Impressions of the Goh Chok Tong Years in Singapore

Contents

v Contents Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii Contributors xvi Goh Gallery xxiii Introduction: A Redefined Singapore 1 BRIDGET WELSH, JAMES U.H. CHIN,ARUN MAHIZHNAN ANDTANTARN HOW Part I: Domestic Politics 1 Succeeding Charisma 27 JANADAS DEVAN 2 A Journalist’s Note on a Quiet Rebel 34 P.N. BALJI 3 Re-Imagining the Nation: Goh Chok Tong’s Singapore 40 ASAD-UL IQBAL LATIF 4 Public Administration: 50 Change in Style and Continuity in Policy JON S.T. QUAH 5 Goh’s Consensus Politics of Authoritarian Rule 61 GARRY RODAN 6 Electoral Battles and Innovations: 71 Recovering Lost Ground JAMES U.H. CHIN 7 Constructing a“Constructive” Opposition 83 HUSSIN MUTALIB 8 Pruning the Banyan Tree? Civil Society in Goh’s Singapore 93 GILLIAN KOH 9 Negotiating Boundaries: OB Markers and the Law 107 K.S. RAJAH VI CONTENTS Part II: Foreign Relations and Defence Policy 10 Forging New Frontiers: Goh Chok Tong’s Foreign Policy Legacy 119 TOMMY KOH 11 Goh Chok Tong the Multilateralist 128 ALAN CHONG 12 Connecting the Dot: Singapore in ASEAN 135 N. GANESAN 13 Confronting the Weight of History: 144 Singapore and Key Neighbours JOSEPH CHINYONG LIOW 14 Shooting Rapids in a Canoe: Singapore and Great Powers 153 KUIK CHENG-CHWEE 15 Goh to America: Mirrored Contradictory Images 165 BRIDGET WELSH 16 Maturing the Singapore Armed Forces: 178 From Poisonous Shrimp to Dolphin BERNARD FOOK WENG LOO 17 Hardening National Security: 188 Emergence of an Agile Scorpion ZACHARY ABUZA Part III: Economics and Policy Challenges 18 Transforming the Engines of Growth 201 MANU BHASKARAN 19 The Economist Prime Minister 220 LEE SOO ANN 20 Spreading the Benefits of Growth and Managing Inequality 230 SHANDRE MUGANTHANGAVELU 21 Educating the Next Generation 240 S. GOPINATHAN 22 Prescribing New Economic Medicine for Healthcare 252 PHUA KAI HONG 23 Bolstering Population Growth: From Babies to Immigrants 265 YAP MUITENG 24 Reshaping Urban Space: From A Tropical to Global City 277 OOI GIOK LING 25 Moving from Survival to Sustainability in the Environment 288 KARYN WANG CONTENTS VII Part IV: Society 26 Navigating Transnationalism: 301 Immigration and Reconfigured Ethnicity ERIC C.THOMPSON AND ZHANG JUAN 27 Sailing a Steady Ship: Goh’s Multiculturalism 313 NORMANVASU 28 Chinese-Singaporean Identity: 324 Subtle Change Amidst Continuity EUGENE K.B.TAN 29 Dilemma and Anguish of the Chinese-Educated 336 HUANG JIANLI 30 A New Dawn in PAP-Malay Relations? 350 LILY ZUBAIDAH RAHIM 31 Winning Over the Malay Community: Politics of Engagement 363 YANG RAZALI KASSIM 32 The Man Who Nurtured Indians and Started the India Fever 375 A. MANI 33 Women in the Goh Era: Chartering Empowerment? 387 CONSTANCE SINGAM 34 Soft Exterior, Hard Core: Policies towards Gays 399 ALEX AU 35 Networked Society in an Intelligent Island: 409 Laying the Foundation ARUN MAHIZHNAN Part V: Culture 36 To the Market: Cultural Policy Amidst Contestation 425 TANTARN HOW 37 Liberalising Culture 436 CHUA BENG HUAT 38 No News Here: Media in Subordination 444 CHERIAN GEORGE 39 Curious Connections: TalkingCock.com and PM Goh 451 YENYEN JOYCELN WOO AND COLINYONG PING GOH 40 Singapore Sports: 459 Heyday, Hollowness and New Heights GODFREY ROBERT VIII CONTENTS 41 Broadening Horizons: 470 Emergence of Contemporary Art in Singapore EUGENETAN 42 Redefining the National Museum: 479 New Reflections on Heritage KWA CHONG GUAN 43 Reviving Singapore Cinema: New Perspectives 491 JAN UHDE ANDYVONNE NG UHDE 44 Missed Opportunities for a Humane Style: 501 Singapore Architecture TAY KHENG SOON Bibliography 513 Index 538 ...