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George Yeo on Bonsai, Banyan and the Tao / edited by Asad-Ul Iqbal Latif and Lee Huay Leng.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Jersey : World Scientific, 2015Description: xxxix, 686 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789814520508 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Speeches. Selections.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 082 GEO 23 010783
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: SINGAPORE AND POLITICS 1.Defending Singapore 2.Political Challenges Facing Singapore 3.A Flexible Civil Service 4.National Identities in a Changing World 5.Excellence 6.The Next 25 Years 7.Importance of Democratic Values in Our National Value System 8.PAP Values for the Next Lap 9.Civic Society - Between the Family and the State 10.Lessons of History 11.Democracy 12.Young PAP - Recasting the Net 13.Asian Socialism 14.The Public Health System 15.Healthcare in East Asia 16.A Big Singapore 17.Worldwide Web: Strengthening the Singapore Network 18.The Military and the Nation State 19.Strengthening the SME Sector 20.Beyond Economic Growth 21.Valuing Talent 22.Governing for the Common Good 23.Leadership 24.The Mind of a Civil Servant 25.A Struggle for the Soul of Singapore CULTURE AND VALUES 26.Language: Going Global but Remaining National 27.The Wandering Scholars of the World 28.A Zoo with a View of Life 29.Arts and Economics 30.A Different Kind of Race 31.Malay-Muslim Community in the Next Lap 32.Ethnicity and Identity 33.Education, Knowledge and Values 34.Role of Tertiary Institutions in Culture and the Arts 35.Culture and Business 36.English, Indigenous Yet International 37.The Spirit of Raffles 38.Chinese Heritage and Cultural Connections 39.A Rounded Education 40.Beyond Materialism 41.Holistic View of Health 42.Being Chinese 43.Our Multiracial Reality 44.Speaking Mandarin in the Information Age 45.Preparing Ourselves 46.Global City and the Arts 47.Heroes 48.Tamils in Singapore 49.Tribute to Brother Joseph McNally 50.Celebrating Our Diversity 51.Asian Renaissance 52.Legacy of a Shipwreck 53.The Field of Qi Which Affects Our Well-Being MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA 54.Mediating Between East and West 55.Impact on Our Cultures of the Global Media Society 56.Localising Television 57.Evolution 58.The IT Revolution and Singapore 59.Tomorrow 60.A Global Marketplace for Sensational News GEOPOLITICS 61.To Wage Peace, Understand War 62.Asian Civilisation in the Pacific Century 63.Global Restructuring and the Prospects for Southeast Asia 64.A Common East Asian Future 65.A World of Cities 66.Partners in Progress 67.Cities as Information Hubs 68.Overcoming the Vulnerabilities of a Small Nation 69.Reinterpreting Confucianism in a Confused Age 70.Looking at East Asia from Within 71.Crisis and Confidence: Building a New Asia 72.Dialogue between Asians and Europeans on Human Rights 73.Chinese Culture and Politics 74.A Leap Forward 75.Between North and South, between East and West 76.New Singapore in a New Asia 77.Diversity in Unity 78.Singapore and the Xinhai Revolution 79.South Asia in the Global Community 80.Understanding China 81.The Great Repricing 82.May 4th Is Part of Singapore's Rich Inheritance 83.Tibet in the 21st Century 84.China in a Multipolar World 85.The Tree and the Bush: Re-Emergence of China and India on the Global Stage 86.ASEAN in the New Global Economy 87.Handling It with Military Precision 88.The Spirit of the Young 89.The Spirit of Nalanda 90.Moral Leadership 91.America Might Be a Friend but China Cannot Be an Enemy APPENDIX A1.Articles in CUMSA Newsletter A2.Diary of First Visit to Ancestral Village in Chaozhou A3.Entering Politics A4.International Relief for Myanmar in the Aftermath of Cyclone Nargis A5.Ravi Velloor on George Yeo.
Summary: "George Yeo's 1991 speech on pruning the banyan tree of the Singapore state, a political canopy under which nothing could grow, heralded an era of activism by civil society, which had hitherto been seen as a threat to the dominance of the PAP state. The ministerial speeches by Yeo - an indefatigable writer - are distinguished by his deep and clear thinking about the place of democracy in good governance. Yeo is what may be called a liberal conservative. An iconic product of Singapore's meritocratic but authoritarian system, he was a political conservative, believing in the need for discipline and stability above all in a city-state without the margin for error due to a lack of natural resources. Nevertheless, he was far-sighted enough to recognise that order and stability could survive only if the system were liberalised judiciously from within so as to attract and retain the idealism and energy of a younger and liberal citizenry. A thinker and strategist, Yeo led the Singapore team which negotiated Free Trade Agreements with the United States, Japan, Australia and other countries. Controversially, he proposed the idea of having Integrated Resorts, including casinos, in Singapore, although his late father had had a problem with gambling. A true-blue Singapore pragmatist, he believes that policy-making often involves a choice between evils. This book is a compilation of speeches selected from the entire range of what Yeo penned and delivered throughout his political life, covering from domestic issues, which have not lost their resonance today, to international realities - in Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, and the United States - within which Singapore will have to survive and thrive"--Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: SINGAPORE AND POLITICS
1.Defending Singapore
2.Political Challenges Facing Singapore
3.A Flexible Civil Service
4.National Identities in a Changing World
5.Excellence
6.The Next 25 Years
7.Importance of Democratic Values in Our National Value System
8.PAP Values for the Next Lap
9.Civic Society
- Between the Family and the State
10.Lessons of History
11.Democracy
12.Young PAP
- Recasting the Net
13.Asian Socialism
14.The Public Health System
15.Healthcare in East Asia
16.A Big Singapore
17.Worldwide Web: Strengthening the Singapore Network
18.The Military and the Nation State
19.Strengthening the SME Sector
20.Beyond Economic Growth
21.Valuing Talent
22.Governing for the Common Good
23.Leadership
24.The Mind of a Civil Servant
25.A Struggle for the Soul of Singapore
CULTURE AND VALUES
26.Language: Going Global but Remaining National
27.The Wandering Scholars of the World
28.A Zoo with a View of Life
29.Arts and Economics
30.A Different Kind of Race
31.Malay-Muslim Community in the Next Lap
32.Ethnicity and Identity
33.Education, Knowledge and Values
34.Role of Tertiary Institutions in Culture and the Arts
35.Culture and Business
36.English, Indigenous Yet International
37.The Spirit of Raffles
38.Chinese Heritage and Cultural Connections
39.A Rounded Education
40.Beyond Materialism
41.Holistic View of Health
42.Being Chinese
43.Our Multiracial Reality
44.Speaking Mandarin in the Information Age
45.Preparing Ourselves
46.Global City and the Arts
47.Heroes
48.Tamils in Singapore
49.Tribute to Brother Joseph McNally
50.Celebrating Our Diversity
51.Asian Renaissance
52.Legacy of a Shipwreck
53.The Field of Qi Which Affects Our Well-Being
MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA
54.Mediating Between East and West
55.Impact on Our Cultures of the Global Media Society
56.Localising Television
57.Evolution
58.The IT Revolution and Singapore
59.Tomorrow
60.A Global Marketplace for Sensational News
GEOPOLITICS
61.To Wage Peace, Understand War
62.Asian Civilisation in the Pacific Century
63.Global Restructuring and the Prospects for Southeast Asia
64.A Common East Asian Future
65.A World of Cities
66.Partners in Progress
67.Cities as Information Hubs
68.Overcoming the Vulnerabilities of a Small Nation
69.Reinterpreting Confucianism in a Confused Age
70.Looking at East Asia from Within
71.Crisis and Confidence: Building a New Asia
72.Dialogue between Asians and Europeans on Human Rights
73.Chinese Culture and Politics
74.A Leap Forward
75.Between North and South, between East and West
76.New Singapore in a New Asia
77.Diversity in Unity
78.Singapore and the Xinhai Revolution
79.South Asia in the Global Community
80.Understanding China
81.The Great Repricing
82.May 4th Is Part of Singapore's Rich Inheritance
83.Tibet in the 21st Century
84.China in a Multipolar World
85.The Tree and the Bush: Re-Emergence of China and India on the Global Stage
86.ASEAN in the New Global Economy
87.Handling It with Military Precision
88.The Spirit of the Young
89.The Spirit of Nalanda
90.Moral Leadership
91.America Might Be a Friend but China Cannot Be an Enemy
APPENDIX
A1.Articles in CUMSA Newsletter
A2.Diary of First Visit to Ancestral Village in Chaozhou
A3.Entering Politics
A4.International Relief for Myanmar in the Aftermath of Cyclone Nargis
A5.Ravi Velloor on George Yeo.


"George Yeo's 1991 speech on pruning the banyan tree of the Singapore state, a political canopy under which nothing could grow, heralded an era of activism by civil society, which had hitherto been seen as a threat to the dominance of the PAP state. The ministerial speeches by Yeo - an indefatigable writer - are distinguished by his deep and clear thinking about the place of democracy in good governance. Yeo is what may be called a liberal conservative. An iconic product of Singapore's meritocratic but authoritarian system, he was a political conservative, believing in the need for discipline and stability above all in a city-state without the margin for error due to a lack of natural resources. Nevertheless, he was far-sighted enough to recognise that order and stability could survive only if the system were liberalised judiciously from within so as to attract and retain the idealism and energy of a younger and liberal citizenry. A thinker and strategist, Yeo led the Singapore team which negotiated Free Trade Agreements with the United States, Japan, Australia and other countries. Controversially, he proposed the idea of having Integrated Resorts, including casinos, in Singapore, although his late father had had a problem with gambling. A true-blue Singapore pragmatist, he believes that policy-making often involves a choice between evils. This book is a compilation of speeches selected from the entire range of what Yeo penned and delivered throughout his political life, covering from domestic issues, which have not lost their resonance today, to international realities - in Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, and the United States - within which Singapore will have to survive and thrive"--Publisher's description.

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