Semi-archives and interim archives: a history of the National Wages Council in Singapore

• Main Authors: Loh, Kah Seng, Goh, Jeremy
• 其他作者: School of Humanities
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2023
• 主題: Humanities::History::Asia; Social sciences::Economic development::Singapore; Singapore; History; Economics; Archive; Oral History; Wages
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168693
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

The National Wages Council (NWC) was the orchestra of Singapore’s wage policy in the 1970s and 1980s. Our paper explores two key episodes in its history: its formation in February 1972 and its adoption of a high wage policy between 1979 and 1981 as part of Singapore’s economic restructuring. We were...