderson Road was named before John Anderson, a former Governor, took up his job and many more new findings in this exciting book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a complete listing of all place names since 1936, together with the most comprehensive annotations to date — a first in Singapore. It is also the only book of its kind that analyses naming trends. Information on the origins or date of naming was based on primary sources such as old maps, minutes of municipal meetings, Chinese books and digitised newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNg Yew Peng\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e came to Singapore from Nan An County of Fujian Province, China, at the age of 11. He was awarded the Overseas Scholarship under the Colombo Plan and graduated with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He returned to Singapore and worked as an engineer in the Civil Service and various commercial organisations. From 1994 to 1998, he was stationed in Shanghai. After his retirement, he pursued further studies in Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University and the University of Nanjing in China. The first part of this book is an adaptation of his graduation thesis for the Master of Arts degree from the University of Nanjing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"World Scientific","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20672168362097,"sku":"9789813221390","price":30.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Whats-in-the-Name-How-the-Streets-and-Villages-in-Singapore-Got-Their-Names-Ng-Yew-Peng-00.jpg?v=1548904298"},{"product_id":"the-ocean-in-a-drop-singapore-the-next-fifty-years-pos","title":"The Ocean in a Drop Singapore: The Next Fifty Years","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSample Chapter(s)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/doi\/suppl\/10.1142\/9847\/suppl_file\/9847_foreword.pdf\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/doi\/suppl\/10.1142\/9847\/suppl_file\/9847_foreword.pdf\"\u003eForeword (81 KB)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/doi\/suppl\/10.1142\/9847\/suppl_file\/9847_chap01.pdf\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/doi\/suppl\/10.1142\/9847\/suppl_file\/9847_chap01.pdf\"\u003eLecture 1: Politics and Governance (261 KB)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe IPS-Nathan Lectures series was launched by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) in 2014. It is part of the S R Nathan Fellowship for the Study of Singapore. The Fellowship was set up to fund further research into public policy, with the S R Nathan Fellow, who is appointed annually, delivering between four and six lectures each year. These lectures aim to advance public understanding and discussion of issues of critical national interest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHo Kwon Ping was the 2014\/15 S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book contains the five IPS-Nathan Lectures he gave between October 2014 and April 2015, as well as highlights of the accompanying dialogue with the audience. In his lectures, Ho looks forward to the next 50 years, offering innovative ideas and robust views on how governance and key institutions can evolve to ensure the sustainable continuation of Singapore — the \"improbable nation\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book illuminates Ho's vision of a cohesively diverse Singapore lasting beyond the lifespan of his generation, and aims to get the young to ponder and discuss the kind of home, and future, they wish for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics and Governance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEconomy and Business\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecurity and Sustainability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemography and Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSociety and Identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHo Kwon Ping\u003c\/b\u003e is Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, a Singapore-based premium hospitality brand with global business interests. Born in 1952, he grew up in Thailand, attended Tunghai University in Taiwan and Stanford University in the United States, and returned to Singapore in 1972 to enlist in national service. In 1977, as a journalist for the Far Eastern Economic Review, Ho was arrested under Singapore's Internal Security Act for writing articles with a pro-communist slant. He was detained for two months. In 1978, he graduated from the University of Singapore with an economics and history degree. Ho joined his family's business in 1981 and launched Banyan Tree in the 1990s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHo has sat on the boards of several Singapore and international organisations and has been lauded for his business achievements. He supports a range of civic causes including the Arts. In 1997, the Singapore government asked him to lead the effort to establish Singapore's third university, Singapore Management University (SMU). In 2000, he was conferred an honorary doctorate by Johnson \u0026amp; Wales University. Ho is now chairman of SMU's board of trustees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"World Scientific","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20673395851377,"sku":"9789814730181","price":27.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/the-ocean-in-a-drop.jpg?v=1599709042"},{"product_id":"over-singapore-new-ed-pos","title":"Over Singapore","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingapore: small tropical island and dynamic city, where some of Asia’s tallest buildings tower over modest quayside shophouses. Few landscapes, coastlines or city skylines have been transformed as rapidly as those of Singapore. Seen from the air, the island is revealed as a spectacular landscape of intricate patterns, rich textures and diverse colours. Stunning images show the true and unexpected variety of this city-state, providing a fresh perspective from which to view its landmarks and to explore the less-well-known sights of its industry, agriculture and outlying islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Over Singapore, award-winning Singaporean photographer \u003cstrong\u003eRichard W J Koh\u003c\/strong\u003e showcases the dynamism of this ever-changing nation. His photographs are complemented by the insightful text and captions of diplomat and international lawyer \u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Tommy Koh\u003c\/strong\u003e who provides a revealing historical introduction to the book and an insider’s guide to the north, south, east and west of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"APD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20681356542065,"sku":"9789814385657","price":30.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Over_Singapore_by_Professor_Tommy_Koh_and_Richard_W_J_Koh_00.jpg?v=1548988576"},{"product_id":"over-singapore-50-years-ago-pos","title":"Over Singapore 50 Years Ago","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow released in a new, convenient and handy size, Over Singapore: 50 Years Ago is a view of old Singapore from a new angle. Many of the streets and buildings have changed; but many others are still instantly recognizable, and this book helps the reader make connections between places as they were and as they are today.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is based on aerial photographs taken vertically, some 50 years ago, from altitudes in the range of 2,500–23,000 feet. These photos have been specially combined to form large, composite views similar in impact to photographs taken today from satellites. The result is a fascinating and detailed portrait of the city and many of the major outlying areas as they once were.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYounger readers will be fascinated by this portrait of the past; the older generation will be taken back to the Singapore they remember. 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