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From: "SS.Jawara" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: Ex-president Jawara´s Dream:Can Gambia Be Another
Singapore?(Part 1)
> Part 2:
>
>
> The United States` anti-communist strategy in Asia played a very favorable
> role in the growth of Singapore and the rest of the East Asia economies
in
> providing security guarantees, foreign and development aid and open
access
> to American markets.
>
> Having converted some of the British military facilities to commercial
and
> industrial purposes and retained laid-off workers for new jobs, Singapore
> later became a supply center for American forces and provided ship
repairs
> during the increasing American involvement in Indo-china , the beginning
> of service that made Singapore the first port in the whole world.
>
>
>
> LEE KUAN YEW, the founder of modern Singapore, is the ultimate example of
a
> support of building national ownership.
> He believed that a trained, knowledgeable work force and a strong ,
> efficient government were imperative to the successful transition from
third
> world to a first world country. Merit were high on the list of priorities
> in Singapore. Highly concerned about its talent pool, the government even
> created incentives for men to marry equally educated women.
>
> Lee´s realization that talent is a county´s most precious asset,
> especially in resource-poor countries like Singapore, further led to
> numerous policies aimed at reducing brain drain and bringing foreign
talent
> to Singapore.
>
>
>
> According to Lee, the confucian values of respect for order, harmony,
> diligence and hard work were crucial for the country´s achievements. Lee
> contended that confucian societies, unlike WESTERN SOCIETIES, believe that
> the individual exists in the context of the family, friends and wider
> society, and DEMOCRACY NOT ONLY CANNOT WORK THERE BUT ALSO IS NOT WELCOME,
> FOR ASIANS SEE IN IT A BREAKING DOWN OF CIVIL SOCIETY WITH GUNS, DRUGS,
> VIOLENT CRIME VAGRANCY AND VULGAR PUBLIC BEHAVIOR.
> These highly controversial views influenced particular authoritarian types
> of institutions. But one can only argue they did recognize civic
engagement
> as fundamental.
>
> Lee was determined to provide foreign aid dependency and create instead a
> spirit of self reliance: "assistance should provide Singapore with jobs
> through industries and not make us dependent on perpetual injection of
aid.
> I warned our workers, the world does not owe us a living. We cannot live
by
> the begging BOWL."
>
>
> Part 3, the last part of these series will be coming on Saturday 17
August.
> We will look into some of Lee´s strategies that helped Singapore be what
> it became today.
>
> Thanks for Sharing!
>
> SS.Jawara,
> Stockholm, Sweden.
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SS.Jawara" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:50 AM
> Subject: Ex-president Jawara´s Dream:Can Gambia Be Another Singapore?(Part
> 1)
>
>
> > Tuesday, 13th.
> >
> > Dear G-L,
> >
> >
> > Part 1:" Singapore´s economic growth
since
> > independence until now."
> >
> >
> > Founded as a British Trading colony in 1819, Singapore became an
> independent
> > state in 1965. At the time of its independence Singapore was faced with
> > terrible economic and social crisis. Unemployment was high increasing.
> > There was also an acute shortage of housing, inadequate health
facilities
> > compounded by a high population growth rate of 4.4 per cent per annum
> > between 1947 and 1957.
> >
> >
> > For the first two decades of its independence, Singapore enjoyed
> continuous
> > high economic growth, largely outperforming the world economy. It´s GDP
> > growth rate never fell below 5 per cent and rose in some years as high
as
> 15
> > per cent. At the same time, Singapore managed to maintain an inflation
> rate
> > below world averages.
> >
> >
> > Singapore´s GDP grew 15 times in one generation, from 3 billion US
dollars
> > in 1965 to an astronomical 46 billion US dollars in 1997. Annual per
> capita
> > income grew from less than 1000 US dollars at the time of independence
to
> > nearly 30,000 US dollars at present, the eighth highest in the world in
> > 1997/98.
> > The general literacy rates have increased by 20 per cent for males and
46
> > per cent for females.
> > The literacy rate today is over 90 per cent, one of the highest rates in
> > Asia.
> >
> >
> > Singapore´s economic growth in the last 35 years occurred in the
context
> > of a unique combination of political, economic and social factors. A
tiny
> > island without natural resources, inadequate water supply or a defense
> > capable of its own, Singapore was gripped by uncertainty over it´s
> survival
> > at the time of independence. The three and a half years of Japanese
> > occupation in 1942 to 1945 were alive in the memory of Singapore´s
> > first -generation leaders, whose decision-making was largely
predicated
> in
> > the struggle for survival. The fear of being swallowed and the cold-war
> > atmosphere influenced the domestic political climate.
> >
> >
> > Part 2, coming up on Thursday, 14th we will be looking into the major
> > forces and the man behind Singapore´s success story. Until then!
> >
> > Thanks for sharing!
> >
> > SS.Jawara
> > Stockholm, Sweden.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > SS.Jawara
> >
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