Manipulation in biography translation : a case study of the peritextual elements of "Tall Order : The Goh Chok Tong Story" by Kuek, Jinhua

“…Through a comparative study of the English and the simplified and traditional Chinese editions of the biography Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story (2018) published in Singapore and Taiwan respectively, we examined how manipulation can affect the peritextual translations of biography and how patronage and ideology can affect the peritextual elements. …”
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Islamic finance in Singapore: legal and regulatory challenges by Zul Kepli, Mohd Yazid

“…As Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong described it, “Singapore cannot be a complete international financial centre, if we do not offer Islamic financial services.” …”
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Of food festivals and branding campaigns : the mapping of Singapore as a diverse food destination by Wong, Claire Kai-I

“…In 1981, acting health minister Goh Chok Tong passed an observation that eating is a national pastime for Singaporeans. …”
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Clash of cultures: the influence of the American culture wars on Westernisation in Singapore by Ho, Jian Kai

“…It analyses the administrations of Singapore’s first two prime ministers, Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong, to track and analyse any distinctions between the leadership styles of the nation-state’s first two prime ministers. …”
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Spatial organization. by Chua, Jeremy Ju Wei.

“…Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong has also voiced his concern saying that the government “faces some serious challenges ahead such as addressing the constraints of space and the limits of an ageing and shrinking citizen population” (Musfirah, 2013). …”
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Singapore by Desker, Barry

“…In a statement at the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the GATT during the Second WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva on May 19, 1998, Goh Chok Tong, Prime Minister of Singapore stated, “The GATT and an open multilateral trading system have enabled nations to compete peacefully without the need to resort to wars in order to carve out trading empires to keep out economic rivals. …”
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An analysis of Singapore’s aware case by James, Kieran, Grant, Bligh, Kwai, Jenny Sim Leung

“…The fact that this upper middle-class demographic traditionally has supported the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) is probably one key reason why the government decided not to intervene in this particular case as part of ‘the more consultative style of government’ first introduced by former PM Goh Chok Tong. The PAP government’s non-intervention in the takeover and recapture is extremely significant given its past record of authoritarian micro-management of dissent and oppositional opinions. …”
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Political leadership in Singapore : transitional reflections amidst the politics of bifurcation by Chong, Alan Chia Siong

“…The first suggests that the prevailing pattern of the PAP’s parliamentary and electoral dominance, while under threat from a mostly disenchanted populace, is potentially resilient, as it had been after the party’s second worst showing in 1991, when the then-untried prime minister Goh Chok Tong attempted to secure a sizable mandate to demonstrate that he could command a level of support comparable to Lee Kuan Yew’s.…”
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Singapore’s discipline through class consciousness : the “cosmopolitan” and “heartlander” in Raffles place ragtime and eating air by Hong, Grace Chu Yu

“…These were terms used in the 1999 National Day Rally Speech made by former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, and has since been academically cited in Singapore class discourse, as well as presented in local media (Chua 11). …”
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