SINGAPORE - A Country Study

Country Listing

• SINGAPORE
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• COUNTRY PROFILE
  • COUNTRY
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • SOCIETY
  • ECONOMY
  • TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
  • GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  • NATIONAL SECURITY
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Historical Setting
  • PRECOLONIAL ERA
    • Temasek and Singapura
    • Johore Sultanate
  • FOUNDING AND EARLY YEARS, 1819-26
    • Anglo-Dutch Competition
    • Raffles' Dream
    • Early Administration and Growth
  • A FLOURISHING FREE PORT, 1826-67
    • Financial Success
    • A Cosmopolitan Community
  • CROWN COLONY, 1867-1918
  • BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS, 1919-41
  • WORLD WAR II, 1941-45
    • The Japanese Malaya Campaign
    • Shonan: Light of the South
  • AFTERMATH OF WAR, 1945-55
    • Economic and Social Recovery
    • Political Awakening
  • ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE, 1955-65
    • People's Action Party
    • Singapore as Part of Malaysia
  • TWO DECADES OF INDEPENDENCE, 1965-85
    • Under Lee Kuan Yew
    • Toward New Leadership
• Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment
  • PHYSICAL SETTING
  • POPULATION
    • Population, Vital Statistics, and Migration
    • Population Control Policies
    • Population Distribution and Housing Policies
  • ETHNIC AND LINGUISTIC GROUPS
    • Ethnic Categories
    • The Chinese
    • The Malays
    • The Indians
    • Singaporean Identity
    • Language Planning
  • THE SOCIAL SYSTEM
    • Ethnicity and Associations
    • Social Stratification and Mobility
    • Family, Marriage, and Divorce
  • RELIGION
    • Temples and Festivals
    • Religion and Ethnicity
    • Religious Change
  • HEALTH AND WELFARE
    • Medical Services and Public Health
    • Mortality and Morbidity
    • AIDS Policy
  • EDUCATION
    • The School System
    • Education and Singaporean Identity
• Chapter 3. The Economy
  • PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT
  • ECONOMIC ROLES OF THE GOVERNMENT
    • Budgeting and Planning
    • Economic Boards
      • Economic Development Board
      • Small Enterprise Bureau
      • National Productivity Board
      • Trade Development Board
    • Land Management and Development
      • Housing and Development Board
      • Urban Renewal Authority
      • Jurong Town Corporation
    • Forced Savings and Capital Formation
    • State-Owned Enterprises
    • Public Utilities
    • Policies for the Future
    • Privatization
  • MANPOWER AND LABOR
    • Industrial Relations and Labor Unions
    • Wage Policies
    • Foreign Labor
    • Manpower Training
  • INDUSTRY
    • Industrialization Policy
    • Information Technology
    • Petroleum
  • TRADE, TOURISM, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    • Foreign Trade
    • Trading Partners
      • United States
      • Japan
      • Association of Southeast Asian Nations
      • Other Trading Partners
    • Tourism
    • Telecommunications
  • FINANCE
    • Currency, Trade, and Investment Regulation
    • Financial Center Development
    • International Financial Organizations
  • TRANSPORTATION
    • Sea
    • Land
    • Air
  • AGRICULTURE
• Chapter 4. Government and Politics
  • GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
    • Form of Government
    • Constitutional Framework
    • Major Governmental Bodies
      • The President
      • The Executive
      • The Legislature
      • Elections
      • The Judiciary
    • The Public Service
    • The Public Bureaucracy
    • Statutory Boards
    • Public Enterprises
    • Parapolitical Institutions
  • POLITICAL PARTIES
  • POLITICAL DYNAMICS
    • Power Structure
    • Political Culture
  • KEY POLITICAL ISSUES
    • Succession
    • Relations Between State and Society
      • The Government's Economic Role
      • The Limits of Government Control
    • Political Opposition
  • FOREIGN POLICY
    • Governing Precepts and Goals
    • Regional
      • Association of Southeast Asian Nations
      • Malaysia
      • Indonesia
      • Indochina
    • Superpowers
      • The United States
      • China
      • The Soviet Union
  • THE MEDIA
• Chapter 5. National Security
  • THE ARMED FORCES
    • Historical Development
      • British Military Involvement, 1819-1942
      • Japanese Invasion, December 1941-February 1942
      • Decline of British Military Influence, 1945-75
      • Growth of the Armed Forces
    • Organization and Mission of the Armed Forces
      • Army
      • Air Force
      • Navy
      • People's Defence Force and National Cadet Corps
    • Military Establishment
      • Defense Spending
      • Role in Society
      • Uniforms and Insignia
      • Recruitment and Training of Personnel
      • Defense Industries
    • Strategic Perspective
      • Total Defence Concept
      • Military Relations with Other Countries
  • PUBLIC ORDER AND INTERNAL SECURITY
    • Subversive Threats
      • The Communist Threat, 1945-63
      • Indonesia's Destabilization Attempts, 1963-66
      • Subversive Political Groups, 1965 to the Present
    • Crime and Law Enforcement
      • Trends in Criminal Activities
      • Organization, Recruitment, and Training of Police
      • Judicial System
      • Prisons and Rehabilitation Centers
    • Civil Defense
• Appendix. Tables
• Bibliography
• Glossary