CULTURAL POLICY IN SINGAPORE: NEGOTIATING ECONOMIC AND SOCIO-CULTURAL AGENDAS1 Lily Kong Associate Professor Department of Geography National University of Singapore Kent Ridge Singapore 119260 Email: lilykong@nus.edu.sg Fax: 65-7773091 Geoforum For Special Issue on “Culture‚ Economy‚ Policy” 2000 This paper was written while I was Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Culture‚ Tokyo University. I would like to record thanks to Assoc Prof Tong Chee Kiong for facilitating my
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INTRODUCTION Rice imported from Fukushima went on sale in Singapore on 22nd August after a lift in restrictions of Japanese food imports. The restrictions were imposed after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011‚ resulting in severe radioactive substance leakage into the environment. This has huge implications on Japan’s agriculture industry as the radioactive leakage contaminated the surrounding farm lands. The lift was announced after a meeting between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and
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Culture Impact of Media There is an old saying”Man is a social animal”‚ which means beyond other requirements such as food and shelter‚ man has another fundamental need and that is‚ need of communication with each other. The urge of communication is a basic one and in our contemporary civilization‚ it has become a necessity for survival. In order to facilitate communication‚ man has established several means which have developed from time to time such as sending messages‚ letters‚ telephone
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AGREEMENT The existence of the contract depends on whether or not there was an agreement between the parties. The parties must be at consensus ad idem for the agreement to be valid. OFFER An offer is an expression made by the offeror to the offeree communicating the offeror’s willingness to perform a promise. Unilateral Contracts Case: Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (1892) States that a unilateral contract brought into existence by the act of one party in response to a conditional
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which the positives of globalisation have far outweighed the negatives is Singapore. Without the global market‚ an economy that is substantially export-orientated such as Singapore would not be able to function. The global market plays a vital role in the economic development strategies that Singapore implements. Globalisation plays a major role in the concerns all over the world‚ and this is clearly shown in Singapore. Singapore is a small‚ densely populated country situated in South-east Asia. The
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My reactions as part of the minority group to the discrimination and stereotyping would have been the same as those displayed by the children that received the discrimination. However‚ the consequences of the exercise allowed the children to experience both sides of discrimination as the receiver and the giver; which appeared to change their perspective on life even into adulthood. The experience influenced how they treated people from different ethnic groups and the values and ethics they taught
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not write it for that purpose. Even though this was not the intention of Jane Austen‚ the fact that Elizabeth married Darcy‚ not because of his money and his relations‚ but for love and nothing else‚ shows that this change it possible‚ but the media do not allow it. In Pride and Prejudice‚ like in our own time‚ people are afraid to be different. In our world they are stereotyped and made to do things. They are judged for going out with someone not in their social class. If someone does not
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article from The Straits Times dated 25th February 2008‚ entitled “January inflation may be as high as in 70s oil crisis”. Literature In this paper‚ our main objective is to explain the inflation process that is ongoing in Singapore today and our views on how the Singapore government can effectively tackle this situation. The proposed solution is derived by comparing and analyzing the various methodologies used to control inflation. The analysis done in this paper is approached from a micro to
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considered offensive‚ morally harmful‚ or politically dangerous. Narrowing down the definition to cover The Arts scene in Singapore‚ the question beckons should anyone have the power to place restrictions on an individual’s freedom of expression? One might liken that tying a gag over someone’s mouth! In a recent dialogue with Minister Mentor Lee (Friday‚ October 5th‚ 2007 – Singapore: From Arts to censorship)‚ students posted the view on the natural contradiction in censorship codes and Singapore’s efforts
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Nanyang institute of management | Singapore Airlines’ Marketing Issues | BSMAN BSHSP 3008 Marketing for Managers | | Stacie Huynh Bao Tran | 06-Aug-12 | | Executive Summary Singapore Airlines is one of the world’s top ranked carriers. They have been constantly a successful organization for the factual understanding of the needs and wants of its target market. They provide products and services in excellence standard to meet its demand‚ implement an active marketing orientation
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