Essay on anything: Communist threat in Singapore has played a significant role in attaining successful independence for Singapore. Do you agree? To a large extent I disagree that the communist threat had played a significant role in bringing about independence for Singapore. Instead it was the differing ideals sprouting amongst Singapore and her citizens that had effectively shaped the peaceful sovereignty that we enjoy now‚ and communism would even fall under the circle of brewing political ideas
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outstanding performance earned him a scholarship to study statistics at the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1947. During his stay in London‚ he started the Malayan Forum‚ an anti-colonial political group‚ with some fellow students including Lee Kuan Yew and Toh Chin Chye. Goh became its first chairman. In 1951‚ he graduated from LSE with a first class honours in economics and won the William Farr Prize. He resumed work in the civil service back in Singapore‚ but later returned to LSE for further
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This document consists of 8 printed pages. Answer ALL questions. Question 1 Car population and pollution Extract 1: Road pricing makes good economic sense. But voters hate it Britain’s sclerotic roads learned that the recent global financial catastrophe had slightly improved their lives: traffic volume has fallen by about 3% since the start of the recession. But the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)‚ warned drivers that it would not last: traffic has risen remorselessly and a
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worldwide. It is owned by the government of Singapore and the prime minister of Singapore‚ Lee Hsien Loong‚ has a supervisory role over the company. Although there were accusations of nepotism when Ho Ching‚ the prime ministers wife‚ joined the company in 2002 (at the time her husband was the Finance Minister of Singapore and her father-in-law the legendary former Prime Minister of Singapore‚ Lee Kuan Yew)‚ Temasek Chairman Dhanabalan told Businessweek I got her not because of her political connections
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Standford-educated electrical engineer end up with this kind of power? Ho was a government scholar who started off in civil service and ended up working for the Defense Ministry in Singapore. There she met and married Lee Hsien Loong‚ Singapore‟s current prime minister and the son of Lee Kwan Yew––one of modern Singapore‟s founding fathers. Ho‟s experience‚ education‚ and connections led to her appointment as chief executive of Temasek‚ where she oversees a portfolio worth over $50 billion and influences
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Ronald Alger‚ Tatiana Reed‚ Angela Dupree‚ Blake Bowen‚ and Ina Obasi Organizational Leadership 3090 - 001 Case Study # 1 02/22/2015 The Prime Minister’s Powerful Better Half This case is about Ho Ching‚ a business women who in 2002 became the chief executive officer (CEO) for Temasek Holdings‚ a Singapore based state owned Investment Company that presently has 490 employees and a 223 billion dollar portfolio‚ focused primarily in Asia. (Temasek‚ 2015) This case will discuss Ho Ching’s approach
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Lee Hsien Loong was sworn in as Singapore’s third Prime Minister on 12 August 2004. Mr Lee was first elected Member of Parliament (MP) in 1984 as a candidate of the People ’s Action Party (PAP) and has been re-elected six times‚ most recently in 2011 as an MP for the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency. He was elected to the Central Executive Committee of the PAP in 1986‚ and became its Secretary-General in 2004. Mr Lee was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Trade and Industry
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Singapore 21 & Nation Building In August 1997‚ Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong launched the Singapore 21 Committee with the aim of strengthening the “heartware” of the Republic in the 21st Century. This comprised of five subject committees that were formed to study the pertinent issues Singaporeans would have to face in the building of such a new society during the 21st Century. Some 6‚000 Singaporeans from all walks of life were then consulted for the time span of one year in order to understand
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GOH KENG SWEE: QUALITES FOR SUCCESS Did you know that Singapore has the highest Gross Domestic Product per capita in the world? As a small nation with no natural resources‚ how did Singapore arrive at where it is today? The credit goes largely to Singapore’s founding fathers‚ particularly to Dr. Goh Keng Swee. Goh Keng Swee’s thoroughness‚ farsightedness‚ and willingness to learn were qualities that stood out in his diverse public career and enabled him to succeed. First‚ Dr. Goh’s thoroughness
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References: McTear‚ M. Handling Miscommunication: Why Bother?. In Recent Trends in Discourse and Dialogue. 2008. (pp. 101-122). Lee‚ Darius. "Not Right Forum for Discussion." The Straits Times: Forum Letters. 10 July 2014. Sagiv‚ Lilach‚ and Shalom H. Schwartz. "Cultural values in organisations: insights for Europe." European Journal of International Management 1.3. 2007 (pp. 176-190)
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