Singapore from Temasek to the 21st Century: Reinventing the Global City

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436 Contributors Karine฀ DELAYE฀ is฀ Research฀ Associate฀ at฀ the฀ Research฀ Institute฀ on฀ Southeast฀ Asia,฀ Marseilles.฀ She฀ has฀ taught฀ history฀ and฀ geography฀ at฀ the฀ French฀ International฀ School฀ of฀ Kuala฀ Lumpur,฀ and฀ in฀ Mauritius.฀ Her฀ published฀ works฀ include฀ “Slavery฀ and฀ Colonial฀ Representations฀ in฀ Indochina฀ from฀ the฀ Second฀ Part฀ of฀ the฀ Nineteenth฀ to฀ the฀ Beginning฀ of฀ the฀ Twentieth฀ Century”,฀ in฀ The฀ Structure฀ of฀ Slavery฀ in฀ Indian฀ Ocean฀ Africa฀ and฀ Asia,฀ ed.฀ Gwyn฀ Campbell฀ (London:฀ Frank฀ Cass,฀ 2003).฀ She฀ is฀currently฀working฀on฀a฀PhD฀on฀the฀relationships฀between฀French฀and฀ British฀colonies฀in฀Southeast฀Asia. Nathalie฀ FAU฀ is฀ Associate฀ Professor฀ of฀ Geography฀ at฀ the฀ University฀ of฀ Paris฀ 7฀ and฀ permanent฀ member฀ of฀ SEDET,฀ French฀ National฀ Centre฀ for฀ Scientific฀Research฀(CNRS).฀She฀obtained฀her฀PhD฀in฀2003฀in฀Geography฀ from฀ the฀ University฀ of฀ Paris฀ X.฀ Research฀ on฀ the฀ regional฀ organisation฀ of฀ northern฀ Sumatra฀ and฀ the฀ formation฀ of฀ the฀ subregional฀ economic฀ zone฀ in฀ the฀ Straits฀ of฀ Malacca฀ led฀ her฀ to฀ work฀ on฀ Singapore’s฀ regionalisation ฀ strategy.฀ Related฀ articles฀ include฀ “Hong฀ Kong฀ et฀ Singapour,฀ des฀ ฀ Métropoles฀Transfrontalières”฀published฀in฀Espaces฀Géographiques฀3฀(1999);฀ and฀ “Singapour฀ et฀ son฀ Environnement฀ Régional”,฀ in฀ Asies฀ Nouvelles,฀ ed.฀ Michel฀Foucher฀(Paris:฀Belin,฀2002). Charles฀ GOLDBLUM฀ is฀ Professor฀ at฀ Institut฀ Français฀ d’Urbanisme,฀ University฀of฀Paris฀8,฀and฀Senior฀Researcher฀at฀Laboratoire฀Asie฀du฀SudEst ฀ et฀ Monde฀ Austronésien฀ (LASEMA),฀ CNRS.฀ He฀ is฀ a฀ specialist฀ in฀ architecture฀and฀urban฀planning.฀With฀Annik฀Osmont,฀he฀co-edited฀Villes฀ 16฀SS21c.indd฀฀฀436 7/27/10฀฀฀11:53:29฀AM Contributors฀ 437 et฀Citadins฀dans฀la฀Mondialisation฀(Paris:฀Karthala-GEMDEV,฀2003).฀His฀ articles฀include฀“L’Asie฀du฀Sud-est฀dans฀l’Univers฀Urbain฀des฀Métropoles”,฀ in฀ Les฀Très฀Grandes฀Concentrations฀Urbaines,฀ ed.฀ P฀ Bruyelle฀ (Liège:฀ Sedès฀ -Dossiers฀ des฀ Images฀ Économiques฀ du฀ Monde,฀ 2000),฀ and฀ (with฀ Wong฀ Tai฀Chee),฀“The฀China฀—฀Singapore฀Suzhou฀Industrial฀Park:฀A฀Turnkey฀ Product฀of฀Singapore?”฀published฀in฀The฀Geographical฀Review฀90฀(January฀ 2000). Karl฀ HACK฀ is฀ Chair฀ of฀ the฀ Empire฀ course฀ at฀ the฀ Open฀ University,฀ United฀ Kingdom.฀ He฀ previously฀ spent฀ a฀ decade,฀ latterly฀ as฀ Associate฀ Professor,฀at฀the฀National฀Institute฀of฀Education,฀Nanyang฀Technological฀ University,฀ Singapore.฀ His฀ books฀ include฀ Forgotten฀ Captives฀ in฀ Japanese฀ Occupied฀ Asia฀ (London:฀ RoutledgeCurzon,฀ 2008,฀ co-edited฀ with฀ Kevin฀ Blackburn),฀Colonial฀Armies฀in฀Southeast฀Asia฀(London:฀RoutledgeCurzon,฀ 2006,฀co-edited฀with฀Tobias฀Rettig),฀Did฀Singapore฀Have฀to฀Fall?฀(London:฀ RoutledgeCurzon,฀ 2004,฀ co-authored฀ with฀ Kevin฀ Blackburn),฀ Dialogues฀ with฀ Chin฀ Peng:฀ New฀ Light฀ on฀ the฀ Malayan฀ Communist฀ Party฀ (Singapore:฀ Singapore฀University฀Press,฀2004,฀co-edited฀with฀C.C.฀Chin),฀and฀Defence฀ and฀ Decolonisation฀ in฀ Southeast฀ Asia฀ (Richmond:฀ Curzon,฀ 2001).฀ He฀ is฀ currently฀working฀on฀Singapore฀as฀an฀Asia-Pacific฀and฀imperial฀city,฀war฀ and฀memory,฀the฀history฀of฀imperialism,฀and฀low฀intensity฀conflict.฀ Derek฀ HENG฀ is฀ Assistant฀ Professor฀ in฀ the฀ Department฀ of฀ History,฀ Ohio฀ State฀ University,฀ USA,฀ where฀ he฀ teaches฀ premodern฀ Asian฀ history,฀ historical฀ thought฀ and฀ methodology,฀ and฀ world฀ history฀ before฀ AD฀ 1500.฀ He฀ researches฀ on฀ the฀ premodern฀ economic฀ interaction฀ between฀ Southeast฀ Asia฀ and฀ China,฀ premodern฀ state฀ formation฀ of฀ coastal฀ portstates ฀ in฀ Maritime฀ Southeast฀ Asia฀ and฀ the฀ historiography฀ of฀ Singapore’s฀ past.฀His฀ publications฀ include฀ Sino-Malay฀ Trade฀ and฀ Diplomacy฀ in฀ the฀ 10th฀through฀the฀14th฀Century฀AD฀(Athens:฀Ohio฀University฀Press,฀2009),฀ Reframing฀Singapore:฀Memory,฀Identity฀and฀Trans-Regionalism฀(Amsterdam:฀ Amsterdam฀University฀Press,฀2009,฀co-edited฀with฀Syed฀Muhd฀Khairudin฀ Aljunied),฀ and฀ New฀Perspectives฀and฀Sources฀on฀the฀History฀of฀Singapore:฀A฀ Multi-Disciplinary฀Approach฀(Singapore:฀National฀Library฀Board,฀2006). KWA฀ Chong฀ Guan฀ is฀ affiliated฀ with฀ the฀ S.฀ Rajaratnam฀ School฀ of฀ International฀ Studies฀ at฀ Singapore’s฀ Nanyang฀ Technological฀ University฀ and฀the฀Department฀of฀History฀at฀the฀National฀University฀of฀Singapore.฀ He฀ was฀ previously฀ with฀ the฀ old฀ Department฀ of฀ Strategic฀ Studies฀ at฀ 16฀SS21c.indd฀฀฀437 7/27/10฀฀฀11:53:30฀AM 438฀ Contributors the฀ SAFTI฀ Military฀ Institute,฀ and฀ the฀ School฀ of฀ Arts฀ at฀ the฀ National฀ Institute฀of฀Education.฀Kwa฀started฀his฀career฀in฀the฀Ministry฀of฀Foreign฀ Affairs฀ and฀ the฀ Ministry฀ of฀ Defence฀ before฀ being฀ assigned฀ to฀ reorganise฀ the฀ old฀ Oral฀ History฀ Centre฀ at฀ the฀ National฀ Archives฀ of฀ Singapore,฀ and฀ the฀National฀Museum.฀He฀helped฀to฀transform฀the฀latter฀into฀its฀current฀ three฀ museums฀ under฀ the฀ National฀ Heritage฀ Board.฀ He฀ continues฀ to฀ be฀ associated฀with฀these฀museums฀as฀a฀member฀of฀the฀National฀Heritage฀Board฀ and฀is฀Chairman฀of฀the฀National฀Archives฀Board.฀His฀latest฀publications฀ include฀Singapore:฀A฀700฀Year฀History:฀From฀Early฀Emporium฀to฀World฀City฀ (Singapore:฀National฀Archives...