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Singapore Politics Under the Peoples
Action Party

This book is a comprehensive overview of politics in Singapore since its independence in 1965. The authors examine how this tiny island has developed into a global financial center, with one of the largest incomes per head, not only in Asia, but in the world. Its success has been due largely to the leaders of the party which has ruled it continuously, the Peoples Action Party. The party has coped successfully with the needs of a multiethnic population, claims for more extensive human rights, the nascent development of a civil society, and the problems of defending a small country in a turbulent region.

These key policies have been determined principally by Singapores first two Prime Ministers, Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong, and will be affected in the future by Lees son, B.G. Lee Hsien Loong. All three personalities are here examined in depth. Mauzy and Milne also look at Singapores response to its economic crisis, the elections of November 2001, and the challenges of the new century.

This major study of contemporary Singapore politics will be essential for both undergraduate and graduate students of Asian politics, as well as being of interest to business people and diplomats concerned with the region.

Diane K. Mauzy and R.S. Milne are professors at the University of British Columbia, Canada. They have published widely on Asian politics, including Politics Under Mahathir (Routledge, 1999) and Singapore: The Legacy of Lee Kuan Yew (Westview, 1990).

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Singapore Politics Under the Peoples Action Party

Diane K. Mauzy and R.S. Milne

Singapore Politics Under the
Peoples Action Party

Diane K. Mauzy and R.S. Milne

London and New York

First published 2002 by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

by Routledge

29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

2002 Diane K. Mauzy and R.S. Milne

Typeset in Times by MHL Typesetting Ltd, Coventry Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

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ISBN 0-415-24652-0 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-24653-9 (pbk)

To the memory of Michael Leifer

Acclaimed scholar, percipient editor,
and good companion

Contents

Acknowledgments

The extent of our indebtedness is evident from the notes. However, our special thanks are due to two official people who rashly offered to help with any queries that occurred to us after our interview. Lim Boon Heng, Minister Without Portfolio, and Ong Keng Yong, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, provided this essential assistance. We are also appreciative of all the assistance we were given by the Ministry of Information and the Arts (MITA), particularly Madam Yeong Yoon Ying, the Director (Media Division) MITA and Press Secretary to the Senior Minister, and her capable secretary, Karolyn Poon. We are appreciative that politicians, both government and opposition, members of NGOs, journalists, and academics were willing to speak with us. Among academics, Professor Linda Low was particularly helpful, possibly because our research interests are so similar. We would also like to thank Professor James Cotton for his helpful advice on the organization of the book.

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