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Assessing Export Platforms: The Case Of Singapore, Kong Weng Ho, Hian Teck Hoon
Assessing Export Platforms: The Case Of Singapore, Kong Weng Ho, Hian Teck Hoon
Research Collection School Of Economics
The aim of this paper is to try to understand how Singapore was generally successful in its export promoting strategy. Historically, Singapore experimented with an import-substituting strategy in the first half of the sixties in anticipation of forming a common market with Malaysia and also briefly after its independence in 1965. The level of protection, however, was relatively low during its import-substituting phase.
Hong Kong And Singapore, Sock Yong Phang
Hong Kong And Singapore, Sock Yong Phang
Research Collection School Of Economics
There are many similarities between Hong Kong and Singapore. They have both enjoyed high rates of economic growth over the past three decades, averaging six percent a year in real terms. The two have become known as “East Asian Tigers,” having made the transition from poverty to newly industrialized economies in a relatively short time. Both started off as British colonies, with British legal and administrative systems, and made their living as trading ports serving their respective regions. Singapore has been an independent republic since 1965; Hong Kong was returned to China on July 1, 1997. While Hong Kong and …