George Yeo on Bonsai, Banyan and the Tao, Paperback by Latif, Asad-ul Iqbal

by Asad-Ul Iqbal Latif, Huay Leng Lee, George Yong-Boon Yeo, Huiling Li

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George Yeo on Bonsai, Banyan and the Tao, Paperback by Latif, Asad-ul Iqbal (EDT); Leng, Lee Huay (EDT), ISBN 9814520500, ISBN-13 9789814520508, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US George Yeo's 1991 speech on pruning the banyan tree of the Singapore state, a political canopy under which nothing could grow, heralded an era of activism by civil society, which had hitherto been seen as a threat to the dominance of the PAP ministerial speeches by Yeo — an indefatigable writer — are distinguished by his deep and clear thinking about the place of democracy in good governance. Yeo is what may be called a liberal conservative. An iconic product of Singapore's meritocratic but authoritarian system, he was a political conservative, believing in the need for discipline and stability above all in a city-state without the margin for error due to a lack of natural resources. Nevertheless, he was far-sighted enough to recognise that order and stability could survive only if the system were liberalised judiciously from within so as to attract and retain the idealism and energy of a younger and liberal thinker and strategist, Yeo led the Singapore team which negotiated Free Trade Agreements with the United States, Japan, Australia and other countries. Controversially, he proposed the idea of having Integrated Resorts, including casinos, in Singapore, although his late father had had a problem with gambling. A true-blue Singapore pragmatist, he believes that policy-making often involves a c

• Publisher: World Industries Scientific Publishing Co Pte LTD
• Year: 2014
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9789814520508
• Condition: Fine

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