Over sessions which lasted two to three hours each time, every week for half a year, George Yeo met and mused over a wide range of topics with writer Woon Tai Ho and research assistant Keith Yap. Speaking from notes, he began with himself and his hope for Singapore, and then spanned over a wide range of subjects — from the importance of human diversity and Singapore's reflection within itself of the world, to history, politics, economics, philosophy, taijigong and religion. He gives his views on India, China, ASEAN, Europe, the US and other parts of the world, and how Singapore's history and destiny are connected to all of them. The style is conversational and anecdotal.

George Yeo: Musings is exactly that — musings. Some themes recur throughout the book which reflect his view of life. But there is no grand theory. He does not expect all of his reflections to be of interest to everyone, but he hopes that everyone will find something of interest.

This is the first of a three-part series.

Contents:

• Foreword


• Acknowledgements


• Introduction


• Identity


• Early Formation


• Big Singapore


• Reflecting the World's Diversity


• The Eurasian Prawn Paste


• Passages to India


• India and Singapore


• On the Nalanda Trail


• Revival of Nalanda after 800 Years


• The Homogeneity of China


• The People's Republic


• Singapore's Chineseness


• Chinese Education


• Managing Singapore's Political Relations with China


• Singapore's Economic and Cultural Relations with China


• Love China, Love Hong Kong


• Wukong and the Monk


• Index

Readership: Readers from Singapore, China, India and Southeast Asia who are interested in George Yeo's perspective on history, politics, economics, philosophy, and other related topics.

Key Features:

• Tells George Yeo's story in a casual format


• Includes personal anecdotes from his childhood, his hobbies, and talks about his schizophrenic eldest brother for the first time


• Includes George Yeo's thoughts on his parents, on suffering and God, and his latest insights about China, India, Southeast Asia, China, Europe and the US