05856nam 2200721Ia 450 991078592070332120230126205804.01-283-63597-6981-4407-86-0(CKB)2670000000272704(EBL)1044409(OCoLC)811821332(SSID)ssj0000948784(PQKBManifestationID)11514955(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000948784(PQKBWorkID)10951199(PQKB)10359977(MiAaPQ)EBC1044409(WSP)00002800(Au-PeEL)EBL1044409(CaPaEBR)ebr10607775(CaONFJC)MIL394843(EXLCZ)99267000000027270420121014d2012 uy 0engurcuu|||uu|||txtccrSingapore perspectives[electronic resource] 2012Singapore inclusive bridging divides /edited by Soon Hock Kang, Chan-Hoong LeongSingapore Institute of Policy Studies World Scientific20121 online resource (203 p.)SINGAPORE PERSPECTIVES ;v.0Papers presented at the Institute of Policy Studies' conference, Singapore Perspectives 2012, held on 16 January 2012.981-4407-85-2 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Editors' Acknowledgements; Keynote Address Building an Inclusive Society Tharman Shanmugaratnam; Section 1: Business : as Usual, No Longer?; Chapter 1 Income Growth and Redistribution: Issues and Challenges Paul Cheung; INTRODUCTION; DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROCEEDS OF PRODUCTION; COULD THE WAGE SHARE GET BIGGER OVER TIME?; DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME GROWTH OF HOUSEHOLDS, 2000 -2010; HOW HAVE HOUSEHOLDS COPED WITH RISING INCOME INEQUALITY?; UPW INCOME GROWTH AND UPWARD MOBILITY; THE 'PR' COMPETITION; CONCLUSIONChapter 2 Singapore's New Growth Model Chua Hak Bin and Shawlin Chaw PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY-DRIVEN GROWTH; "SINGAPOREANS FIRST" POLICY; "INCLUSIVE" GROWTH; Chapter 3 Macroeconomic Trends and Labour Welfare in Singapore: A Focus on Retirement Adequacy Hui Weng Tat; INTRODUCTION; MACROECONOMIC TRENDS IN THE SINGAPORE LABOUR MARKET; RETIREMENT ADEQUACY OF SINGAPORE WORKFORCE; SIMULATION ASSUMPTIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; INFLATION INFLATION-ADJUSTED CPF CONTRIBUTION CEILING; INCREASE IN TOTAL CPF CONTRIBUTION RATE; EFFECT OF PROPERTY PURCHASE ON RETIREMENT ADEQUACYEFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON RETIREMENT ADEQUACY ANNUAL WAGE GROWTH NEEDED TO ACHIEVE RETIREMENT ADEQUACY; INCREASE IN CPF RETURNS ON RETIREMENT ADEQUACY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCE; Section 2: Social Development and Working Together: Towards a : New Social Compact; Chapter 4 Re-Making Singapore Healthcare Jeremy Lim and Daniel Lee; THE 'NEW NORMAL' NORMAL'- POLITICS, DEMOGRAPHICS, ECONOMICS AND PHYSICS; RE RE-FORMULATING THE HEALTHCARE COMPACT; POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY - WHAT PRICE IS LIFE?; WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE?; TRANSPARENCY OF DECISION DECISION-MAKING; SO WHAT PRICE IS LIFE?FINANCING HEALTHCARE: FINE FINE-TUNING THE FUNDAMENTALLY SOUNDDELIVERING HEALTHCARE- "ALL HANDS ON DECK"; PUBLIC HEALTHCARE - TOO LITTLE FOR TOO MANY?; "NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET"?; "EXCUSEZ-MOI"; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5 Public Housing - Appreciating Assets? Phang Sock Yong; INTRODUCTION; STATISTICS ON HOUSING PRICE APPRECIATION; REASONS FOR APPRECIATION OF HDB PRICES; CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE: THE HDB POLICY CONUNDRUM; Chapter 6 Retirement Adequacy and Housing Financing Through the CPF System Chia Ngee Choon; INTRODUCTION; "HOME AS A NEST EGG" - AN ASSET -BASED SOCIAL SECURITYDESIGN ISSUES DURING PAYOUT PHASE AND UNLOCKING HOUSING EQUITIES TRADE -OFFS BETWEEN RETIREMENT ADEQUACY AND HOUSING FINANCING; OTHER MECHANISMS TO ENHANCE RETIREMENT ADEQUACY AND HOUSE OWNERSHIP; REFERENCES; Section 3: Politics: A New Paradigm?; Chapter 7 Towards a More Equal, Self-Reliant Society Ho Kwon Ping; Chapter 8 Information, Insulation and the Public Interest Cherian George; SINGAPORE'S APPROACH; INFORMATION GAPS; TRUST DEFICIT; Chapter 9 Model of Governance: Big Government or Big People? Peter Ho; GOVERNMENT BIG; GOVERNMENT IN SINGAPORE; THE PARADOX OF GOVERNMENTTHE CHANGING ROLE OF GOVERNMENTThe Singapore Perspectives series is a yearly publication that provides critical analysis of emerging trends and issues Singapore faces in terms of social, economic and political development. It is a quick and essential reference for understanding the broad policy discussions that animate thought leaders, policy-makers and the public in the country during the immediate period or that are likely to do so in the short and medium term.This edited volume brings together papers presented at the Singapore Perspectives 2012 Conference. The Conference came in the wake of Singapore's General ElectionsSINGAPORE PERSPECTIVESPolitical planningSingaporeCongressesSingaporePolitics and government21st centuryCongressesSingaporeEconomic policy21st centuryCongressesSingaporeEconomic conditions21st centuryCongressesSingaporeSocial conditions21st centuryCongressesPolitical planning306.2095957959.57053Kang Soon Hock1576605Leong Chan-Hoong1519829Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore)Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785920703321Singapore perspectives3854485UNINA