Singapore Perspectives 2005

Edited by Gillian Koh

Singapore Perspectives 2005 covers the following issues:

SESSION I:  Domestic Political and Social Issues

- Political Change and Continuity: The Near-Term Outlook

by Derek da Cunha

- The Class Dimension in Singapore: Challenges and Implications for Social Policy

by Tan Ern Ser

SESSION II: Economic Issues

- Can Singapore's Economy Weather Coming External Stresses?

by Manu Bhaskaran

- People-Centred Growth and Development

by Evelyn Wong

SESSION III: Special Focus Section on Foreign Affairs

- Singapore's Position in the World: The Little Understood State

by Kishore Mahbubani

- Singapore Foreign Policy in 2004 and Beyond

by Simon S. C. Tay

- Keeping Ties Warm Between Malaysia and Singapore

by K. Kesavapany

- Engineering the Paradigm Shift in Singapore-Malaysia Relations

by Noordin Sopiee

- Singapore-Indonesia Relations: A Propitious New Beginning  by Leonard C. Sebastian

- Singapore-Indonesia Cooperation in the Midst of Change and New Challenges

by Jusuf Wanadi 

Media Reports:

• Radio Singapore International, Singapore’s ‘silver industry?/a>, 4 February 2005

• The Business Times, S’pore-M’sia ties back on even keel, 3 February 2005

• The Business Times, Religion seen as most worrying threat to harmony, 20 January 2005

• The Business Times, S'pore can now handle downturn better economist, 20 January 2005

• The Straits Times, Little red dot is sometimes misunderstood, 20 January 2005

• The Straits Times, Policy of gradual change 'to stay', 20 January 2005

• The Straits Times, Slowdown S'pore 'shielded', 20 January 2005

• The Straits Times, Time's ripe for S'pore to boost regional ties, 20 January 2005

• Today, 'Sandwich generation' also needs to be taken care of, says sociologist, 20 January 2005

• Channel News Asia, IPS seminar participants discuss political issues, problems of 'sandwich' generation, 19 January 2005

• Channel News Asia, Singapore Tonight,   Coverage on “Singapore Perspectives 2005: People and Partnerships? 19 January 2005, 10.00 pm

• Radio Singapore International, Singapore's evolving political environment, 19 January 2005

Koh, Gillian, ed. 2005. Singapore Perspectives 2005: People and Partnerships. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic for IPS.

(140 pages, ISBN 981 210 438 0)