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x Abbreviations ASEAN฀ Association฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Nations ARF฀ ASEAN฀Regional฀Forum ASEM฀ Asia-Europe฀Meeting Attap฀ Palm฀thatch฀(in฀Malay) AWARE฀ Association฀of฀Women฀for฀Action฀and฀Research BS฀฀ Barisan฀Sosialis฀(Socialist฀Front) CPF฀ Central฀Provident฀Fund EDB฀ Economic฀Development฀Board EIC฀ English/British฀East฀India฀Company EOI฀ Export฀Oriented฀Industrialisation FDI฀ Foreign฀Direct฀Investment GDP฀ Gross฀Domestic฀Product GLC฀ Government฀Linked฀Company GRC฀ Group฀Representation฀Constituency Hanyu฀pinyin฀ “Chinese฀language฀sound฀spelling”฀—฀presently฀the฀most฀ widely฀used฀transcription฀of฀Chinese฀in฀Latin฀alphabet,฀ adopted฀in฀the฀PRC฀in฀1958 HDB฀ Housing฀and฀Development฀Board IBRD฀ International฀Bank฀for฀Reconstruction฀and฀Development IPS฀ Institute฀of฀Policy฀Studies,฀Singapore ISA฀ Internal฀Security฀Act ISEAS฀ Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies,฀Singapore ISI฀฀ Import฀Substitution฀Industrialisation JMBRAS฀ Journal฀of฀the฀Malaysian฀Branch฀of฀the฀Royal฀Asiatic฀ Society 00฀SS21c.indd฀฀฀10 8/30/10฀฀฀9:31:33฀AM List฀of฀Abbreviations฀ xi JSEAS฀ Journal฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies JSBRAS฀฀ Journal฀of฀the฀Straits฀Branch฀of฀the฀Royal฀Asiatic฀Society฀ JTC฀ Jurong฀Town฀Corporation Kampong฀ Village฀(in฀Malay) KBE฀ Knowledge฀Based฀Enterprises MCA฀ Malayan/Malaysian฀Chinese฀Association MICA฀ Ministry฀of฀Information,฀Communications฀and฀the฀Arts MNC฀ Multinational฀Company NUS฀ National฀University฀of฀Singapore OECD฀ Organisation฀for฀Economic฀Cooperation฀and฀ Development OIOC฀ Oriental฀and฀India฀Office฀Collections PAP฀ People’s฀Action฀Party Pemuda฀ Youth฀(in฀Indonesian) PUB฀ Public฀Utilities฀Board SCCC฀ Singapore฀Chinese฀Chamber฀of฀Commerce SCCL฀ Singapore฀Centre฀for฀Chinese฀Language SDP฀ Singapore฀Democratic฀Party SME฀ Small฀and฀Medium฀Enterprises SIJORI฀ Singapore-Johore-Riau฀(Growth฀triangle) TNA฀ The฀National฀Archives,฀Kew฀Gardens,฀London UMNO฀ United฀Malays฀National฀Organisation UN฀ United฀Nations URA฀ Urban฀Redevelopment฀Authority VOC฀ Verenigde฀Oostindische฀Compagnie฀(Dutch฀East฀India฀ Company) 00฀SS21c.indd฀฀฀11 8/30/10฀฀฀9:31:33฀AM ...

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