文档介绍：Welfare Development in Singapore
Colonial Period
Self-governing, Merge ?
Split with Malaya
Independence (1965)
History of Singapore
The Context
From colonial: free-market &
administrative system
Ideological: Confucianism (Orientalism)
PAP’s leftism
Societal: Multi-racial
& potential tension
Political: conflict
with Malaysia &
Indonesia
A multi-cultural society
Nation Building Project
A Long-term strategy to build the nation and to react to its
fundamental nature.
munity lacks in-built reflexes…
our society and its education system was
never designed to produce a people
capable of cohesive action, identifying
their collective interests and then acting
in furtherance of them ….
The reflexes of group thinking must be
built to ensure the survival of the
community, not the individual ….
Lee Kuan-yew, 1966
In a similar manner….
We are plex, multi-munity with little sense mon history, with a group
purpose which is yet to be properly
articulated. We are in the process
of rapid transition towards a
destiny which we do not yet know….
Goh Keng Swee
Finance Minister
Minister of Interior and Defence
1967,
Emphasis of the Project
Economic: free market-based capitalism
Political: central planning, authoritarianism
Ideology: national unity and collectivism
Welfare policy serving all three emphasis
Characteristics of Welfare Structure
High level of service provision regulated by state
Central planning
Private Insurance Model
(you get what you contribute…..)
Pro-family ideologies
Promote national unity, social stability, sense of belonging
Liberal Welfare State
Central Provident Fund
Contributory Scheme by Employer & Employees
From 1955
Funded for retirement initially, but gradually extended to housing, medical, investment etc.
Accounts: Ordinary, Special, Medisave (MediShield)
Guarantee Interest Rate
Housing Development Board
Private ownership of public provided housing
Dominant control of housing supply
Established in 1960
Home ownership f