A short presentation on the development of Singapore City

1. DEVELOPMENT OF SINGAPORE CITY
Presented By: Sajjad Hossen |
Subject: Urban Sociology
ASA University Bangladesh

2. During the period of 650-1377 Singapore was a part of Srivijaya (also written Sri Vijaya or Sriwijaya in
Indonesian or Malay), was a dominant thalassocratic Indonesian city-state based on the island of
Sumatra, Indonesia, which influenced much of Southeast Asia.

3. While the earliest known historical records of
Singapore are shrouded in time, a third century
Chinese account describes it as "pu-luo-chung", or the
"island at the end of a peninsula". Later, the city was
known as Temasek ("sea town"), when the first
settlements were established from AD 1298-1299

4. Later during the 14th century first recorded settlement were identified which was called as
Temasek, which was constituted with two distinct districts “LongYa Men” and “Ban Zu”

5. In a time span of 1299-1819 the region was occupied by several dynasties
The Kingdom of Singapura (Malay: Kerajaan Singapura)
was an Indianised Malay Hindu-Buddhist kingdom thought
to have been established during the early history of
Singapore upon its main island Pulau Ujong, then also
known asTemasek, from 1299 until its fall in 1398.
During 1400-1511 it was under the Malacca Sultanate
under Malay Sultanate. During the time it became one
of the significant center of trade and its capital grew into
one of the most important entrepots.
Later it was conquered by Portuguese in 1511, then it fall
under Ottomans in 1564. During the colonial era, the
mainland part was administered by British and insular part by
Dutch. In 1946, British part became part of Malayan Union
and subsequently Federation of Malaysia and Dutch section
became part of Indonesia.

6. After gaining independence from Malaysia in 1965, Singapore felt the
necessity of International Recognition. With the support from Malaysia,
China and India, it became a member of UN on 21 September, 1965.

7. THE CONUNDRUM
After independence, Singapore
continued to experience problems.
Much of the city-state's three million
people were unemployed. More than
two-thirds of its population was living
in slums and squatter settlements on
the city's fringe. The territory was
sandwiched between two large and
unfriendly states in Malaysia and
Indonesia. Singapore lacked natural
resources, sanitation, proper
infrastructure, and adequate water
supply. In order to stimulate
development, Lee sought international
assistance, but his pleas went
unanswered, leaving Singapore to fend
for itself.

9. DEVELOPMENT JOURNEYOF SINGAPORE
• After Independence, Singapore had nothing to build their economy as they had no industrial
tradition.Trading, fishing and service were their main area of functions.
• They sought for foreign investments which required a safe, corruption free and low-taxation
business environment.
• They put strong legal action on drug, malpractices, or on anything that goes against the
interest of the country.
• By 1972, just seven years after the independence , one quarter of Singapore’s manufacturing
firms were either foreign-owned or joint venture.
• As a result of Singapore's steady climate, favorable investment conditions and the rapid
expansion of the world economy from 1965 to 1972, the country'sGross Domestic Product
(GDP) experienced annual double-digit growth.
• As foreign investment money poured in, Singapore began focusing on developing its human
resources in addition to its infrastructure.The country set up many technical schools and
paid international corporations to train their unskilled workers in information technology,
petrochemicals, and electronics. For those who could not get industrial jobs, the
government enrolled them in labor-intensive un-tradable services, such as tourism and
transportation.The strategy of having multinationals educate their workforce paid great
dividends for the country. In the 1970s, Singapore was primarily exporting textiles, garments,
and basic electronics. By the 1990s, they were engaging in wafer fabrication, logistics,
biotech research, pharmaceuticals, integrated circuit design, and aerospace engineering.

10. URBAN GROWTH IN SINGAPORE
• The founding of modern Singapore in 1819 by Sir Stamford
Raffles was arguably a planning event in itself, as it involved the
search for a deep, sheltered harbor suitable to establish a pivotal
maritime base for British interests in the Far East.
• Raffles was dismayed by the way the colony had grown. He
therefore formed a Town Committee headed by Lieutenant Philip
Jackson to draw up a formal plan for the colony, which came to be
known as the Jackson Plan. The plan was the first detailed city
plan for Singapore.

11. CONTINUED….

12. With the gradual increase of population
coming from China and Indonesia, Singapore
faced a great pressure in managing housing.
During the time of 1965, Singapore authority
established Housing Development Board
(HDB), where they devised plan of developing a
structured housing for the population

14. URBANTRANSITION

16. WHY SINGAPORE SUCCEEDED SO FAST
• Pragmatic leadership: Lee KuanYew’s legacy
• A good piano playing good music: an effective public
bureaucracy
• Sustaining clean government: keeping corruption at
bay
• Nurturing the “best and brightest”: education and
competitive compensation
• Learning from other countries: the importance of policy
diffusion

17. SUCCESS METRICS