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The Rule of Law and Urban Development
The Rule of Law and Urban Development The transformation of Singapore from a struggling, poor country into one of the most affluent nations in the world—within a single generation—has often been touted as an “economic miracle”. The vision and pragmatism shown by its leaders has been key, as has its STUDIES URBAN SYSTEMS notable political stability. What has been less celebrated, however, while being no less critical to Singapore’s urban development, is the country’s application of the rule of law. The rule of law has been fundamental to Singapore’s success. The Rule of Law and Urban Development gives an overview of the role played by the rule of law in Singapore’s urban development over the past 54 years since independence. It covers the key principles that characterise Singapore’s application of the rule of law, and reveals deep insights from several of the country’s eminent urban pioneers, leaders and experts. It also looks at what ongoing and future The Rule of Law and Urban Development The Rule of Law developments may mean for the rule of law in Singapore. The Rule of Law “ Singapore is a nation which is based wholly on the Rule of Law. It is clear and practical laws and the effective observance and enforcement and Urban Development of these laws which provide the foundation for our economic and social development. It is the certainty which an environment based on the Rule of Law generates which gives our people, as well as many MNCs and other foreign investors, the confidence to invest in our physical, industrial as well as social infrastructure. -
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63 Enero-Junio, 2015 VOL XXXIII ISSN: 1315-9496 Centro de Investigaciones Históricas Mario Briceño Iragorry TIEMPO Y ESPACIO Lorena Puerta Bautista Manuel Silva-Ferrer María Soledad Hernández Bencid Guillermo Tell Aveledo Guillermo Guzmán Mirabal Gilberto Quintero Lugo David Ruiz Chataing Angel Omar García González Véronique Hébrard Jo-ann Peña Angulo Nancy Urosa Salazar Sócrates Ramírez UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADOR INSTITUTO PEDAGÓGICO DE CARACAS Depósito Legal pp198402DC2832 Tiempo y Espacio. Nº 63. Enero-junio, 2015. Jo-ann Peña Angulo. La justicia como equidad, el régimen político y las morales del siglo XXI en Venezuela y Estados Unidos, pp. 187-209. La justicia como equidad, el régimen político y las morales del siglo XXI en Venezuela y Estados Unidos Justice as fairness, the political regime and the moral of the 21st century in Venezuela and United States Jo-ann Peña Angulo Profesora Ordinaria de la Escuela de Historia de la Universidad de Los Andes (ULA). Departamento de Historia Universal. Licenciada en Historia, Magna Cum Laude. Magister Scientiarum en Ciencias Políticas, ULA. Correo electrónico: [email protected]. Recibido: 18/01/2015 Aprobado: 26/02/2015 Resumen: El problema del régimen y la moral dentro del campo de las relaciones recíprocas entre Venezuela y Estados Unidos (2001-2010), se plantea a través de la re- lectura del modelo de la justicia como equidad de John Rawls. Dicha reinterpretación nos permitirá dentro del campo del conocimiento histórico y de la fi losofía política, modifi car conceptualmente los parámetros del autor y ampliar las perspectivas de estudio de la política exterior en Venezuela, intentando profundizar en la carga axiológica de los gobiernos considerados en este caso, entes morales. -
Date Published: 11 Mar 2014 Dr Vivian Balaskrishnan, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Had Announced in His Comm
Date Published: 11 Mar 2014 Dr Vivian Balaskrishnan, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, had announced in his Committee of Supply (COS) speech today that the Government of Singapore has decided to appoint an International Advisory Panel on Transboundary Pollution (IAP). 2. The Terms of Reference of the IAP are to study and advise the Government of Singapore on the trends and developments in international law relating to transboundary pollution and on the issues arising under international law from the impact of transboundary pollution as well as on the related solutions and practical steps which Singapore can adopt in light of the foregoing. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Mr Teo Chee Hean, who is also Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Climate Change and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security, has appointed Professor S. Jayakumar and Professor Tommy Koh to co-chair the IAP, which will comprise legal experts from Singapore and abroad (their bios are attached at Annex A and Annex B respectively). 3. In making the appointment, DPM Teo said that: "The severe haze that enveloped Singapore in 2013 was a grim reminder that countries, especially small ones, are vulnerable to pollution that originates from outside their borders. In order to protect the health of our people, we need to explore all available avenues to tackle such transboundary environmental challenges. The Government has thus decided to set up an International Advisory Panel to study and advise the Government on trends and developments in international law relating to transboundary pollution and the options available to Singapore under international law. -
Communities Go Car-Lite Streets Are the New Venue for Passion Projects
ISSUE 04 · 2016 SkylineInsights into planning spaces around us Communities go car-lite Streets are the new venue for passion projects Why the birds returned to Kranji Marshes The evolution of urban resilience ISSUE 04 · 2016 Editorial team Serene Tng Cassandra Yeap Contributing writers Jennifer Eveland Timothy Misir Justin Zhuang Ruthe Kee Sarah Liu Adora Wong Photographers Mark Teo Louis Kwok Chee Boon Pin Wilson Pang Guest contributor Jeannie Quek CLASSICALLY SPONTANEOUS: THE PEOPLE AT SERANGOON ROAD’S ‘LITTLE INDIA’ FORM THE BACKBONE OF A CONSERVATION AREA THAT IS ALWAYS ADAPTING EVEN AS IT STAYS THE SAME. WE CAPTURE SOME OF THEIR COLOURFUL TALES ON PAGE 21. Editorial assistant Shannon Tan Design Silicon+ Contents Published by 03 The road to resilience 23 Documenting Little India’s charm The importance of urban resilience Timeless, organic and always colourful amid uncertainties Address 45 Maxwell Road 26 Imagining streets without cars The URA Centre 06 Restoring Singapore’s largest Creativity and community turn Singapore 069118 freshwater marshland roads vibrant We welcome feedback and How Kranji Marshes was rehabilitated submissions. Contact us at 29 Activating spaces through music [email protected] 10 Keeping Marina Bay cool Recycled pianos bond people in +65 6321 8215 Delving into the world’s largest public spaces Connect with us at underground district cooling system www.ura.gov.sg/skyline 30 At a glance facebook.com/URASingapore 14 Towards a car-lite Singapore Initiatives shaping neighbourhoods twitter.com/URAsg Going car-lite needs more than just and spaces around us Some of the articles in this cycling paths issue are also published in Going Places Singapore, 19 What does it take to keep a www.goingplacessingapore.sg place alive? Experts explain who and what No part of this publication make a place memorable may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior consent of the URA. -
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VENEZUELA Democracy, growth and society BY HE ALFREDO TORO HARDY VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR TO THE COURT OF ST JAMES'S ugo Chávez is visiting the United 1999 Constitution, was activated and the people were Kingdom for the third time since his consulted on whether or not they wanted the President election as President. This underlines to finish his mandate. All the electoral processes were the great importance he bestows upon carried out under the supervision of well-reputed Ha country that is linked to Venezuela by historical, multilateral and international organisations, including commercial, energy, investment, financial and cultural the Organisation of American States, the European bonds. Recently, there have been many expressions of Union and the Carter Center. It is worth noting that support from the UK for President Chávez’s government, President Chávez won them all. and especially for the many social policies developed So, there is no question about the legitimacy of by it. From the Trade Union Council, the Greater Venezuelan democracy. It could be argued that even ALFREDO TORO HARDY London Authority and The Palace of Westminster, as more important than the legitimacy of origin is the is Ambassador of the well as from academic and cultural circles, there have legitimacy of performance. Can the latter be measured? Bolivarian Republic of been numerous testimonies of support, which are highly There is no doubt that the best way to do so would be to Venezuela to the Court of appreciated. A good example is the House of Commons consider the level of people’s satisfaction for their own St. -
The National Heritage Board Announces New Board Members
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRESH FACES AND DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS: THE NATIONAL HERITAGE BOARD ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS *This supersedes the press release made on 29 October 2009. SINGAPORE, 6 November 2009 – The National Heritage Board is pleased to announce its new main board members with confidence that these fresh faces and new ideas will help Singaporeans of all ages cherish our heritage and museums even more. Tasked to help formulate strategic directions for the organisation, the 24-member NHB board aims to promote public awareness of the arts, culture and heritage and to provide a permanent repository of record of our nation’s history. Members who serve terms of two years, are encouraged to conceive ideas to educate Singaporeans on our heritage. Some notable members joining the main board include funny woman and self-made businesswoman who heads Fly Entertainment, Ms Irene Ang. Best known as the lovable Rosie of the local sitcom Phua Chu Kang, Ms Ang was initially surprised when approached by NHB as a candidate but was persuaded that her unique ability to communicate with heartlanders would be invaluable in helping them nurture a love for heritage. Said Ms Ang, “I hope to use my celebrity status and my Fly Entertainment contacts to support Singapore’s effort to keep our heritage alive. Personally, I enjoy collecting old stuff when I travel and I am very sentimental – I want to show people that the arts and heritage is not as “atas” (high-brow) as many think.” Her love for museums stems from her passion for the history lessons of her school days. -
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Briefing 4 May 2013 Why We – Especially the West – Need the UN Development System Kishore Mahbubani Western countries have created a UN development system that is underfunded and hamstrung by politics. As the relative power of the West declines, these countries should invest more in the UN to ensure global stability. Institutions of global governance are weak by design not default. Another constant of Western strategy has been to bypass established As Singapore’s permanent representative in New York, I encountered universal institutions for ad hoc groups like the G7 and G8 or senior members of the American establishment who lamented the multilateral organizations dominated by them like the Organization UN’s poor condition. The explanation was the domination by the for Economic Co-operation and Development and the North poor and weak states of Africa and Asia and the poor quality of Atlantic Treaty Organization. But they are not UN substitutes its bureaucrats. because they lack legitimacy. Even the G20, which is broadly representative, lacks a constitutional mandate and standing under To the best of my knowledge, no one seemed aware of a long- international law. It cannot replace the universal membership standing Western strategy, led primarily by Washington, to keep organizations of the UN family. The global convergence on norms the United Nations weak. Even during the Cold War, when Moscow and institutions to manage our global village requires inputs from and Washington disagreed on everything, both actively conspired legitimate global institutions. to keep the UN feeble: selecting pliable secretaries-general, such as Kurt Waldheim, and bullying them into dismissing or sidelining Most of our key global village councils are related to the United competent and conscientious international civil servants who Nations. -
The Politics of Translation and Reception in Late Twentieth Century Chinese Literature Tong Tong Bucknell University, [email protected]
Bucknell University Bucknell Digital Commons Honors Theses Student Theses 2017 Fusion and Reconstruction: the Politics of Translation and Reception in Late Twentieth Century Chinese Literature Tong Tong Bucknell University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/honors_theses Recommended Citation Tong, Tong, "Fusion and Reconstruction: the Politics of Translation and Reception in Late Twentieth Century Chinese Literature" (2017). Honors Theses. 424. https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/honors_theses/424 This Honors Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Theses at Bucknell Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of Bucknell Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. iv Table of Contents List of Table v List of Figures vi Abstract viii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: An Overview of Literary Translation in China in the 1980s 9 Based on World Literature Chapter 2: Translation, Perception, and Discourses of Reception: 37 Latin American and Chinese Modernist Literature in the 1980s Chapter 3: The Transformation of Chinese Modernism under the 56 Influence of Literary Translations - A case study of “Baotown” by Wang Anyi and “Fabrication” by Ma Yuan Conclusion 77 Bibliography 81 Appendix – Online Projects 84 v List of Table Top 10 source countries for translated literature 14 vi List of Figures A screenshot of the general database 11 A screenshot of the “Featured Authors” database -
Proquest Dissertations
BUILDING A "NATIONAL CIVILIZATION" AT HOME AND ABROAD: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND CHANGING U.S. POLITICAL ECONOMY By Fanta Aw Submitted to the Faculty of the College of Arts of Sciences of American University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In Sociology Chair: Esther Ngan-ling Chow Bette Dickerson r/2---~#-~ Russell Stone Dean of the College V6-~ 3J \1D\ \ Date 2011 American University Washington D.C. 20016 AMERICAN UNIVERSrTV llMARY 912. s UMI Number: 3484793 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. UMI _.--Dissertation Publishing....___ UMI 3484793 Copyright 2011 by ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This edition of the work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. Pro uesr ProQuest LLC 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 ©COPYRIGHT by FantaAw 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BUILDING A "NATIONAL CIVILIZATION" AT HOME AND ABROAD: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND CHANGING U.S. POLITICAL ECONOMY BY FantaAw ABSTRACT The research study examines the relationship of international students to changing U.S. political economy. The research attempts to move international students from the periphery to the center of understanding the changing U.S. political economy in the twenty-first century. I argue that international students play an important role in building a U.S. -
From Colonial Segregation to Postcolonial ‘Integration’ – Constructing Ethnic Difference Through Singapore’S Little India and the Singapore ‘Indian’
FROM COLONIAL SEGREGATION TO POSTCOLONIAL ‘INTEGRATION’ – CONSTRUCTING ETHNIC DIFFERENCE THROUGH SINGAPORE’S LITTLE INDIA AND THE SINGAPORE ‘INDIAN’ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY BY SUBRAMANIAM AIYER UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY 2006 ---------- Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 3 Thesis Argument 3 Research Methodology and Fieldwork Experiences 6 Theoretical Perspectives 16 Social Production of Space and Social Construction of Space 16 Hegemony 18 Thesis Structure 30 PART I - SEGREGATION, ‘RACE’ AND THE COLONIAL CITY Chapter 1 COLONIAL ORIGINS TO NATION STATE – A PREVIEW 34 1.1 Singapore – The Colonial City 34 1.1.1 History and Politics 34 1.1.2 Society 38 1.1.3 Urban Political Economy 39 1.2 Singapore – The Nation State 44 1.3 Conclusion 47 2 INDIAN MIGRATION 49 2.1 Indian migration to the British colonies, including Southeast Asia 49 2.2 Indian Migration to Singapore 51 2.3 Gathering Grounds of Early Indian Migrants in Singapore 59 2.4 The Ethnic Signification of Little India 63 2.5 Conclusion 65 3 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COLONIAL NARRATIVE IN SINGAPORE – AN IDEOLOGY OF RACIAL ZONING AND SEGREGATION 67 3.1 The Construction of the Colonial Narrative in Singapore 67 3.2 Racial Zoning and Segregation 71 3.3 Street Naming 79 3.4 Urban built forms 84 3.5 Conclusion 85 PART II - ‘INTEGRATION’, ‘RACE’ AND ETHNICITY IN THE NATION STATE Chapter -
THE PERSPECTIVE of the WRITERS TOWARDS ABDURRAHMAN WAHID ACT AS PRESIDENT of INDONESIA (An Affect Analysis Based on SFL) C 13000
THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE WRITERS TOWARDS ABDURRAHMAN WAHID ACT AS PRESIDENT OF INDONESIA (An Affect Analysis Based on SFL) Thesis Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of Requirement for the Sarjana Sastra Degree In English Department Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts Sebelas Maret University By: Ardian Firmansyah Febriadi C 1300004 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS AND FINE ART SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY 2004 Approved to be examined before the Board of Examiners Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts, Sebelas Maret University Thesis Supervisors: 1. Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M. Ed. ( ) First Consultant NIP 131 569 264 2. Dra. Diah Kristina, M.A. ( ) Second Consultant NIP 131 569 260 ii Approved by the Board of Examiners, Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts, Sebelas Maret University On June, 2004 The Board of Examiners: 1. Drs. MR. Nababan, M.Ed., M.A., Phd ( ) Chairman NIP. 2. Agus Dwi P., SS ( ) Secretary NIP. 3. Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M. Ed. ( ) First Examiner NIP. 131 569 264 4. Dra. Diah Kristina, M.A. ( ) Second Examiner NIP. 131 569 260 Dekan Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts Sebelas Maret University Dr. Maryono Dwiraharjo, S.U. NIP 130 675 167 iii MOTTO Imagination is more important than knowledge. -Albert Einstein A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. -George Bernard Shaw Success is how high you can bounce when you hit the bottom. -General George Patton Sukses akan berarti jika sukses itu mendatangkan kebahagiaan -The Writer iv This Thesis is dedicated to: My Beloved father and mother as the most important persons My sister Nirmala Indriati and her husband My little Nephews Dini and Indra My beloved girl v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Alhamdulillaah, All praise and thanks be to Allah, the most King all of Kings in the world. -
Introduction 1. Literally, They Are Called Asia's Four Little Dragons. Some
Notes Introduction 1. Literally, they are called Asia's Four Little Dragons. Some prefer to call them Asia's Gang of Four. 2. This is particularly a view stressed by the theory of dependency, according to which colonialism has benefited the industrial countries in terms of the colony's supply of raw materials or cheap labour for the development of industries in the advanced countries. For a brief introduction of the concept, see Nicholas Abercombie, 1984, p. 65. 1 Social Background 1. In Singapore, considering that US$111 per month was the poverty line of the year 1976, the allowance of US$47.4 per household under the public assistance scheme was far below subsistence level (Heyzer, 1983, p. 119). In Hong Kong, most of those who receive public assistance have only about US$2 a day for their living expenses (HKAR, 1988, p. 150). Moreover, neither unemployment insurance nor the International Labour Organisation Convention (No. 102) on Social Security has been introduced. 2. The term 'caste', as suggested by Harumi Befu (1971, p. 121), refers to its 'class' frozen characteristics. Due to the limitation of stipends and the disposition of the Edo samurai to lead extravagant lives, the samurai faced considerable financial difficulties. These financial difficulties forced them to join in merchant activities and even to rely on the financial help of merchants. Thus more and more daimyo and samurai were in debt to merchants (see 1971, p. 122; Lehmann, 1982, pp. 70-1, 85). 3. The definitions of "art" is far wider in Japan than in the West.