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• W340341225 abstract "ABSTRACT. This article looks at the question of who rules Singapore? This question is considered historically, through corporate development, the role of government, the media, the national narrative, the judiciary, the military, the banks, and the People's Action party's (PAP) structure itself. article concludes by considering the future options for Singapore government and society.Keywords: Singapore, government, power, rule, history of Singapore, development of Singapore, politics of Singapore1. IntroductionThe story of Singapore is an intriguing one. It's about how an island at the bottom of the Malay Peninsula developed into a modem city state and into one of the most powerful economies in the Asian region. Singapore has also been one of the real financial powerhouses in the world.It's not just a story about power, but one of what was done to survive adversity and events going on around the world that were beyond Singapore's control. Also within this story is how history, location, and people influenced what exists today. Society reflects some of the hallmarks of utilitarianism and even Confucianism; conservative, yet extremely modem at the same time. Economically Singapore has been enormously successful, yet the quality of life for the ordinary citizen is now a major issue of contention within the country's citizens today. Singapore's success today, is actually the challenge it faces tomorrow.Although the methods by those who came to power have been criticized by many commentators, the leading elite of Singapore have been able to create a unique model of rule and economy that not only maintained survival as a State, but with fabulous economic prosperity as well. story of who rules Singapore is well worth investigation.2. A Brief History of Singapore - The Past Makes the PresentThe human history of Singapore started in the 14th century with the probable rule of the Srivijayan Prince Parameswara. At that time, Singapore, then known as Temasek, primarily consisted of jungle skirted by a small number of coastal sea gypsy villages. Temasek had no natural resources other than fresh water, and very poor fertile land. only strategic geographical asset was Temasek's position at the bottom of the Melaka Straits and a natural deep water harbor that had potential as an entrepot for East-West trade at the time.Four Hundred years later Sir Thomas Stanford Raffles landed on Temasek and immediately saw the potential of the island as an entrepot, strategically placed in the centre of the Dutch East Indies. As the island was nominally ruled by the Sultan of Johor, who was under the influence of the Dutch, Raffles brought the elder brother of the Sultan Tengku Hussein to Singapore, Miere he recognized him as the rightful Sultan of Johor, providing him with a yearly payment in return for the right to establish a trading post.Raffles proceeded to develop Singapore as a trade centre for collecting commodities produced within the Malay archipelago, including bird's nest from Borneo, spices from the East Indies and India, and gold from Bali. Raffles promoted Singapore as a free port with no taxes and as a strategic waypoint between India and China. Within four years, the population steadily increased to over 10,000 with the migration of Straits Chinese, Arabs, and Indians coming for trade, Malay traders from different parts of the archipelago, and Chinese from the mainland escaping the famine there. By the 1850s a very wealthy Anglicized elite grew out from the Straits Chinese, Indians, and Malay traders encapsulating Victorian values that they picked up from the British.Raffles was able to attract many wealthy Arab traders from the Indonesian archipelago, who included Syed Mohammed bin Harun Aljunied and Syed Abdul Rahman Alsagoff, trading in spices, coffee, sago, rubber, and cocoa. These families went on to develop many businesses, controlling the interisland trade, and developed many buildings within Singapore. …" @default.
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• W340341225 title "Who Rules Singapore? the Only True Mercantile State in the World" @default.
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