Export-Oriented Manufacturing

We have already seen how in the post-1959 battle for political supremacy Lee Kuan Yew’s PAP successfully merged state and Party to the detriment of its political opponents. With the collapse of merger, however, fresh political and economic challenges resulted in a new level of mobilisation and sophistication in the exercise of state power by the PAP. This enabled the PAP to facilitate a swift and decisive turnaround in economic strategy, putting Singapore on an EOI path. Remarkable growth in manufacturing soon followed.