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Singapore Perspectives 2006

Edited by Lai Ah Eng


 

Singapore Perspectives 2006 covers the following issues:

 

Introductory Remarks by IPS Chairman, Tommy Koh

 

Section 1: Remaining a Land of Opportunity in the Global Market Place

 

- Resilience of the Singapore Economy and the Adequacy of the Social Security System

by Chew Soon Beng

 

- Towards Talentocracy: Capital Formation among Young Singaporeans

by David Hogan and Trivina Kang

 

- Big or Small? Foreign or Local? What Really Matters in Business

by Ho Kwon Ping

 

Section 2: A New Administration and the Challenges of Critical Issues

 

- The impact of Globalisation on Politics in Singapore

by Vivian Balakrishnan

 

- "Singapore, To Thine Own Self Be True", PAP’s Rule and the New Administration: Historical Commitments and Pledges for the Future

by Ho Khai Leong

 

- Managing Political Dissent: Uniquely Singapore

by Catherine Lim

 

 

Section 3: Of Zen Neeon, Chicken Rice Wars and a Lot More to Come?  Walking the Creative Talk

 

- Competing in the Creative Economy

by Arun Mahizhnan and Cherian George

 

- Innovation in Singapore: Some Findings of the IPS-Monitor Innovation Survey

by Steve Wyatt

 

- Walking the Creative Talk

by Daniel Yun

 

 

Section 4: Singapore and South-East Asia in a Fast Changing Landscape

 

- Some Remarks on Singapore and Asia in This Era of Globalisation 

by Wang Gungwu

 

- Coping with the Rise of China and India

by Amitav Acharya

 

- Regional Integration: The Role of Singapore

by Rodolfo Severino

 


Media Reports:


Lai, Ah Eng, ed. 2006. Singapore Perspectives 2006: Going Glocal: Being Singaporean in a Globalised World. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic for IPS.

 

(184 pages, ISBN 981 210 467 4; RRP: $23.10 (including GST))