Discovering Singapore By Chance - A Personal Discovery

Anndy Lian, Jenny Zheng

Maison d'édition: Anndy Lian

Synopsis

When a canceled flight detours an American traveler to Singapore, what begins as a brief stopover evolves into a three-year odyssey of discovery. Blending personal narrative with incisive analysis, Discovering Singapore By Chance peels back the veneer of this enigmatic city-state to reveal the systems, values, and people that transformed a resource-poor island into a global beacon of prosperity, harmony, and innovation.Through intimate encounters, from morning coffee rituals with Chinatown vendors to conversations with policymakers and tech entrepreneurs, the book explores how a nation built on compromise and long-term vision became a masterclass in multiculturalism, urban design, and pragmatic governance.Readers will uncover:
 
A Political Paradox: How Singapore's "soft authoritarianism" fosters stability and efficiency while navigating the tensions between collective progress and individual freedoms.
 
Economic Reinvention: The story of a trading post turned financial hub, where government strategy and private enterprise dance in constant adaptation.
 
Cultural Alchemy: How ethnic diversity thrives not through separation, but through daily, lived integration—from HDB housing policies to hybrid cuisines and multilingual conversations.
 
Urban Innovation: The hidden engineering behind Singapore's seamless infrastructure, green spaces, and "Smart Nation" ambitions.
 
Part travelogue, part societal deep-dive, this book challenges assumptions about what makes a nation successful. As the American visitor transitions from curious tourist to adopted resident, the narrative grapples with Singapore's contradictions: a place both meticulously planned and organically evolving, efficient yet human, globally connected yet fiercely self-defined.For readers fascinated by governance, urbanism, or cross-cultural understanding, Discovering Singapore By Chance offers not just a portrait of a nation, but a lens to reimagine what societies can achieve when pragmatism meets purpose."Singapore is not just a place; it's a state of mind."- Authors, Jenny Zheng & Anndy LianAbout the Authors:Jenny Zheng is a global citizen whose journey, from China to South Korea to Singapore, has shaped her unique lens as an outsider falling unexpectedly in love with Singapore. Her perspective as a newcomer, navigating the city-state’s complexities with fresh eyes, provides the narrative heart of this book. A passionate observer of cultural fusion and human adaptability, Jenny’s storytelling bridges the gap between Singapore’s polished surface and the layered realities that make it a living laboratory of modern society.Anndy Lian is an investor and technology advisor with over two decades of experience at the intersection of finance, governance, and digital transformation. A trusted consultant to listed companies and government leaders, he has witnessed how Singapore is shaped into a global hub for innovation and policy excellence. Born and raised in Singapore, Anndy brings an insider’s perspective to the nation’s political, economic, and social systems, offering readers a nuanced understanding of how Singapore’s “impossible” success was engineered.

Disponible depuis: 03/07/2025.

Longueur d'impression: 304 pages.

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