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THE LITTLE RED DOT Reflections by Singapore's Diplomats edited by Tommy Koh & Chang Li Lin (Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore) 2005 is the 40th anniversary of Singapore’s independence. This collection of essays by Singapore’s past and present diplomats tells the remarkable story of how this small and vulnerable country has become a stable, prosperous and respected member of the international community. The essays include those from the late President Wee Kim Wee and President S R Nathan as well as seminal contributions from the four former Foreign Ministers — Mr S Rajaratnam, Mr S Dhanabalan, Mr Wong Kan Seng and Professor S Jayakumar. The current Foreign Minister, Mr George Yeo, has written the foreword. The absorbing stories about people, places and international politics make this book a highly enjoyable read for all who are interested in Singapore, its history, and foreign policy.

DOES CLASS MATTER? Social Stratification and Orientations in Singapore by Tan Ern Ser (National University of Singapore) This book provides a comprehensive portrait of class structure, dynamics, and orientations in Singapore ¡ª understood as a new nation, a capitalist and emerging knowledge economy, a largely middle-class society, and a polity with a strong state ¡ª at the turn of the new millennium. It introduces a wide array of recent data on a broad range of topics relating to social stratification in Singapore: class structure, political participation, political alienation, national pride, welfarism, success values, unionism, social mobility, the digital divide, and the sandwich generation. To capture the lived experiences of people from different social classes, thereby complementing the numerous tables presented, the book also profiles six case studies of individuals or families, highlighting the challenges they face and the options they possess.	UNDERSTANDING SINGAPOREANS Values, Lifestyles, Aspirations and Consumption Behaviors by Kau Ah Keng, Tambyah Siok Kuan, Tan Soo Jiuan (National University of Singapore, Singapore) & Jung Kwon (KDI School of Public Policy and Management, South Korea) This book details the findings of a large-scale survey on the values and lifestyles of 1500 Singapore residents in 2001. Semi-structured interviews with elderly and young adult Singaporeans were also conducted. This comprehensive study provides insights into Singaporeans' value orientations, personal values, aspirations, satisfaction with life and living in Singapore, media habits, leisure activities, Internet usage, how Singaporeans are similar to or differ from one another, etc.

TOURISM MANAGEMENT AND POLICY Perspectives from Singapore edited by Tan Ern Ser, Brenda S A Yeoh & Jennifer Wang Tourism development is not merely about boosting tourist figures and bringing in more tourist dollars. Undoubtedly, it has to do with developing tourism resources, infrastructure, products, and attractions, but it is also about a society, polity, and economy meeting the challenges of globalization, the new millennium, and nation-building. This book deals with those issues from different perspectives and through the case of Singapore, a city-state highly integrated into the global economy.	SOUTHEAST ASIA The Long Road Ahead by Lim Chong Yah Southeast Asia is going through tremendous changes economically. The market-oriented economies of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand have been showing robust growth since the 1960s.

FINANCIAL SOURCEBOOK FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA AND HONG KONG by Tan Chwee Huat The Asian financial crisis has attracted much attention to this part of the world, especially southeast Asia where the crisis first emerged. While there are signs of economic recovery in the affected countries, financial events in Southeast Asia remain the focus of international attention.	COMPETITIVENESS OF THE SINGAPORE ECONOMY (A Strategic Perspective) edited by Toh Mun Heng & Tan Kong Yam This book provides an intensive review of the economic competitiveness of the Singapore economy and identifies the strategies which will allow the economy to retain its competitive advantage in an increasingly globalised economic environment in future years.

WAGES AND WAGES POLICIES (Tripartism in Singapore) by Lim Chong Yah & Rosalind Chew This book consists of articles written by twenty authors, including three eminent academicians from Australia and Britain. It provides first-hand information on the National Wages Council (NWC), and its contributions, which includes the promotion of tripartism, as an instrument of economic growth.	THE UNITED STATES-SINGAPORE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT Highlights and Insights edited by Tommy Koh (Director, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore) & Chang Li Lin (Research Associate, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore) On 1 January 2004, the US¨CSingapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) came into force. The USSFTA was the result of a two-year negotiation process which started towards the end of the Clinton Administration and concluded under the Bush Administration. How did the negotiation process straddle the two administrations? What is the rationale for the FTA? What were the unique features of the negotiating process? Was negotiating with the US different from negotiating with other countries? How will the FTA benefit the two countries? What is the impact on ASEAN, APEC and the WTO?