Overview
Presents a clear picture of Singapore's path toward success based on Ngiam Tong Dow's forty-year experience as a senior Singapore civil servant. This is a collection of his speeches, interviews, and articles delivered and written between 2004 and 2010. According to Ngiam, what lies behind Singapore's spectacular achievements from 1959 onward is the island nation's relentless pursuit of knowledge as the critical lever for development. Singapore is the forerunner of knowledge-based economies emerging in this new millennium.