Singapore, 1965-: Independence & Nation-Building 
Bureaucracy & the Civil Service

Bellows, Thomas J.  Bridging tradition and modernization: the Singapore bureaucracy. IN Tai, Hung-chao, ed. Confucianism and economic development: an oriental alternative? Washington, DC: Washington Institute Press, 1989. Pp. 195-223. [HC460.5 Cou]

Bellows, Thomas J.  Bureaucracy and development in Singapore. Asian Journal of Public Administration, 7(1):55-69, 1985. [JA26 APA]

Cheong, Jennifer Jia Qun . Information technology (IT) policies in Singapore: implications for public administration. 69p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 1999. [JA36 *1999 5]

Das, S. K.  Civil service reform and structural adjustment. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. 267p. Has a chapter entitled “Reform in the Singapore civil service” (pp. 55-63). [JF1601 Das]

Fernandez, Warren . Without fear or favour: 50 years of Singapore’s Public Service Commission. Singapore: Public Service Commission, 2001. 143p. [JQ726 Per]

Haque, M. Shamsul.  The changing nature of administrative reform: cases in Malaysia and Singapore. IN Wong, Hoi-kwok & Chan, Hon S., eds. Handbook of comparative public administration in the Asia-Pacific Basin. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1999. Pp. 23-46. [JQ24 Han]

Jones, David S.  Changes in surveillance of regulatory enforcement programmes in Singapore. Asian Journal of Political Science, 7(2):105-125, 1999. [JA26 APS]

Jones, David S.  Public administration in Singapore: continuity and reform. IN Wong, Hoi-kwok & Chan, Hon S., eds. Handbook of comparative public administration in the Asia-Pacific Basin. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1999. Pp. 1-22. [JQ24 Han]

Kay, Tangie Ai Ling . Autonomy and accountability: a comparative study of two autonomous agencies in the Singapore civil service. 73p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 1999. [JA36 *1999 15]

Khan, Mohammad Mohabbat . Reforms in the Singapore civil service: lessons for Bangladesh. BIISS Journal, 19(4):377-428, 1998. [Perind Reprint]

Lai, Tony Ming Thung . Administrative training in the Singapore civil service: an evaluation of recent changes. 94p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 1996. [JA36 *1996 10]

Lee, Boon Hiok . Public sector labour relations in the Singapore context. Singapore: Dept. of Political Science, University of Singapore, 1979. 25p. [HD6855.2 Lee]

Lee, Boon Hiok . The Singapore civil service and its perceptions of time. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1977. 378p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Hawaii, 1976. [JQ726 Lee]

Lee, Boon Hiok . Statutory boards in Singapore. Singapore: Dept. of Political Science, University of Singapore, 1975. 30p. [JQ726 Lee]

Lim, Quee Tiong . The Public Service Commission system in Singapore. 100p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Government & Public Administration, Nanyang University, 1971. [JA36*N 1971 2]

Lim, Siong Guan . Sustaining excellence in government: the Singapore experience. Public Administration and Development, 17(1):167-174, 1997. [JS40 JLA]

Low, Linda . The public sector in contemporary Singapore: in retreat? IN Rodan, Garry. Singapore changes guard: social, political and economic directions in the 1990s. New York: St Martin’s Press, 1993. Pp. 168-183. [JQ729 Sia]

Ng, Karin Yi Lyn. Implications of adapting total quality management in Singapore: a case study of the Housing and Development Board (HDB). 68p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 1999. JA36 *1999 19

Noorismawaty Ismail . Bureaucratic accountability in Singapore: the role of Parliament in ensuring the accountability of the public bureaucracy. 83p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 1996. [JA36 *1996 12]

Ong, Hong Seng . People's Action Party and the Singapore civil service 1959-1979. 74p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1982. [D6 *1982 14]

A profile of the public service of Singapore. London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 1998. 116p. [JQ726 Pro]

Quah, Jon S. T.  Administrative and legal measures for combating bureaucratic corruption in Singapore. Singapore: Chopmen, 1978. 25p. [JQ726 Qua]

Quah, Jon S. T.  Administrative reform and development administration in Singapore: a comparative study of the Singapore Improvement Trust and the Housing and Development Board. 626p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Florida State University, 1975. [HD7371.12 Qua]

Quah, Jon S. T.  Bureaucratic corruption in the ASEAN countries: a comparative analysis of their anti-corruption measures. Journal of Southeast Asian History, 13(1):153-177, 1982. [DS501 JSAS]

Quah, Jon S. T.  Culture change in the Singapore civil service. IN Chaudhury, Shahid Amjad; Reid, Gary James & Malik, Waleed Haider, eds. Civil service reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: proceedings of a conference. Washington, DC: World Bank, 1994. Pp. 205-216. [JL962 Per.Ci]

Quah, Jon S. T.  Decentralizing public personnel management: the case of the public sector in Singapore. IN Kurosawa, Susumu; Fujiwara, Toshihiro & Reforma, Mila A., eds. New trends in public administration for the Asia-Pacific region: decentralization. Tokyo: Local Autonomy College, Ministry of Home Affairs, 1996. Pp. 492-506. [JS6950.3 New]

Quah, Jon S.T.  Improving the efficiency and productivity of the Singapore civil service. IN Burns John P., ed. Asian civil service systems: improving efficiency and productivity. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1994. Pp. 152-185. [JQ98 Asi]

Quah, Jon S. T.  Origin of Public Service Commission in Singapore. New Delhi: Indian Institute of Public Administration, 1972. 8p. Reprinted from The Indian Journal of Public Administration, v.18, no.4, Oct./Dec. 1972. [JQ726 Qua]

Quah, Jon S. T.  The origins of the public bureaucracies in the Asean countries. Singapore: Chopmen Enterprises, 1978. 32p. [JQ96 Qua]

Quah, Jon S.T.  Public administration in a city-state: the Singapore case. IN Comparative study on the local public administration in Asian and Pacific countries. Tokyo: Eropa Local Government Center, 1984. Pp. 206-216. [JQ96 Com]

Quah, Jon S. T.  Public administration in Singapore: managing success in a multi-racial Singapore.  IN Huque, A. S.; Lam, J. T. M. & Lee, J. Y. C., eds. Public administration in the NICs: challenges and accomplishments. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. Pp. 59-89. [JQ31 Pub]

Quah, Jon S. T.  Public bureaucracy and policy implementation in Singapore. Southeast Asian Journal of Social science, 15(2):77-95, 1987. [H8 SAS]

Quah, Jon S. T.  The Public Service Commission in Singapore: a comparative study of its evolution and its recruitment and selection procedures vis-a-vis the Public Service Commissions in Ceylon, India and Malaysia. 311p. Thesis (M.Soc.Sci.) - Dept. of Political Science, University of Singapore, 1971. [JA36 *1971 2]

Quah, Jon S. T.  The rediscovery of the market and public-administration: some lessons from the Singapore experience. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 52(3):320-328, 1993. [JA26 AJP]

Quah, Jon S. T.  Towards productivity and excellence: a comparative analysis of the public personnel systems in the ASEAN countries. IN Suchitra Punyaratabandhu-Bhakdi, et al, eds. Bangkok: School of Public Administration, National Institute of Development Administration, 1986. Pp. 238-272. [[JQ96 Del]

Quah, Jon S. T.  Transforming the Singapore civil service for national development. IN Asmerom, Haile K. & Reis, Elisa P., eds. Democratization and bureaucratic neutrality. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1996. Pp. 294-312. [JFD1501 Dem]

Quick, Stephen Ser Yung. Promoting quality service in Singapore's public administration: a study of the Service Improvement Unit. 65p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 1997. [JA36 *1997 14]

Rai, Vimal Kumar . Public service reform for the 21st century: a case study of PS21 in Singapore. 85p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 1997. [JA36 *1997 15]

Seah, Chee Meow . Bureaucratic evolution and political change in an emerging nation: a case study of Singapore. Manchester: Victoria University of Manchester, 1971. 240p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Victoria University of Manchester, 1971. [JQ726 Sea]

Seah, Chee Meow . The Singapore bureaucracy and issues of transition. IN Hassan, Riaz, ed. Singapore: society in transition. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1976. Pp. 52-66. [HN770.2 Has]

Singapore . Competitive salaries for competent & honest government: benchmarks for ministers & senior public officers: white paper. Singapore: Prime Minister's Office, 1994. 23p. [JQ726 Spa]

Siow, Viola Kher Shin . Training in the Singapore civil service: the way forward. 103p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 1999. [JA36 *1999 24]

Suzuki, Itoko . The Singapore civil service, past and present: an approach to the bureaucratic change in a developing society. 130p. Thesis (M.A.) - International Christian University, 1969. [JQ726 Suz]

Tan, Anthony Kang Uei . Meritocracy in the Singapore civil service: recruitment and promotion of administrative service officers. 94p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 1997. [JA36 *1997 17]

Tay, Simon.;  Zulkifli Baharudin  & George, Cherian . Role of civil service in civil society. Straits Times, 17 February 2000, p. 49. Microfilm.

Vallance, Sarah . Performance appraisal in Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines: a cultural perspective. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 58(3)78-95, Dec. 1999. Looks at the experiences of the Singaporean, Thai and Filipino civil services in appraising the performance of senior government employees. [Perind Reprint]