1st Edition

Migration and Integration in Singapore Policies and Practice

Edited By Yap Mui Teng, Gillian Koh, Debbie Soon Copyright 2015
250 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Between 2000 and 2010, Singapore witnessed a huge influx of foreign migrants. The proportion of permanent residents in the total population increased from 7% to 11%, while the share of non-resident foreigners has risen from 19% to 25%. This was as much the result of the spontaneous movement of labour to economic opportunities, as it was of active policy direction by the Singapore government. The... Read more

Introduction, Gillian Koh, Debbie Soon and Yap Mui Teng 1. Immigration and Integration in Singapore: Trends, Rationale and Policy Responses, Yap Mui Teng 2. Social Markers of Integration: What Matters Most to Singaporeans, Leong Chan-Hoong and Yang Wai Wai  3. Integration at the Workplace, Tan Mei Ling, Ng Kok-Yee, and Ang Soon 4. International Students in Singapore Schools: How are they Integrating?, Joy Chew Oon Ai 5. Integration in the Singapore Heartlands, Mathew Mathews 6. Images of the Migrant Worker in Singapore’s Mainstream News Media: Prospects for Integration, Kenneth Paul Tan 7. Images of the New Citizen and PR in Singapore’s Mainstream News Media: Prospects for Integration, Selina Lim 8. Stepping Stone Singapore: The Cultural Politics of Anti-Immigrant Anxieties, Terence Chong 

Biography

Yap Mui Teng is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.

Gillian Koh is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.

Debbie Soon is a Research Associate at the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.