Loh Kah Seng – Albert Winsemius, Adviser Extraordinaire Part 1 | Chronicles of Old Singapore

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Albert Winsemius was Singapore’s most successful foreign expert, advising the government on economic policy for twenty years. I look at his first contribution to Singapore in 1960-61, explaining why he succeeded when so many experts failed. His main then was to convince the government that Singapore could pivot from entrepot trade to secondary industry against a backdrop of political, economic and social troubles.Part 1 | https://youtu.be/hE4GDHUNWMM Part 2 | https://youtu.be/s65-wpq0dfo 00:00 Introduction01:44 More Than a Lane?05:21 Failure of Foreign Experts07:28 Questions of Strategy & Markets14:17 Human & Political Dimensions20:43 Winsemius was No. 1125:24 Singapore’s Self-Belief 30:20 Private Vs. State Capital33:43 Winsemius’ Economic Influence34:35 The Common Market35:15 Independence & PulloutLoh Kah Seng, ‘Albert Winsemius and the Transnational Origins of High Modernist Governance in Singapore’, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-1556-5_4 Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. This is Dr Loh KS, the people’s historian, and I speak to people on their memories of Singapore before it became a global city. Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.Write to [email protected] if you have any of these stories:• Old places or kampongs.• Communities – their way of life & culture.• Childhood & schools.• Work or business.YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@ChroniclesOldSG Spotify | https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/loh-ks Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/61551786759344 Patreon | https://www.patreon.com/ChroniclesofOldSingapore