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Singapore, Disrupted

by Chua Mui Hoong
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Singapore, Disrupted
Singapore, Disrupted

Insightful exploration of Singapore's societal challenges and changes.

This book is a must-read for anyone keen on understanding the rapid societal changes and challenges faced by Singapore. With insightful essays and articles, Chua Mui Hoong delves deep into issues such as joblessness, inequality, and leadership transitions in the context of the age of disruption. Through her sharp analysis and persuasive arguments, she presents a compelling case for a new order that is essential for Singapore's future. Whether you are a student, a policymaker, or simply curious about Singapore's evolving landscape, this book will provide you with valuable insights and a thought-provoking read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Singapore, Disrupted

by Chua Mui Hoong
RM73.51 MYR
Compare to estimated retail price: RM102.26 MYR  

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ISBN: 9789814747929
Authors: Chua Mui Hoong
Publisher: Straits Times Press
Date of Publication: 2018-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, Politics
Related Topics: Society, Government, Social Issues, Politics
Goodreads rating: 3.7
(rated by 77 readers)

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Singapore is in a state of disruption. Change is here – disorienting, disturbing, sometimes distressing change. Disruptive technologies are displacing jobs and dislodging workers. Society is showing signs of splintering. The gap between the “best” and the rest is growing. In establishment circles, members are breaking ranks. People are searching, probing, asking: what’s happening? Change is also unequal. While shaking up many quarters at an alarming rate, it is not happening fast enough in the areas that truly matter, observes Chua Mui Hoong, political columnist and Opinion editor of The Straits Times, in this volume of fresh essays and published articles. As a journalist who writes from both the head and the heart – and often from a heartlander’s perspective – she takes on issues such as joblessness and safety nets, meritocracy and elitism, marketplace upheavals and leadership transitions, and persuades us that in this new age of disruption, what Singapore needs is a new order. But how can Singapore reorder itself? What can it do better? How must it move, and how can all the motion be translated into real change and advancement? Singapore is at a crossroads. How it responds to this state of disruption will determine its place in the disrupted world. “Chua Mui Hoong writes with a brilliant mind, a warm heart and integrity. She is not afraid to praise or to criticise any one, any
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Insightful exploration of Singapore's societal challenges and changes.

This book is a must-read for anyone keen on understanding the rapid societal changes and challenges faced by Singapore. With insightful essays and articles, Chua Mui Hoong delves deep into issues such as joblessness, inequality, and leadership transitions in the context of the age of disruption. Through her sharp analysis and persuasive arguments, she presents a compelling case for a new order that is essential for Singapore's future. Whether you are a student, a policymaker, or simply curious about Singapore's evolving landscape, this book will provide you with valuable insights and a thought-provoking read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.