| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 345 pages) : portraits |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Australia""; ""1. Memories of Singapore""; ""Getting to Know Singapore""; ""Singapore�Australian Cultural Relations""; ""Singaporean Cuisine""; ""Bangladesh""; ""2. My Experience as High Commissioner in Singapore""; ""Joining the Diplomatic Service""; ""Meeting President S.R. Nathan""; ""Encouraging Investment in Bangladesh""; ""Urban Planning in Singapore""; ""Attending Lectures by Lee Kuan Yew""; ""Being the Dean of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps""; ""Bangladesh Business Chamber of Singapore""; ""Memories of Singapore""; ""Belgium"" |
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""3. How do I See Singapore Fifteen Years afterServing as Ambassador of Belgium""""Between the East and West""; ""An Interconnected Global Economy""; ""Global Value Chains""; ""Brunei""; ""4. The Singapore Experience""; ""Becoming the Brunei High Commissioner""; ""Singapore in the 1980s""; ""Changes in the 1990s""; ""Personal Memories""; ""Cambodia""; ""5. Singapore�Cambodia: A Growing Partnership""; ""The First Cambodian Ambassador to Singapore""; ""Changes in Cambodia""; ""Joining ASEAN""; ""Canada""; ""6. The Resilience of a Nation""; ""Responding to 9/11""; ""Bali Bombing"" |
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""SARS Crisis""""A Resilient People""; ""Chile""; ""7. Memories of Singapore""; ""The Attraction of Singapore""; ""Life in Singapore""; ""The People""; ""Chile�Singapore Relations""; ""China""; ""8. Lasting Impressions of Singapore""; ""The Lasting Taste of Olives""; ""The Story of Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP)""; ""9. A Country Always on the Move""; ""Learning Tirelessly""; ""A Caring Leadership""; ""Strong Leadership, Right Policies""; ""Costa Rica""; ""10. Singapore, How to Fly High and Straight""; ""Singapore�s Strengths""; ""Other Vital Features""; ""Potential Challenges"" |
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""Singapore�s Achievements""""Lessons for Costa Rica""; ""Denmark""; ""11. Singapore, A Posting that became a Home""; ""Impressions of Singapore""; ""Civil Society""; ""Remaining Competitive""; ""A Safe Country""; ""Importance of the Family""; ""Social Harmony""; ""Egypt""; ""12. The Miracle Known as Singapore""; ""Looking for the Little Red Dot""; ""The Singapore Model""; ""Promoting Singapore""; ""European Union""; ""13. Geography and Destiny""; ""EU�Singapore Relations""; ""Regional Integration""; ""Culture in Singapore""; ""Looking Back""; ""Finland""; ""14. Singapore on My Mind�"" |
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""Singapore and Finland � Different Yet Similar""""France""; ""15. Some of My Best Years as Ambassador""; ""Singapore�s Dynamism""; ""Foreign Policy""; ""Deepening the French Connection""; ""Germany""; ""16. My Impressions of Singapore""; ""From Business to Leisure, Something for Everyone""; ""Back to Business""; ""A Perfect System of Transportation""; ""History and Culture""; ""How Was This Extraordinary Development Possible?""; ""Conclusion""; ""17. The Singapore Experience � Love at Second Sight""; ""Mixed Feelings""; ""30 Years On""; ""A Vibrant Cultural and Entertainment Scene"" |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Diplomats -- Singapore
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Diplomatic relations
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Diplomats
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Singapore -- Foreign relations
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Singapore -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007832
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| Subject |
Singapore
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Koh, Tommy T. B. (Tommy Thong Bee), 1937- editor.
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Chang, Li Lin, editor
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Koh, Joanna, editor
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Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, publisher.
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Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9789814612814 |
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9814612812 |
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