Singapore Population in Transition

Saw Swee-Hock is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore and a Member of the National University of Singapore Board of Trustees.

"A signal contribution to the studies of area populations-and there is a relevance here beyond simple geographic increment. Singapore is a metropolitan area formed from immigrant increments of three cultures. Sources are dispersed, fragmentary, defective to varying degrees, largely inaccessible outside specialized libraries. This study of Singapore thus becomes a major resource. . . . It will have major value for students of Indian, Malayan, Indonesian and Chinese culture, society, and economy. It is a model study for analysts everywhere who may be stimulated or encouraged to study other area populations." (lrene B. Taeuber, Princeton University)