Polytechnics and Junior Colleges, and the impact on them. My project would look at the positive and negative social impacts on students who are flying and those who plan on doing so . Supporting the relevance of my choice of topic is (Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, 2011) who says that we must “…ignite new passion for aviation among our youth and develop them.” Furthermore, the existence of the Singapore Youth Flying Club , where Singaporean youths are receiving government sponsored flying trainings showing
To examine how the socio-economic status of the Malays corresponds to their political marginalisation, we must first establish that they are indeed politically marginalised. Political marginalisation can be taken to mean low political interest and low political trust, “indicating a feeling of distance to the political sphere of society” (Oskarson, 2010, p.7), and it is intrinsically linked to the theoretical concept of political efficacy, that is, an individual’s feelings of their own potential influence
Singapore is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. It is one of the countries that has started as a third world country and became a first world country with rapid speed. In 1819, founded as a British trading post, Singapore was colonized by United Kingdom. However, it declared independence from British colonization in 1963 and joined together with other former British colonies to form Malaysia. However, Singapore separated from Malaysia because of conflict over the rights
Scenario and background information: Korean pop culture also known as K-pop from South Korea has been on the rising trend and has been very successful in every part of the world. As can been seen in the picture below, the exports of culture are increasing quite steeply throughout. Especially in Asia, the country has become a powerhouse of popular culture (DO, 2012). The entertainment industry of South Korea has also emerged at the same time. It is referred as Hallyu in Korean language; it means
Imagine that Max Weber has been resurrected and is on a visit to Singapore. How would he interpret the various facets of Singapore society in relation to his theories and prognosis about the future of modern society? As we begin the twenty-first century, there is a growing recognition that Max Weber is our foremost social theorist of the condition of modernity. His pre-eminence stems from the scope, the depth, and the intensity, which he brought to this project. In short, Weber sought to explain
Public administration can be defined as the government in action. However, this definition is too simplistic and does not fully address the function and importance of public administration. If the definition of public administration to be developed further, public administration can have several more definitions which can be categorized into four groups: political, legal, managerial and occupational. A few examples that the public administration can be further defined are public administration is