Anti-christian Chinese chauvinists and HDB upgrades: The 1997 Singapore general election

South East Asia Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 217-241

  Chin, James ^a  

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EID: 84991434442     PISSN: 0967828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967828X9700500302     Document Type: Review

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2. The most recent study of the PAP's dominance is Christopher Tremewan, Political economy of social control in Singapore. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1994.
3. Straits Times, 31 December 1996.
4. See also Garry Rodan, 'Elections without representation: the Singapore experience under the PAP', in R. H. Taylor (ed.), The politics of elections in Southeast Asia. Washington, D. C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1996, pp. 61-89.
5. For an account of the 1991 election, see Bilveer Singh, Whither PAP's dominance? An analysis of Singapore's 1991 general elections. Petaling Jaya: Pelanduk Publications, 1992.
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19. Sangwon Suh and Santha Oorjitham, 'No holds barred', Asiaweek, 17 January 1997.
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31. All figures are taken from Straits Times and Business Times (Singapore), 3 January 1997.
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38. Chuang Peck Ming, 'Our concrete plans did the trick, say PAP MPs', Straits Times, 3 January 1997.
39. Some recent studies which take up this issue with specific reference to Singapore are: J. B. Tamney, The struggle over Singapore's soul. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1996;
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50. Editorial, Business Times, 3 January 1997.