Singapore Study & Guide - AllRefer - Singapore Information

* COUNTRY PROFILE
o COUNTRY
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* Introduction
* Historical Setting
o PRECOLONIAL ERA
+ Temasek and Singapura
+ Johore Sultanate
o FOUNDING AND EARLY YEARS, 1819-26
+ Anglo-Dutch Competition
+ Raffles' Dream
+ Early Administration and Growth
o A FLOURISHING FREE PORT, 1826-67
+ Financial Success
+ A Cosmopolitan Community
o CROWN COLONY, 1867-1918
o BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS, 1919-41
o WORLD WAR II, 1941-45
+ The Japanese Malaya Campaign
+ Shonan: Light of the South
o AFTERMATH OF WAR, 1945-55
+ Economic and Social Recovery
+ Political Awakening
o ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE, 1955-65
+ People's Action Party
+ Singapore as Part of Malaysia
o TWO DECADES OF INDEPENDENCE, 1965-85
+ Under Lee Kuan Yew
+ Toward New Leadership
* The Society and Its Environment
o PHYSICAL SETTING
o POPULATION
+ Population, Vital Statistics, and Migration
+ Population Control Policies
+ Population Distribution and Housing Policies
o ETHNIC AND LINGUISTIC GROUPS
+ Ethnic Categories
+ The Chinese
+ The Malays
+ The Indians
+ Singaporean Identity
+ Language Planning
o THE SOCIAL SYSTEM
+ Ethnicity and Associations
+ Social Stratification and Mobility
+ Family, Marriage, and Divorce
o RELIGION
+ Temples and Festivals
+ Religion and Ethnicity
+ Religious Change
o HEALTH AND WELFARE
+ Medical Services and Public Health
+ Mortality and Morbidity
+ AIDS Policy
o EDUCATION
+ The School System
+ Education and Singaporean Identity
* The Economy
o PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT
o 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
o MANPOWER AND LABOR
+ Industrial Relations and Labor Unions
+ Wage Policies
+ Foreign Labor
+ Manpower Training
o INDUSTRY
+ Industrialization Policy
+ Information Technology
+ Petroleum
o TRADE, TOURISM, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
+ Foreign Trade
+ Trading Partners
# United States
# Japan
# Association of Southeast Asian Nations
# Other Trading Partners
+ Tourism
+ Telecommunications
o FINANCE
+ Currency, Trade, and Investment Regulation
+ Financial Center Development
+ International Financial Organizations
o TRANSPORTATION
+ Sea
+ Land
+ Air
o AGRICULTURE
* Government and Politics
o 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
o POLITICAL PARTIES
o POLITICAL DYNAMICS
+ Power Structure
+ Political Culture
o KEY POLITICAL ISSUES
+ Succession
+ Relations Between State and Society
# The Government's Economic Role
# The Limits of Government Control
+ Political Opposition
o FOREIGN POLICY
+ Governing Precepts and Goals
+ Regional
# Association of Southeast Asian Nations
# Malaysia
# Indonesia
# Indochina
+ Superpowers
# The United States
# China
# The Soviet Union
o THE MEDIA
* National Security
o 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
o 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
* Glossary