Bøger af Saw Swee-Hock

In assessing the population of Singapore, the author writes with the insights of a resident observer and throws light on race and culture contacts, cultural accommodation, separatism, and colonial and political history.

Presents an analysis of population trends and patterns in Singapore. This book includes chapters devoted to population growth and distribution, changing population structure, mortality trends and differentials, marriage trends and patterns, divorce trends and patterns, family planning, and abortion and sterilization.

Featuring the Malaysia Study Programme of ISEAS, this title covers the duration from the time when data are available up to the early eighties. It presents a study of the multiracial population of the region for the period under consideration.

Singapore, as a leading international financial centre, is well-placed to take advantage of the interest in Islamic finance and the growing economic linkages between the Middle East and Asia. This book provides an overview of the key tenets and principles of Islamic finance and explores the range of products and instruments.

A project of Malaysia Study Programme of ISEAS, this book covers Malaysia since its formation in 1963, using statistics collected in the four pan-Malaysia Population Censuses held in 1970, 1980, 1991, and 2000, and data from other sources up to 2005 wherever possible.