ABSTRACT
A collection of analytical reflections on how the island of Singapore has been transformed from a colony in a crumbling empire into a thriving, modern, secular, independent republic. These are the results of a five-year project by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section 1|50 pages
Singapore’s Inheritance
part Section 2|147 pages
Leadership and Policy
part Section 3|253 pages
The Restructuring of the Economy
part Section 4|146 pages
The Transformation of Society
part Section 5|70 pages
The Law
part Section 6|100 pages
Value Systems
part Section 7|110 pages
Modification of the Environment
part Section 8|31 pages
Towards an Information Society
part Section 9|52 pages
Community and National Security
part Section 10|19 pages
Foreign Relations
part Section 11|63 pages
Life in Singapore
part Section 12|60 pages
The Reckoning
