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Full text of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speech to open the new SMU law school building and the Kwa Geok Choo Law Library. He reminised about his mother Mdm Kwa Geok Choo, and his thoughts about the future of the legal profession and how the government can support them.

China's participation in the global economy increases competition, exerts pressure on industry & states, & dictates the tempo of change & restructuring globally, altering the global strategic balance. Especially in Asia, their influence is gigantic. But China must take important corrective steps in support of a global system, as its continued growth requires mutual relationships with other nations, particularly the US, Japan, India, & the EU, & establishment of a fitting architecture for regional & international cooperation. While the most important bilateral relationship for China is the US, within Asia, China's relationship to Japan is most sensitive due to the unresolved legacy of WWII. Although the heterogeneity of Indian society will make India's reform path more difficult, they are more open to a relationship & could be an important regional & international partner for China. ASEAN is the key to multiple architectural structures, around which other multiregional groups can build. It is important that Europe play a greater role in the region as the Asiatic structure slowly takes form, offering mutual success, thereby leading to a more stable & better integrated form of global cooperation, though it must engage Asia beyond export challenges & cultural exchange. L. Reed

"This book is about the art and science of finding solutions to helping families in crisis, and making a real and lasting positive difference in their lives. It is about helping people in need, as well as lessons on adversity, aspiration and action when multiple different stakeholders work together in the helping process. The book is organised into two parts. Part 1 discusses the issues in an unprecedented real-life interim housing project in Singapore that helped families in crisis over several years. Part 2 contains chapters critically reflecting on the experiences and lessons learned from the helping process in this project. Collectively, the chapters in this book address salient questions on helping people in need and implications for building a strong Singapore society."--

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute. The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, as it was then called, was established in 1968 by then Deputy Prime Minister Dr Goh Keng Swee in order to enable the newly independent city-state better understand the region and its complexities. Since its establishment, ISEAS has dedicated itself to researching the political, economic and socio-cultural dynamics and trends in Southeast Asia for policymakers, scholars, and other relevant stakeholders. On 12 August 2015, the Institute was officially renamed ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, in honour of Singapore's first President.