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The politics of civil society in singapore
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Yeo as mentioned in this paper defines the Singapore idea as "both the heart and the mind" which involves good governance, civic responsibility, honesty, strong families, hard work, a spirit of voluntarism, the use of many languages and a deep respect for racil and religious diversity.Abstract:
We are bound together by the Singapore idea but it is not easy to define what exactly constitutes it. It involves both the heart and the mind, and probably includes aspects like good governance, civic responsibility, honesty, strong families, hard work, a spirit of voluntarism, the use of many languages and a deep respect for racil and religious diversity. George Yeo, as Singapore's Minister of Information and the Arts (Yeo 2000, 25).read more
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Citizen Participation and Policy Making in Singapore: Conditions and Predicaments
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Asian crisis, transparency and the international media in Singapore
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The decline of the Left in Southeast Asia
Kevin Hewison,Garry Rodan +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the decline of socialism and communism in Southeast Asia and, for the purposes of this discussion, they will focus on the modem countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, and their previous incarnations as colonies, with Thailand (previously, Siam) being the non-colonial exception.