Bibliography: leaves 61-64. This thesis reviews the sustainability of water resource management in Singapore and adequacy of the water conservation efforts put up by its government, population and industries. The write-up deliberates on the various trans-national water issues faced by the small Republic, interactions within its water sector and with the rest of the economy, management of its water supply and demand, as well as the various problems and challenges confronted by the country. This study is intended to highlight the relative wisdom of reducing water demand over pursuing supply solutions.

This thesis explores, through fictional storytelling, the cultural duality of individuals inhabiting Singapore prior to World War II. The primary locale in many of these stories-an actual residence known as Eu Villa-interconnects each narrative and helps to uncover the hybridization of a Chinese family (and servants) living in a British colony. Many of the stories are imparted from different perspectives: wives, children and amahs, each of them pieced together to bridge the space between Chinese heritage overlaid and intermixed with British culture. In this way, the stories of this thesis reflect on the history that preceded the distinct multiculturalism of contemporary Singapore.

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新加坡共和國(以下簡稱新加坡)長期以來致力推動該國金融產業的自主性發展，並強化該產業成為國家經濟動能的要角。 本論文擬深度剖析新加坡獨特的銀行與金融法規，並分析新加坡在金融業經營管理人才的教育培訓、伊斯蘭金融體系的崛起、人民幣國際化等政策面向所做的努力，以彌補現有學術領域對該國金融業研究的不足和缺口。 本文所採用的分析期間從新加坡啟動金融業自由化開始的1999年，截至2014年為止；而在分析架構方面，我們採用Michael Porter的產業鑽石模型來勾勒出新加坡金融業的產業競爭優勢。 此外，我們藉由檢驗已取得的原始資料與當地市場的條件分析，進一步評估存在於新加坡金融體系的潛在風險和成功要素。 從本文分析結果顯示，新加坡金融業仍缺乏於其競爭對手-香港所擁有的關鍵性經濟規模；此外，該國在金融業經營管理人才的培訓成效上仍然不足。 儘管新加坡政府宣稱將推動該國成為人民幣的境外金融中心，然而該政策僅著重在中華人民共和國的市場開發，並非擴展及整個東南亞區域。 / The Republic of Singapore has long had a voluntary policy of developing its financial sector, and making it an essential part of its economy. This thesis aims at filling in the gaps of the current knowledge about Singapore’s financial cluster, through an in-depth analysis of Singapore’s unique set of banking and financial regulations, and recent developments that include the education of financial managers, the rise of Islamic finance, and the internationalization of the Renminbi. The time frame used to analyze it spans from the liberalization of Singapore’s financial and banking sector, which started in 1999, till 2014. The framework of Porter’s ‘Diamond model’ has been used to outline the strength, and weaknesses of the financial cluster. Shortcomings and successes of Singapore’s financial cluster have been evaluated by analyzing primary sources available, and by examining the local environment. Singapore’s financial cluster still lacks critical mass in comparison to that of its rival, Hong Kong. Furthermore, weaknesses remain in regards to the educational level of financial and banking managers. The recent developments to set Singapore as an offshore Renminbi center can only be acclaimed, however its main focus on the People’s Republic of China, needs to be broadened, to include the overall Southeast Asian region.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 382-403). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Asbury Theological Seminary, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 194-202).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-246).