CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF SINGAPORE: ITS DELIMITATION AND FUNCTIONS

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The Ties That Bind

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Generative Spaces of Gender and Feminist Geography in Singapore: Entanglements of the Personal and Political

10.1080/0966369X.2018.1552121Gender, Place & Culture267-91233-124

Multicultural encounters in Singapore's nursing homes: A care ethics approach

Ethnic and Racial Studies435873-89

Under one roof? Housing, family ties and domestic space

The Ties that Bind: In Search of Singapore’s Modern Family56-9

Les migrations internationales des domestiques philippines. Contextes et expériences aux Philippines et à Singapour

The International Migration of Filipina Domestic Workers Structural Conditions and Experiences in the Philippines and Singapore. Richard T. Jackson, Shirlena Huang, Brenda S. A. Yeoh. Although it has often been argued that the conditions which have generated the migration of Filipinos as overseas contract workers are embedded in the unequal economic and political relationships between the Philippines and labour importing countries, we contend that international levels of inequality alone cannot explain the dominance of particular streams of Filipino migrants. Beyond examining the historical patterns of female employment in the Philippines and the structural conditions of labour demand in one receiving country (Singapore), this paper also investigates the experiences of the migrants as individuals. By focusing on foreign domestic helpers in Singapore, it demonstrates that the decision to become an overseas contract worker is ultimately located at the nexus between public accounts of the broader structural conditions underlying human motivations and actions, and private micro-level life-narratives as interpreted from a personal perspective. It is only by recognising the need to focus on both these levels that we can corne to a fuller understanding of labour migration.Les migrations internationales des domestiques philippines Contextes et expériences aux Philippines et à Singapour. Richard T. Jackson, Shirlena Huang, Brenda S. A. Yeoh. Bien qu'il ait souvent été avancé que les conditions ayant généré les migrations de travailleuses philippines sous contrat sont ancrées dans des rapports politico-économiques inégaux entre les Philippines et les pays importateurs de main d'œuvre, nous affirmons que les inégalités internationales ne peuvent expliquer à elles seules la prépondérance des flux particuliers de migrantes philippines. Cet article examine tout d'abord les modèles historiques de l'emploi féminin aux Philippines et les conditions structurelles de l'offre d'emplois dans un pays d'accueil (Singapour). Puis il propose une réflexion sur l'expérience des migrantes en tant qu'individus. En se concentrant sur les domestiques à Singapour, il est démontré que les facteurs contribuant à prendre la décision d'émigrer outre mer se situent au point nodal entre : d'un côté, des considérations sur les conditions générales sous-tendant les motivations et les actions humaines et de l'autre, des histoires de vie privées interprétées dans des perspectives personnelles. Ce n'est qu'en reconnaissant le besoin de prendre en compte ces deux niveaux que nous pouvons parvenir à une meilleure compréhension des migrations de travail.Les migraciones internacionales de las empleadas domésticas filipinas Contextos y experiencias en Filipinas y en Singapur. Richard T. Jackson, Shirlena Huang, Brenda S. A. Yeoh. A pesar de que se haya avanzado, con frecuencia, que las condiciones generadoras de las migraciones de las trabajadoras contractuales de Filipinas a ultramar se asientan en relaciones politico-economicas desiguales entre Filipinas y los países importadores de mano de obra, afirmamos que dichas desigualdades internacionales no pueden explicar por si solas la preponderancia de los flujos particulares de emigrantes filipinas. Además de examinar los modelos históricos del empleo femenino en Filipinas y las condiciones estructurales de la oferta del mismo en un país de acogida (Singapur), este artículo propone una reflexión sobre la experiencia de las emigrantes en cuanto individuos. Si nos concentramos en las empleadas domésticas en Singapur, se ha demostrado que los factores que contribuyen a tomar la decisión de convertirse en una trabajadora contractual en ultramar se sitúan en un punto nodal entre : por una parte, consideraciones públicas sobre las condiciones estructurales más amplias que afectan a las motivaciones y las acciones humanas ; y, por otra, historias de vida privadas, interpretadas bajo perspectivas personales. A través del reconocimiento de la necesidad de insistir en estos dos nivelés, podemos llegar a una mejor comprensión de las migraciones de trabajo.Jackson Richard T., Huang Shirlena, Yeoh Brenda S. A. Les migrations internationales des domestiques philippines. Contextes et expériences aux Philippines et à Singapour. In: Revue européenne des migrations internationales, vol. 15, n°2,1999. Emploi, genre et migration, sous la direction de Michelle Guillon et Daniel Noin. pp. 37-67

Global cities, transnational flows and gender dimensions: the view from Singapore

This paper challenges the systematic, though often unacknowledged, gendered nature of much of current globalisation discourse and argues for the need to give attention to the gendered dimensions of the transnational flows of people into global cities and, relatedly, the gendering of metropolitan space in the process. The paper focuses on Singapore, an aspiring global city, to investigate how global city spaces are transgressed by transnational migrants who may challenge, inflect or reaffirm the gendered spatial boundaries with which the city is scripted. In particular, it focuses on three groups of women - expatriate wives, wives of Singaporean men working overseas, and foreign domestic workers - to unmask the gendering at work as well as the gendered implications of transnationalism in Singapore's state-led drive to global city status; and to demonstrate that the production of the global city cannot be decoupled from ideas and assumptions about what constitutes the desirable Asian family and women's work within the household. For expatriate wives, often reduced to dependent spouse status by immigration laws, community work becomes the third space in which they renegotiate and extend the scope of their identities as mothers, wives and homemakers. Wives of Singaporean men working overseas, however, appear to accept more readily their socially expected role as the cultural defenders and carriers of their families and the nation. And it is clear that the transnational movement of foreign domestic workers rests on gender-stereotyped assumptions about women's role in the labour market "vis-a`-vis" the household economy. The paper concludes by suggesting three interrelated starting points to address the need to incorporate gendered understandings in the burgeoning research on globalising cities: first, for women to be reinstated in analyses of transnational flows; second, for a stronger focus to be given to the social relations within households, families and communities and their differential impacts on transmigrants; and third, for more work to be done on female transmigrants in terms of local and transnational activisms. Copyright Royal Dutch Geographical Society 2000.

Reclaiming the City: Waterfront Development in Singapore

In its quest to be a world city, many of Singapore's urban spaces have been subjected to constant redevelopment. Derelict waterfronts and ageing neighbourhoods have been given new life, enjoying their reincarnation as landscapes of economy and leisure. A prevalent theme in Singapore's transformation has been the reclamation of landscapes to cater to new users, activities and agendas. Adopting a case study of the Singapore River waterfront, this paper analyses three forms of urban reclamation. They include reclaiming functionality, aimed at infusing the waterfront with new land uses; reclaiming access, as a way of opening up the landscape to more people; and reclaiming the local, as a way to commemorate local cultures and histories. While government planners and private enterprise are intent on developing a world-class environment, Singaporeans and visitors respond to this urban vision in different ways with some praising the dynamism of worldly transformations and others criticising them as a prelude to a soulless city. While some degree of worldliness is essential in any redevelopment, a fine balance has to be sought between the excesses of global urbanism and the parochialism of vernacular concerns.