This document summarizes a student's social studies project on how Marina Bay in Singapore serves as a model for the country's governance principles. It outlines 4 key factors of Singapore's governance: leadership, anticipating change, merit-based reward, and stakeholder participation. It then explains how each principle guided the development of Marina Bay to create attractions like the casino and Singapore Flyer and sustain economic growth. The project demonstrates how public engagement and forward-thinking leadership helped transform Marina Bay into a vibrant area that benefits both residents and tourists.

1. MARINA BAY
LEARNING
JOURNEY!
SOCIAL STUDIES
PROJECT!
Done By: Goh Rui Zhi (22)
Class: 3s2

2. QUESTION?
 Explain how Marina Bay serve as a model to the
Principal of Governance deployed to help
Singapore sustain its growth in the 21st Century.

3. CONTENTS
• Explain 4 factors of governance in Singapore.
• Explain how the government use these factors to
develop the Marina Bay.
• Explain how Marina Bay help to sustain
Singapore’s growth in the 21st century.

4. LEADERSHIP IS KEY
 1st factor for the governance in Singapore.
 Honest and capable leaders needed to lead
Singapore to prosperity.
 Leader must be incorruptible.
 Need for good leaders to make the right decisions
for the country.
 The law deals with leaders guilty of dishonest
behavior.
 TO ensure that no money would be wasted.

5. ANTICIPATE CHANGE AND
STAYING RELEVANT.
 The government must be forward looking to
ensure that Singapore would continue to
prosper.
 Eg, NEWater, IR Casino
 The Government must know when to take the
risk and when not to.
 Singapore must be open to new ideas and feed
backs from the people.

6. REWARD FOR WORK AND
WORK FOR REWARD.
 Meritocracy is important in Singapore.
 To ensure that the society remains competitive.
 To ensure that everybody have equal rights.
 Encourages people to do well.

7. A STAKE FOR EVERYONE,
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.
 Creates a greater sense of belonging when people
have the opportunity to voice out what he or her
have to say.
 More ideas and opportunities created, as more
people are involved in decision making.

8. HOW IS ANTICIPATING CHANGE AND
STAYING RELEVANT USE AS A
GUIDELINE TO DEVELOP MARINA BAY?
It is used in many areas for example the casino
and the Singapore flyer. (shown below).

9. HOW IS ANTICIPATING CHANGE AND
STAYING RELEVANT USE AS A
GUIDELINE TO DEVELOP MARINA BAY?
 The Government stayed relevant to the current
society by developing a casino in Marina Bay.
 Government saw the need to build a casino in
Singapore to boost Singapore’s economy by
attracting tourists to gamble there.
 In addition, the casino also creates job
opportunities for locals.
 This is also the reason why the Government took
the risk by spending so much money and
occupying so much land to build the Singapore
flyer.

10. HOW IS LEADERSHIP IS KEY USED
AS A GUIDE LINE AT DEVELOPING
MARINA BAY?
 As mentioned in the previous slide, all that
would not have been possible if the government
is incapable and corrupted.
 Therefore, Leadership is key.

11. HOW IS REWARD FOR WORK, WORK
FOR REWARD USED AS A GUIDE LINE IN
DEVELOPING MARINA BAY?.
 The government rewards people for quality work
and their effort to maintain the competitiveness
between companies and industries.
 Hence, this allows Marina Bay to prosper.

12. HOW IS A STAKE FOR EVERYONE,
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL USED AS A
GUIDE LINE IN DEVELOPING MARINA
BAY?
 The government listened to the people whom said
that Singapore is a boring place for tourist.
 Thus the government built the Marina Bay.
Hey! Lets build
THAT!

14. SOURCES
 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/
 http://www.slideshare.net/radedward/guiding-principles-of-
 http://aboutsingaporecasino.com/