Research Catalog

Title

Debating Singapore : reflective essays / edited by Derek da Cunha.

Publication

Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, c1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Da Cunha, Derek.
• Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Description

x, 173 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Debating Singapore, a volume of thirty-one essays, offers perceptive observations, acerbic commentary and judicious critiques from academics and professionals on key economic, social and cultural issues that have shaped discourse on Singapore since 1990." "Written between 1990 and 1994, these concise essays capture the essence of debate during a particular moment in time. They also convey a sense of the rapidity with which change, in both tangible and intangible dimensions, takes place in the Singapore of the 1990s."--Jacket.

Subject

Singapore

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 1. The intellectual's role in society / Derek Da Cunha -- 2. Give me liberty or give me wealth / Russell Heng -- 3. Nominated MPs: some check is better than no check / Walter Woon -- 4. Foolish to hamper democracy's growth / Russell Heng -- 5. A minimum working hypothesis of democracy for Singapore / Janadas Devan and Geraldine Heng -- 6. For a communitarian democracy in Singapore / Chua Beng Huat -- 7. Ethnic peace: a unique contribution / Raj Vasil -- 8. An ethnically diverse nation's task / Ling Mei Lim -- 9. The paradox of ethnic-based self-help groups / Lily Zubaidah Rahim Ishak -- 10. Welfarism and an affluent Singapore / Liew Kim Siong -- 11. A declining birthrate / Liak Teng Kiat -- 12. Comparing the Singaporean undergraduate with the American / Janadas Devan -- 13. Kiasuism and the withering away of Singaporean creativity / David Chan Kum Wah -- 14. Frugality jockeys with conspicuous consumption / P. Lim Pui Huen --^
• 15. Is Singlish becoming a language of prestige? / Lee Gek Ling -- 16. Where gilded youth are lacking in heart / Derek Da Cunha -- 17. What sort of culture should Singapore have? / Philip Jeyaretnam -- 18. The West, popular culture, and Singapore / Sanjay Krishnan -- 19. The arts and the market / Stella Kon -- 20. New reach for Singapore's English-language theatre / Robert Yeo -- 21. Being obsessed with things sexual in the arts / Geraldine Heng and Janadas Devan -- 22. Self-congratulation: hallmark of the Singapore arts scene / Derek Da Cunha -- 23. Understanding a society's needs for space / G.L. Ooi -- 24. Key urban challenges amidst rapid change / P.G. Raman -- 25. Eye on the Concept Plan / John Keung -- 26. A new urbanism communicated by shopping centres / Yao Souchou -- 27. Corporate networking: where to next? / Arun Mahizhnan -- 28. Creating a new urban elite for Singapore / Toh Thian Ser -- 29. Privatization may not be the best answer / Anne Booth --^
• 30. Domestic enterprises: levelling the playing field / Tay Kheng Soon -- 31. When will Singapore become a developed country? / Norbert Wagner.

ISBN

9813016825

LCCN

^^^94943597^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library