Singapore IT Masterplan

By Chang Joo Siang, 30 Jun 2009

The Masterplan for IT in Education (MPITE) was launched in 1997 with the aim of integrating information technology (IT) into the Singapore education system. .... [more]


History of Public Service Reform in Singapore, and PS 21

By Tang Puay Eng, 30 Jun 2009

Public Service for the 21st Century of PS21 aims to spearhead developments to enhance conditions for Singapore's success. Its key focus include empowering publi.... [more]


Singapore Public Housing statistics

By Teng Mae Yen Sharon Alethea, 18 Sep 2009

The department of statistics and HDB conduct regular surveys to capture the demographic profiles of residents living in HDB flats. The property market trends in.... [more]


Issues faced by the global music industry

By Tang Puay Eng, 01 Aug 2008

In today's digital age, new issues of online music rights, distribution issues and piracy charges have surfaced for record labels, artists and distribution comp.... [more]


HDB's Build-to-Order (BTO) Scheme

By Teng Mae Yen Sharon Alethea, 18 Sep 2009

A steady decline in the number of people queuing for new flats under the old Registration for Flat System (RFS) to 22,000 people in June 2001 from its peak of 1.... [more]


Multilingualism in Singapore and Singlish

By Alicia Yeo Kay Ling, 17 Aug 2008

Many first-time visitors have been confounded by the colloquialisms that pepper Singaporeans' speech. This is because we speak with a distinct Singaporean accen.... [more]


Books referring to old maps and cartography

By Yit Chin Chuan, 01 Aug 2008

Our library has two main areas that cover Maps, one is under cartographic techniques around DDC call numbers 526 and the other is under history of maps - DDC ca.... [more]


Studies on women in Singapore.

By Teng Mae Yen Sharon Alethea, 30 Oct 2009

The roles and perceptions of women in Singapore have changed greatly over the last century. Where previous generations of married women with relatively low educ.... [more]


Vanishing and traditional trades

By Lee Huey Shin, 26 Aug 2009

Traditional trades such as selling "kacang putih" or selling peanuts and crafts such as wayang or Chinese opera are fast dissapearing. However, various publicat.... [more]


Singapore land use and urban planning

By Lee Huey Shin, 28 Dec 2009

Singapore, a city-state of only 687 sq km (CIA World Factbook), constantly faces the challenge of maximizing land use for its population of 4.9 million (SingSta.... [more]