Of Government, Innovation and the Social Sector: An Interview with Ngiam Tong Dow

• Main Author: Ngiam, Tong Dow
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Models and Methods; Policy History, Theory, and Methods; Public Administration; Public Policy; Social Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_research/26; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lien_research/article/1036/viewcontent/Ngiam_Tong_Dow___Of_Government__Innovation___The_Social_Sector.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

With homelessness and unemployment looming large in the 1960s, the pioneer public service team turned the situation around within a span of 10 years. Veteran civil servant Ngiam Tong Dow shares his insights from the days of coming nose-to-nose with social breakdown – a time when creative resourceful...