Japanese Interests to Singapore during Lee Kuan Yew Era

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject History - Basics, National University of Malaysia, course: History, language: English, abstract: On 17 June 1973, the new Singapore ambassador to Japan, Wee Mon Cheng expressed his hope to encourage the Japanese people to invest and divert their modern technology to Singapore. He will also encourage the Japanese people to buy light company goods made in Singapore. In January 1975, Singapore''s ambassador to Japan, Cheng Wee Moon described the year 1975 as an important year for Japanese investors to invest in Singapore. The worldwide economic downturn brings new opportunities for the development and restructuring of companies in Singapore. With that the Japanese businessmen and companies should take this opportunity to develop together a strong company for mutual benefits. They should be prepared to feel the benefit when world economic activity and opportunities in the Southeast Asian region live again. The world market scenario has caused many workers in Singapore discharged from factories that use a lot of labor, such as electronics, timber and garments which takes half of Singapore''s labor force. Because they are young, they have become a useful source of labor and can be trained by new factories.


Dr. Uqbah bin Dr. Muhammad Iqbal is a Researcher at School of History, Politics and Strategy, the National University of Malaysia. He was born in the United States of America and now lived in Malaysia. He was the recipient of Graduate on Time Award and Outstanding Student Award from Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities as well as the Youngest Ph.D. in History Holder and the only Malaysian achieved a Ph.D. in History in conjunction with the 43rd Convocation of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He's authoring 20 books and 52 ebooks such as The Historical Development of the Malay Nationalism Before Independence, The Historical Development of the Malay Society Economic Nature During Pre-Colonial Era, The Historical Development of British Investment in Malaya Before the Second World War and The Historical Development of Foreign Investment in the Formation of the Malaysian Economy. His papers appeared in 23 international and national journals such as TAWARIKH, SUSURGALUR, Management and Administrative Sciences Review, Social and Basic Sciences Research Review, Jurnal Kemanusiaan, Jurnal Sejarah, Jurnal Pengajian Melayu, Jebat, International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences, Asian Social Science and Geografia. He's joining the editorial board of 52 journals such as Asian Social Science, International Journal of Management Research and Social Science, International Journal of Art and Literature, International Journal of Archaeology and History, American Journal of Social Sciences, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, History Research and Pratidhwani the Eco. He became a reviewer for 128 journals and 10 book publishing companies and book websites. Until now, he has published 120 publications. Through his involvement as a reviewer with the Nonfiction Authors Association, 2 of his reviewed books received Gold Award and Silver Award in the Nonfiction Book Awards.