By Li-ann Thio, Kevin Y.L. Tan
This e-book provides a well timed evaluate of the impression of heritage, politics and economics in shaping the Singapore structure, going past the descriptive narrative, the authors will solid a serious eye over the advancements of the final forty years.
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The authors have painted in broad strokes, overarching, retrospective commentaries on the various themes covered. The tone of the essays is evaluative and to some extent prescriptive, with the necessary narrative woven within this commentary. We begin with the Wee Chong Jin Commission Report of 1966, what the authors consider the apogee of constitutional discourse and engagement in Singapore. In her chapter, Li-ann Thio revisits the Report of the Wee Commission and considers the impact of this seminal document.
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Nevertheless, Barker considered this ‘a promising innovation’ in Singapore to ensure harmonious social relations; being advisory in nature, 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 ‘The Peoples Champion’, The Straits Times (Singapore), 4 Jan 1967. Wee Report, supra, note 16, p 19, para 61. Lee Kuan Yew, 24 SPR 22 Dec 1965, col 430. Lee Kuan Yew, 44 SPR 25 July 1984, col 1789, at 1832. Subsequently, by-elections have not been held despite vacancies on grounds of expediency. In 1961, the PAP lost 3 of its 43 Assemblymen and in mid-1961, 13 PAP assemblymen crossed the floor to join the Barisan Socialis, leaving the PAP with 27 assemblymen and a bare parliamentary majority.