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Partnership and Engagement

Case Studies: Building Communities in Singapore

1 January 2015

Edited by June Gwee

Book cover of Case Studies: Building Communities in Singapore

Publisher: Civil Service College
ISBN: 978-981-09-5818-3 (pbk)
Publication year: 2015

This book contains four case studies on how public agencies design solutions to improve the quality of life for individuals and society by listening, observing and being empathetic to the needs of people. They describe how public officers have been able to think differently, find new paths and build resilient communities.

Contents

  • Authors

  • Foreword
    Jocelyne Bourgon

  • Introduction
    June Gwee

  • Chapter 1: Towards a Society without Re-offending
    Lena Leong

  • Chapter 2: Ageing-in-Place: A Community-Centric Health-Social Programme
    Bernard Ting

  • Chapter 3: Community in Bloom: Creating Space for Community Ownership
    Jeanne Louise Conceicao

  • Chapter 4: A Library by the People, for the People
    June Gwee

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