Singapore in 1982: gradual transition to a new order.

Abstract

Changes in the planned restructuring of the polity and the economy to ensure the relevance of the political and economic institutions and the survival of a cohesive society were accelerated. In sum, they point to a gradual transition to a new order, one that is vastly transformed in leadership, ideological orientations, and organisational format from that ushered in by the People's Action Party in 1965, when Singapore became an independent republic.-Author