The Historical Development of Japanese Investment in Singapore 1979-2007

Uqbah Iqbal

Jul 2015 · GRIN Verlag

About this ebook

Scientific Essay from the year 2015 in the subject History - Asia, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, course: History, language: English, abstract: As Asia's most advanced countries in the field of company and could be likened to the countries of Western Europe and the United States, Japan has provided significant investment to Singapore. This is done as soon as the Singapore government decided to expand the corporate sector in the country and making it the backbone of economic development of countries in the early years of the sixties. The opening of Jurong city has led to an increase in Japanese factories and companies that opened in Singapore. Economic relations between Singapore and Japan narrowed and moved in tandem with the development and progress made by Singapore in the field of industry. By January 1977, Japan is the major business partner to Singapore and most foreign countries to invest here, followed by the United States and West Germany.

About the author

Winning Second Place in Malaysian Historical Essay Writing Competition 2013, Dr. Uqbah Iqbal was the recipient of Research University Fellowship Scheme, MyBrain 15 (MyPhD) Postgraduate Scholarship Programme, Graduate on Time Award, Outstanding Student Award, the Youngest Ph.D. in History Holder and the sole Malaysian achieved a Ph.D. in History in conjunction with the 43rd Convocation of the National University of Malaysia. He’s authoring 66 books/ebooks and his 294 articles appeared in international and national journals. He’s joining the editorial board of 85 journals. In the process, he became Chief Editor, Associate Editor, Guest Editor, International Advisory Board, Conference Organizer and Review Committee. He’s also a reviewer for 232 journals and 8 book publishing companies/book websites. Until now, he has published 460 publications as well as rate 1,399 submissions for WEBook and reviewed 1,475 manuscripts and articles for journals and conferences. Through his involvement as a reviewer with the Nonfiction Authors Association, 15 of his reviewed books received Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards. Through his involvement in the academic world from 2016 - present, various organizations recognize his talent, among others are Valuable Author, Editor and Reviewer under Management Journals Category; one of the brilliant and most gifted minds of this century; World Champion candidate in Social Science & Humanities; recipient of Dr.h.c. of Humanity and Candidate for Interview of World’s 500 Most Influential People on Earth in 2018. Currently, there are 118 book companies around the world that are selling his books/ebooks.