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Michael Barr explores the complex and covert networks of power at work in one of the worlds most prosperous countries the city-state of Singapore. He argues that the contemporary networks of power are a deliberate project initiated and managed by Lee Kuan Yew former prime minister and Singapores founding father designed to empower himself and his family. Barr identifies the crucial institutions of power - including the countrys sovereign wealth funds, and the government-linked companies together with five critical features that form the key to understanding the nature of the networks. He provides an assessment of possible shifts of power within the elite in the wake of Lee Kuan Yews son, Lee Hsien Loong, assuming power, and considers the possibility of a more fundamental democratic shift in Singapores political system.
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Michael D. Barr is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University, Australia. He is the editor-in-chief of Asian Studies Review and the author of Lee Kuan Yew (2000, 2009), Cultural Politics and Asian Values (2002), Paths Not Taken (edited with C. Trocki, 2008), Constructing Singapore (with Z. Skrbi, 2008) and Singapore (I.B.Tauris, forthcoming).
The Research Institute on Contemporary South East Asia (IRASEC, www.irasec.com), based in Bangkok, Thailand, calls on specialists from all academic fields to study the important social, political, economic and environmental developments that affect, together or separately, the eleven countries of the region (Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam). This publication originates from an IRASEC research programme. |
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For Noah and Tristan
Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (Photograph by US Government, available in the public domain)
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (Photograph by Government of Chile, available in the public domain)
Former President S.R. Nathan (Photograph by Calvin Teo, available in the public domain)
Ho Ching, CEO of Temasek Holdings, with her husband (Photograph by Dave1185, available in the public domain)
Two views of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building (3.3 by Sengkang, available in the public domain; 3.4 by Michael D. Barr)
United Overseas Bank Plaza (Photograph by Michael D. Barr)
Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation (Photograph by Michael D. Barr)
The Islamic Hub, housing MUIS (Photograph by Michael D. Barr)
Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim (Photograph by courtesy of Debbie Ng)
The late J.B. Jeyaretnam (Photograph by Michael D. Barr)
Chee Soon Juan (Photograph by courtesy of Toby Carroll)
Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Photograph by courtesy of Robin Ong)
Former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong (Photograph by courtesy of Alan Travers)
Government-linked corporations like SingTel are more than just businesses (Photograph by Michael D. Barr)
Raffles Institution (Photograph available in the public domain)
Hwa Chong Institution (Photograph by Teo Di Kai, available in the public domain)
National Day Parade rehearsal, 2005. The rising importance of the military is one of the most dramatic changes in the character of the national elite (Photograph by Michael D. Barr)
Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (Photograph by US Government, available in the public domain)
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (Photograph by courtesy of Hoang Kim Hung)
Lee Hsien Loong addresses a PAP rally during the 2011 General Elections. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean is seated directly behind him. (Photograph by courtesy of Karen Chan)
Istana, Presidential Palace and home of the Prime Ministers Office (Photograph by Char Lee, available in the public domain)
Opposition candidates, 2011: (a) Victorious Workers Party team leader in Aljunied GRC, Low Thia Khiang (Photograph by Huawei, available in the public domain) (b) Unsuccessful presidential candidate, Tan Jee Say (Photograph by Jacklee, available in the public domain) (c) Member of the successful Workers Party team in Aljunied GRC, Sylvia Lim (Photograph by abdulrahman.elections, available in the public domain) (d) The successful Workers Party candidate for Hougang SMC, Yaw Shin Leong (Photograph by Michael D. Barr)
President and former Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan (Photograph by US Government, available in the public domain)
University of Singapore graduates primary and honours degrees by year, 196877
Presidents Scholars by year and gender, 196470
Institutional destinations of 11 of the 196470 Presidents Scholars
Numbers of Presidents Scholars and SAFOS scholars, 19662010
Numbers of Presidents Scholars and SAFOS, overseas and non-overseas PSC Scholars, 200210
Winners of elite PSC scholarships by ethnicity (where known), 19902010
Total immigrant resident population of Singapore by place of birth and ethnic group
Resident population by ethnic composition, 19702010
Scholarship winners by school of matriculation, 200210
Proportions of scholarship winners by school of matriculation, 200208
Proportions of scholarship winners by school of matriculation, 200708 and 200910
Educational and professional composition of the Cabinet, pre-and post-May 2011
Key members of the civil service and the military, 2012
Excerpt from The Star (Malaysia), 21 July 2007
Real economic growth
Trade performance in real terms
Hitting bottom
AMP | Association of Muslim Professionals |
AO | Administrative Officer |
CCA | Co-Curricular Activities |
CDAC | Chinese Development Assistance Council |
CEC | Central Executive Committee (of the Peoples Action Party) |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CPF | Central Provident Fund |
DBS | Development Bank of Singapore |
DCAC | Directorship and Consultancy Appointments Council |
GIC | Government of Singapore Investment Corporation |
GLCs | Government-Linked Companies |
GMD | Guomindang (also known as the Kuomintang or KMT), Taiwans Nationalist Party |
GRC | Group Representation Constituency |
GROs | Grassroots Organisations |
HCI | Hwa Chong Institution |
HPL | Hotel Properties Limited |
ISD | Internal Security Department |
JC | junior college |
MAS | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
MENDAKI | a Malay-Muslim self-help group (the formal title has varied but the acronym has remained constant) |
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