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2. Labor Shortage and Population Policy. Caltech Population Program Occasional Papers, Series 1, Number 6.
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California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena., Sweezy, Alan, Sweezy, Alan, and California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena.
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This paper discusses recent histories of labor shortages in Singapore, Japan, and several western European countries. Emphasis is upon the economic effects of severe shortages of labor. Fearing that these shortages would seriously handicap further economic progress, many people in these countries have advocated large-scale immigration or increased population growth or both. It is the author's conclusion that the existence of a labor shortage is not a valid ground for encouraging either population growth or immigration. The series of which this publication is a part is intended to increase understanding of the interrelationships between population growth and socioeconomic and cultural patterns throughout the world, and to communicate this understanding to scholars and policy makers. (Author/RM)
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- 1973
3. Hemoglobin J Singapore: alpha 78 Asn--Asp; alpha 79 Ala--Gly.
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Blackwell RQ, Boon WH, Liu CS, and Weng MI
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- Adult, Alanine, Amino Acid Sequence, Amino Acids analysis, Asparagine, Aspartic Acid, Chemical Phenomena, Chemistry, Chromatography, Ion Exchange, Chromatography, Paper, Electrophoresis, Paper, Ethnicity, Female, Glycine, Hemoglobinopathies genetics, Hemoglobins metabolism, Humans, Male, Molecular Biology, Peptides analysis, Singapore, Spectrophotometry, Thermolysin, Trypsin, Amino Acids metabolism, Hemoglobins, Abnormal metabolism
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- 1972
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4. Haemoglobin Q disease in Singapore.
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Boon WH
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- Asian People, Child, Child, Preschool, Electrophoresis, Ethnicity, Genotype, Hemoglobins, Abnormal classification, Humans, Male, Paper, Phenotype, Singapore, Hemoglobinopathies genetics
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- 1971
5. Press Lord Without Portfolio.
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FREEDOM of the press ,GOVERNMENT & the press ,HEADS of state ,MASS media censorship ,NEWSPAPERS ,PERIODICALS - Abstract
The article presents information on the restricted press freedom in Singapore, under the regime of newly elected Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. Reportedly, Lee jailed four top executives of commercial daily newspaper, "Nanyang Siang Pan". The paper is accused of glamorizing Communism and stirring up Chinese nationalism in Singapore.
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- 1971
6. 'Continuation Rate', 'Use-Effectiveness' and their Assessment for the Diaphragm and Jelly Method.
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Chandrasekaran, C. and Karkal, Malini
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HEALTH facilities ,VAGINAL diaphragms ,ORAL contraceptives ,BIRTH control - Abstract
The paper is an attempt to work out the `continuation rate' for the diaphragm and jelly method by applying the life-table technique as developed by Potter and Tietze to the data obtained in a retrospective survey of women who accepted this method from clinics in Greater Bombay. Some problems, which arise in extending the use of the life-table technique to methods other than the I.U.D. to which it has been widely applied, are discussed. The `continuation' rate as found for the diaphragm and jelly method was slightly higher than that observed for the pill in Singapore. The paper also contains an estimate of the `use-effectiveness' rate of the diaphragm and jelly method by using the life-table technique and points out that the use of this technique, as flow recommended by Tietze, does not adequately take into account Some of the biological considerations which used to figure Prominently in earlier discussions of the subject. For this reason, many of the figures on use-effectiveness which have been published by applying the life-table technique to methods, including the I.U.D., are not strictly comparable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1972
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7. A Place to Die.
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HOSPICE care ,PLACE of death ,TERMINALLY ill ,SINGAPOREANS ,SAGO Lane (Singapore) ,MOURNING customs - Abstract
The article focuses on the sick receiving homes also known as dying houses located at Sago Lane in the Chinatown of Singapore. It mentions that dying patients are housed at the sick receiving homes wherein they are provided with a bed and a funeral as they die. Moreover, it states that the idea of establishing the sick receiving homes was introduced by a Singapore Chinese who observed that poorer Singapore Chinese individuals place the coffins at the sidewalks for mourning.
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- 1958
8. A Note on the Under-registration of Births in Malaya during the Intercensal Period 1947-1957.
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Saw Swee-Hock
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VITAL records (Births, deaths, etc.) ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,DEMOGRAPHIC surveys ,RECORDING & registration - Abstract
This paper demonstrates that in Malaya the results of testing birth registration completeness according to the conventional method which involves a comparison of an independently estimated child population with the corresponding census population does not yield satisfactory results. This is because the assumptions underlying this method are not quite tenable under Malayan conditions. A minor modification of the method by taking into consideration Singapore-Malaya migration does not seem to have completely eliminated the shortcomings of the method. A new method utilizing data on the number of children ever born to women in the two post-war censuses taken in 1947 and 1957 is presented in this paper. It is ascertained that marked variation in the extent of under registration of births existed between the three principal races, viz. Malays, Chinese and Indians, and between the eleven States. Some of the important reasons for this variation may be traced to the differences in the rate of literacy, the number of years spent in school, the degree of urbanization and the proportion of the population residing in estates.
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- 1964
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9. SINGAPORE: ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS.
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Neville, Warwick
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IMMIGRANTS ,CULTURE conflict ,ETHNIC conflict - Abstract
Modern Singapore has been a focus of contact between the three cultural blocs of China, India, and Indonesia, and between Orient and Occident. Asian migrants came as laborers, artisans, and entrepreneurs; the much smaller European migrant group introduced western economic and administrative institutions. Subsequent modernization and development, necessitating improved coordination and development of all resources, has been hampered by substantial cultural divergences relating to economic and social practice and attitude. Contrasting cultural patterns are commonly identified with ethnic differences and can most readily be analyzed on this basis; the ethnic data utilized in this paper serve to highlight significant cultural differences which are only gradually breaking down despite sustained locational contiguity and the unifying force of political independence within, and subsequently outside the Federation of Malaysia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1966
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10. Proceedings of the National Conference on Adult Education, 23-25 September 1971. Organised by the Adult Education Board, Singapore.
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Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN. Herman C. Krannert Graduate School of Industrial Administration.
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The objectives of this conference on Adult Education in Singapore were: (1) to discuss problems and experiences currently confronted by various adult education agencies; (2) to seek solutions to these problems; (3) to identify new areas of commitment in light of new needs and social changes; and (4) to suggest programs to improve the quality of adult education in Singapore. Papers presented in the conference sessions, discussions following the presentation of each paper, group discussion reports, a final statement and the concluding address, the conference program, committee members, and a list of delegates and observers are presented. The conference papers reproduced in the proceedings are "Adult Education Board: Retrospect and Prospect" by Tai Chen Hwa; "The Role of NTUC in Workers' Education in Singapore" by N. Govindasamy; "The Role of the People's Association and Its Contribution to Adult Education" by Lee Wai Kok; "The University and Adult Education" by J. F. Conceicao. (DB)
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- 1971
11. Educational Technology; An AED/INNOTECH Seminar. (Singapore, April 10-13, 1972.)
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Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (Singapore). Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology.
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The full texts of the five major papers presented at the Singapore seminar comprise the body of this conference report. The seminar was jointly sponsored by the Academy for Educational Development (AED) and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization's (SEAMEO) Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH): its purpose was to familiarize educators and educational managers of the SEAMEO countries with a film and handbook produced by AED which was designed to provide administrators with the information they need to make policy decisions on the introduction of educational technology into school systems. Individual papers deal with the following topics: 1) systems and educational technology; 2) new developments in the United States in educational technology; 3) the individual's role as educational innovator and change agent; 4) sub-systems of national educational systems; and 5) the application of educational communications technologies in developing countries. (Author/PB)
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- 1973
12. GROWTH AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN SINGAPORE.
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Chen, Peter S. J.
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INCOME inequality ,ECONOMIC development ,POLITICAL autonomy ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,INCOME redistribution - Abstract
This article discusses the growth and income distribution in Singapore. In the process of development, the question of whether to have more rapid economic growth or to have a more equitable income distribution always becomes a highly controversial issue. Most development experts and policy-makers tend to view these two as independent and incompatible strategies for development. Although it is ideal to have both, they cannot be achieved simultaneously, especially during the period before the country reaches its take-off stage. Singapore is one of the few countries, which has successfully achieved rapid economic growth and a more equitable income distribution. This paper attempts to deal with the correlation between economic growth and income inequality, measures of income distribution and instruments for income redistribution in Singapore. The problems faced by the new administration and demanding priority consideration were--the rising unemployment, the effects of high birth rates in the years immediately following the Second World War.
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- 1974
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13. SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AS A PLANNING VARIABLE: THE CASE OF SINGAPORE.
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Peter D. Weldon and Tan Thu Haung
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SOCIAL status ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,SOCIOECONOMICS ,SOCIOLOGICAL research ,LAND use laws ,URBAN planning - Abstract
The article states that as particular findings and concepts related to urban structure began to appear consistently in a variety of studies, city administrators and urban planners can begin to evaluate their usefulness for applied purposes. Much sociological research and a number of sociological concepts may now lend themselves to some kind of application; in this paper the case for social class or socio-economic status as such a concept will be made. Its treatment by urban sociologists and urban geographers working in social area analysis and factorial ecology will be reviewed briefly. Social area analysis seeks to analyze urban structure by identifying certain dimensions as basic to an understanding of how that structure develops and changes. The distribution of class or socio-economic status within a city is related to various other phenomena: zoning laws, real estate value, in and out-migration patterns, distribution of facilities, etc.
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- 1973
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14. Desired Family Size and the Efficacy of Current Family Planning Programmes.
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Ridker, Ronald G.
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BIRTH control ,CONTRACEPTIVES ,FAMILIES - Abstract
This paper takes a look at the belief that the number of couples currently desiring to limit family size is sufficiently large that the provision of supplies, services and education will be adequate to bring the birth rate down to acceptable levels within a reasonable time period. Current family planning programmes emphasize the provision of supplies, services and education. Attempts to change motivation through the use of monetary incentives have raised a very minor role so far. Implicit in this ordering of priorities must be the belief that the number of couples latently or actively desiring to limit family size is sufficiently large - or can be made sufficiently large through education and persuasion - to bring the birth rate down to acceptable levels reasonable soon. A debate is in progress about the extent to which the official family planning programmes in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea have been responsible for the fall in their rates. Monetary incentives were not widely or intensively used in these programmes. While there is no doubt that they speeded up the process of demographic transition, it is not clear how successful they would have been had they been initiated ten or twenty years earlier, before the socioeconomic situation became favorable.
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- 1969
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15. THE DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT REACHING THE GROUND VEGETATION IN A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST.
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Evans, G. C., Whitmore, T. C., and Wong, Y. K.
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LIGHT ,VEGETATION & climate ,RAIN forests ,FORESTS & forestry ,SUNSHINE ,CLOUDS ,TROPICAL conditions ,METEOROLOGY - Abstract
The article presents a study which examines the distribution of light reaching the ground vegetation in a tropical rain forest in Singapore. A data on the occurrence of sunflecks, and also on lighting conditions in the shade when the sun was shining, and obscured by cloud is provided. The pattern of light on sample plots on the forest floor under cloudy conditions is also examined. The pattern on the forest floor under sunny conditions without sunflecks and the pattern on the forest floor under cloudy conditions were compared.
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- 1960
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16. SINGAPORE'S INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION CURT: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.
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Kleinsorge, Paul L.
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COLLECTIVE bargaining ,COLLECTIVE labor agreements ,LABOR unions ,INDUSTRIAL relations ,ARBITRATION & award ,CIVIL procedure ,NEGOTIATION ,LABOR disputes - Abstract
It is commonplace that the roles of labor organizations and of collective bargaining in developing countries raise political and economic problems of peculiar difficulty. One legislative experiment for dealing with some of these problems is Singapore's Industrial Relations Court, the subject of this article. The industrial relations system of which that court is a part combines collective bargaining and compulsory arbitration in fairly unusual fashion. This combination is here described, as are the interrelationships of the court with unions, employers, and the executive branch of government, and also interrelationships of judicial procedures and economic issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1964
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17. THE WEEK.
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BERLIN (Germany) politics & government, 1945-1990 ,LATIN American politics & government, 1948-1980 ,SOCIAL conditions in Germany - Abstract
The article presents news briefs and commentary on international politics as of the week of September 4, 1961. Social and political conditions in divided Berlin are discussed in depth. The resignation of Brazilian President Janio Quadros and its effect on Latin American politics is explored. Economic cooperative efforts between Malaya, Singapore, and the British colonies of Southeast Asia are discussed.
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- 1961
18. Oversea Chinese: Still Tied to Peking.
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CHINESE people ,OVERSEAS Chinese ,BUSINESSMEN ,DUAL nationality - Abstract
The article reports on the condition of overseas Chinese Johnny Wang who is a self-made businessman and rubber trader in Singapore. It states that 3½ million Chinese with a total of seven million in population neutralize their position in the Malayan environment. It mentions that Singapore is considered the trade center of Southeast Asia and allows merchants to trade in and do business in the country regardless of the issues on politics and dual citizenship while working in the country.
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- 1954
19. Continuing Education and Universities in the Asian and South Pacific Region.
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Papers presented at a conference organized by the Indian University Association for Continuing Education of India and the University of Madras are reproduced in these proceedings, as are case studies relating continuing education efforts in seven countries and Hong Kong and Singapore. The papers are as follows: "The Necessity and Strategy for Continuing Education in Asian Countries" by Raj Krishna, "Continuing Education and the University in a Developing Country" by J. E. Jayasuriya, "A Note on Continuing Education" by K. N. Raj, "The Role of University in Continuing Education" by V. V. John, "Programmes of Continuing Education in Universities" by B. H. Crew and S. C. Dutta, "Problems of Organisation, Finance and Structure in Universities" by Amrik Singh, "The Financing of University Adult Education in a Developing Country" by John Lowe, "Broadcasting in Continuing Education" by Laksiri Jayasuriya, "Continuing Education: A Challenge to the University" by A. J. A. Nelson. The countries reporting in the case studies are Australia, India, New Zealand, Phillippines, Papua and New Guinea, and Thailand. (DB)
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- 1971
20. Why Singapore Might Make It.
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Campbell, Alex
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PRIME ministers ,SINGAPOREAN politics & government ,HISTORY of Singapore -- 1965-1990 ,GROSS national product ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,ECONOMIC reform ,WELFARE economics - Abstract
Focuses on the leadership of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore. Acceptance of the Communists as allies in the struggle against colonialism; Implementation of tax increases and cuts in the dearness allowance of government workers; Percentage of the gross national product spent by the country on defense; Claim of power of Lee Kuan Yew's People's Action Party that it found the treasury empty; Success of economic policy by Lee Kuan Yew; Report on Singapore spending only about one percent of gross national product on defense; Relations of Singapore with Japan and Australia; Admiration of United States by prime minister of Singapore; Efforts of Lee Kuan Yew to make his island of immigrants an island of skilled workers.
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- 1969
21. CHAPTER XVI. FROM AGRA TO SINGAPORE.
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Stevens, Thomas
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PILGRIMS & pilgrimages ,RAINSTORMS ,BICYCLE touring - Abstract
Chapter XVI of the book "Around the World on a Bicycle: From Teheran to Yokohama," by Thomas Stevens is presented. It presents a chronology of the author's travel from Agra, India to Singapore and his encounters such as pilgrims that carry little red flags and the disintegrated Mohammedan mosque. Also presented is his observation at the police-thana of the country and the postponement of his travel for several times because of frequent and heavy rains.
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- 1889
22. Singapore--Center of Fear.
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Caldwell, John C.
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COMMUNISTS ,CHINESE people ,COMMUNISM ,LABOR ,SCHOOLS - Abstract
Discusses the proliferation of Chinese communists in Singapore. Control of labor and Chinese schools by communists; Influence of communists on news media in Singapore; Role of U.S. business in financing the communist newspaper "Nan Yang Siang Pao."
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- 1956
23. Ethnic Outmarriage Rates in Singapore: The Influence of Traditional Socio-Cultural Organization.
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Hassan, Riaz and Benjamin, Geoffrey
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INTERETHNIC marriage ,ETHNIC groups ,SOCIAL classes ,FAMILIES ,MULTICULTURALISM ,GROUP identity ,SOCIAL groups ,ETHNICITY - Abstract
Variations in interethnic marriage rates in Singapore demonstrate that the influence of ethnicity and religion on family organization is far stronger than the influence of class or education. In particular the striking variations in the proportions of men and women marrying out of each of the major ethnic groups in the Republic appear to result from the continuing operation of traditional ideals of family and local-group organization in a contemporary situation that is otherwise rapidly changing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1973
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24. LICHEN AMYLOIDOSIS.
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Tay, C. H. and Dacosta, J. L.
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AMYLOIDOSIS ,PROTEIN metabolism disorders ,ITCHING ,DISEASES in women ,SKIN diseases - Abstract
Forty cases of lichen amyloidosis were found in 2 medical units in a Singapore general medical hospital over a 3-year period The majority of the patients were middle-age Chinese females with a long standing history (over 20 years) of the disease. Pruritus was significantly absent in 37.5%. The common cutaneous lesions were papules (62.5%,) and plaques (22.5% found mostly on the shins and thighs (90%). A number of precipitating factors and associated skin diseases were noted, but their relationship to lichen amyloidosis is obscure. Treatment with intralesional and topical steroids is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1970
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25. Lung disease with chronic obstruction in opium smokers in Singapore. Clinical, electrocardiographic, radiological, functional and pathological features.
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Da Costa, J. L., Tock, E. P. C., Boey, H. K., and Tock, E P
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OBSTRUCTIVE lung disease diagnosis ,AUTOPSY ,BRONCHIECTASIS ,BRONCHITIS ,CARBON ,CHRONIC diseases ,COUGH ,DUST ,DYSPNEA ,ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY ,PULMONARY emphysema ,OPIUM ,PULMONARY fibrosis ,RADIOGRAPHY ,RESPIRATORY obstructions ,SMOKING ,SPIROMETRY ,SUBSTANCE abuse ,ACUTE diseases - Abstract
Fifty-four opium smokers with chronic obstructive lung disease were studied for two-and-a-half years. Forty-eight patients had a cough for at least two years before the onset of inappropriate exertional dyspnoea. Fine, bubbling adventitious sounds suggesting small airway disease were heard on auscultation over the middle and lower lobes in 38 patients. The prevalence of inflammatory lung disease and chronic respiratory failure in this series is suggested as the main cause for the frequent finding of right ventricular hypertrophy and congestive heart failure. Physiological studies revealed moderate to severe airways obstruction with gross over-inflation and, in 32 patients, an additional restrictive defect probably due to peribronchiolar fibrosis. Radiological evidence of chronic bronchitis and bronchiolitis was observed in 45 patients, `pure' chronic bronchiolitis in six patients, and `widespread' emphysema in 25 patients respectively. Necropsy examinations in nine patients, however, showed destructive emphysema of variable severity in all. Chronic bronchiolitis often associated with striking bronchiolectasis was present in six cases. More severe bronchiolar rather than bronchial inflammation was noted. The heavy opium smokers had characteristic nodular shadows on chest radiography, sometimes associated with a striking reticular pattern not seen in `pure' cigarette smokers. This was due to gross pigmented dust (presumably carbon) deposition in relation to blood vessels, lymphatics, and bronchioles, and also within the alveoli. It is speculated that the initial lesion is an acquired bronchiolitis. Opium smoking induces an irritative bronchopathy favouring repeated attacks of acute bronchiolitis and eventually resulting in obliterative bronchiolitis, peribronchiolar fibrosis, chronic bronchitis, and destructive emphysema. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 1971
26. Fertility Decline and Female Chances of Marriage in Malaya.
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Caldwell, J. C.
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FERTILITY ,MARRIAGE ,BIRTH control ,FERTILITY decline ,SOCIAL change - Abstract
It is informed that an interesting feature of the Malayan demographic picture is the fall in the crude birth rates which has been going on for several years and which now shows signs of steepening. This phenomenon can be partly explained in terms of change in the population structure. The proportion of the community below reproductive age is still increasing as a result of the post-World War II declines in infant and child mortality. Nevertheless, the total fall has been sufficiently great, and has occurred over such a short period of time, as to indicate that part of it must be explained in terms of a real decline in fertility. The increasing difficulty faced by females, especially Chinese females, in achieving marriage is probably a major reason for the present decline in fertility in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. The magnitude of the decline in the former area between 1958 and 1960 seems to be too great to be explained entirely in these terms. Almost certainly voluntary decisions are also being made to postpone marriage or to limit fertility within marriage. In Singapore, and to a lesser extent in parts of the Federation of Malaya, economic, social and political change, particularly as evidenced by higher educational levels and a spread of family planning knowledge, make it probable that such decisions are increasing in volume.
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- 1963
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27. Singapore: Recent Trends in the Sex and Age Composition of a Cosmopolitan Community.
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Neville, R. J. W.
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POPULATION ,HUMAN sexuality ,AGE ,DEMOGRAPHY ,COMMERCIAL markets ,INTERNATIONAL markets - Abstract
This article focuses on recent trends in the sex and age composition of a cosmopolitan community in Singapore. Modem Singapore was founded during the early stages of the rapid commercial expansion by western countries which established in South-east Asia such major trading and administrative centers as Manila, Djakarta, Saigon and Rangoon. Population growth during recent decades has been very rapid but since the Second World War the rate has been astronomical. Between the 1931 and 1947 censuses the average annual rate of increase was 3.3 percent, but between the 1947 and 1957 censuses it increased to 4.3 percent. The rapid upward trend in post-war birth rates, which occurred in many parts of the world, was also characteristic of Singapore--a rapid increase in the years immediately following the Second World War was followed by more moderate but still substantial increases; and in Singapore this trend has been accompanied by a relatively low and declining death rate. The sex and age composition of the population as a whole and of the ethnic groups taken separately clearly reflects the forces, which have contributed to the present-day condition of the population.
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- 1963
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28. Wastage Patterns in the Nursing Profession in Singapore: a Study of Manpower Utilisation.
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Chew, David C. E.
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NURSING students ,MEDICAL personnel ,NURSING ,HUMAN capital ,MEDICAL care - Abstract
In recent years economists have again been emphasizing the importance of human capital formation in the development process. The cure most commonly prescribed for skill shortages has been increased training capacity. While expansion may be necessary, it is an expensive and intrinsically long-term solution. Moreover, it is not without its perils. This article briefly describes health services situation in Singapore, analyses the wastage patterns of qualified and student nurses, and presents suggestions for reducing this wastage.
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- 1970
29. The Federation of Malaysia: An Experiment In Nation-Building.
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Oh, John C. H.
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SECESSION ,MULTICULTURALISM ,SOLIDARITY ,AUTONOMY & independence movements ,SUBVERSIVE activities - Abstract
This article attempts to answer some of the questions relevant to the cause of Singapore's secession and to project the future course of the Federation. It seems that the various societal diversities have already weakened the political unity of the Federation in view of the fact that Malaysia has neither sustained these functional interests nor enhanced their perpetuation. The union has been weakened as a fortress of common defense and resistance against Communist subversion and terrorists' offenses. Indonesia claimed a victory with the secession and might still increase her guerrilla activity in the Borneo states, although the latter policy may change with the outcome of the current power struggle. The Borneo states, on the other hand, may feel that dissolution of the Federation is all the aggressive Indonesians want and that withdrawal from the union would end all aggression. The shared belief of the necessity to maintain a balance between the Chinese and the Malays no longer unites the states, since with Singapore's withdrawal the balance is heavily in favor of the Malays. There is, of course, a slim chance that Singapore, which since secession has encountered serious economic problems, may rejoin the Federation despite its weaknesses, and hence the Federation may eventually complete its task of building a multi-ethnic nation.
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- 1967
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30. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN SINGAPORE.
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Murphy, H. B. M.
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JUVENILE delinquency ,RESEARCH ,CULTURE ,POPULATION ,STATISTICS ,YOUTH workers (Social services) - Abstract
This article presents information related to juvenile delinquency in Singapore. One of the most interesting but most neglected aspects of juvenile delinquency research concerns the differences which have been reported between ethnic or cultural subdivisions of a population. Such differences can be found both in official statistics and in the more sensitive observations of youth workers and while some of the differences are probably due to variations in police coverage, court procedures or social setting, others do not permit such easy dismissal. There are locations around the world, however, where peoples of different cultures live together under the same administration without much difference in status. One such place is Singapore, which thus offers an unusually favorable setting for the study of the relationship between culture and juvenile delinquency. Singapore is an island of 225 square miles lying 1 degree north of the equator and at the time of this study linked to Malaya by an almost frontierless causeway.
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- 1963
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31. The Growth of Southeast Asian Universities: Expansion versus Consolidation.
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Regional Inst. of Higher Education and Development, Singapore. and Tapingkae, Amnuay
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The proceedings of a workshop on the growth of Southeast Asian universities emphasize the problems attendant to this growth; for example, expansion versus consolidation of higher education, and mass versus selective higher education. Papers concerned with university growth focus on various countries: Indonesia, Khmer Republic, Laos, Vietnam, Malasia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines. (MJM)
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- 1974
32. Curriculum Evaluation in Teacher Education in S.E. Asia, ICET-FEUM Conference Proceedings (Malaysia, Aug. 3-7, 1970).
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International Council on Education for Teaching, Washington, DC., Malaya Univ., Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)., and Wong, Francis
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This report contains the following papers presented at the conference: 1) "Evaluating the Needs of Teacher Education in Southeast Asia"; 2) "Studies in Microteaching: A Pedagogical Model"; 3) "Teacher Training in Indonesia as a National Problem"; 4) "Secondary School Teacher Education in Indonesia"; 5) "Curriculum Evaluation in Teacher Education in Malaysia"; 6) "Evaluation of Teacher Education Curricula"; 7) "Curriculum Evaluation in Teacher Education in the Philippines"; 8) "Objectives in Teacher Education: A Pre-Evaluation Task"; 9) "Relevance of Piagetian Theory to the Evaluation of Teacher Education Curricula"; 10) "Curriculum Evaluation in Teacher Education in Singapore"; 11) "Curriculum Evaluation in Teacher Education in Thailand." In addition there are short reports on five panel discussions and three group discussions. The three group discussions focused on the education of language teachers, science teachers, and social studies teachers, respectively. (RT)
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- 1970
33. Cultural Aspects of Language Imposition in Malaya, Singapore, and Indonesia.
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Bickley, Verner C.
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This paper distinguishes Bahasa Malaysia (Malaysian language) and Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) according to type and function and summarizes their development as the national languages of Malaya, Singapore, and Indonesia. It presents a short, historical account of the spread, through religious and educational activities, of the English language in Malaya and Singapore and the Dutch language in Indonesia. Some instances in which these imposed languages become the languages of political and cultural protest and came into contact with the national languages are described and a tentative assessment of the present position and status of English and Dutch in the three countries is attempted. (Author)
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- 1973
34. A Time for Candor.
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Stone, I. F.
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IMPERIALISM ,POLITICAL doctrines ,WAR ,INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
According to the author the U.S. Navy Department is certainly thinking in terms of protecting Singapore and the War Department may well be thinking of a landing at Dakar, Senegal. The U.S. is reaching out for imperial responsibilities and have become the focus of world-wide hopes and fears. It unquestionably places war-time powers in hands of the President. Urgent necessities of the moment justify so sweeping a grant of authority, but they do not justify pretense in a situation that requires as much cool thinking as people can muster.
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- 1941
35. The Land Rovers.
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- SINGAPORE, JAGUAR Land Rover Automotive PLC, UNIVERSITY of Oxford, UNIVERSITY of Cambridge, ROYAL Geographical Society (Great Britain)
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- 1956
36. Corner Shakes the Pepper Mart.
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PEPPER (Spice) industry ,SPICE industry ,SPECULATION ,COMMODITY exchanges ,SPECULATORS - Abstract
This article focuses on success of a Singaporean syndicate called the Wan Tong Trading Co. in cornering pepper in the commodity market and make profits by the millions. It explains that the strategy by the Wan Tong Trading Co. was a classic maneuver in speculative finance. The Singaporean syndicate starting buying pepper when many traders left the marker because of stable prices given them thin chance of profit.
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- 1959
37. Singapore: the robust waif.
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ECONOMIC development ,ECONOMIC history - Abstract
The article discusses the economic development in Singapore under the leadership of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. It mentions that Singapore has transformed into a prosperous industrial city-state due to the occupancy of various companies in other countries including Texas Instrument Inc. and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Meanwhile, the country encourages industries that employ fewer and better-trained workers and pay higher wages such as Lockheed Aircraft Corp. and Hawker de Havilland.
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- 1969
38. Letter from Singapore.
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Weisberg, Barry
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FOREIGN investments ,PETROLEUM industry ,GROSS national product ,FINANCE ,ECONOMIC history - Abstract
Focuses on the impact of increasing private foreign investments made by the U.S. on economics of Singapore. Role of the investment in increased per capita gross national product of the country; Total earning of Singapore through oil explorations; Effect of possible departure of U.S. troops from Southeast Asia on Singapore oil trade.
- Published
- 1972
39. Language Status and Literacy Trend in a Multilingual Society - Singapore
- Author
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Kuo, Eddie C. Y.
- Abstract
Using data from census reports and educational statistics, this paper analyzes the language status and literacy trends in multilingual Singapore, where the four official languages are Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English. (CK)
- Published
- 1974
40. THE BRITISH SPEAK OUT ON SOUTHEATS ASIA.
- Subjects
BOMBINGS ,SHIPS ,COMMUNISM - Abstract
Focuses on the criticism of the reported shelling of a British ship by American planes. Views of Great Britain's Foreign Secretary George Brown on the shelling of ship; Need for Southeast Asia to be defended against Communist forces that want to dominate all of Asia and the world; Statement of Singapore Premier Lee Kuan Yew that if the British moved out of Singapore, he would have to try to get the U.S. citizens to take their place.
- Published
- 1967
41. A brief study of age specific birth proportions, Japan and Singapore.
- Author
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Rao VV and Shantakumar G
- Subjects
- Asia, Asia, Southeastern, Birth Rate, Demography, Developed Countries, Developing Countries, Asia, Eastern, Fertility, Japan, Parity, Population, Population Characteristics, Population Dynamics, Research, Singapore, Age Factors, Maternal Age, Models, Theoretical
- Published
- 1972
42. AUSTRALIANS AS FOREIGN INVESTORS: AUSTRALIAN INVESTMENT IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
- Author
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Hughes, Helen
- Subjects
FOREIGN investments ,MANUFACTURED products - Abstract
Reports on Australia's foreign investments in manufacturing industries in Singapore and Malaysia. Gross expenditure from 1948 to 1949 and 1964 to 1965; Management of labor in factories; Australia's contribution to manufacturing development in Singapore and Malaysia.
- Published
- 1967
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