Public Service, Law & Politics
Public Service
Alumni Stories: Public Service
Singapore Public Service
The Singapore Public Service employs about 153,000 public officers working in 16 Ministries and
more than 50 Statutory Boards. Within the Public Service is the Civil Service, comprising about
87,000 officers working in the Ministries and Organs of State. The Singapore Public Service has
played a key role in Singapore’s nation-building journey to overcome challenges and make
Singapore a better home for all Singaporeans. If you have the heart for serving your community,
the Public Service may just be for you.
Law
Should I study Law?
Alumni Stories: Law
Book Recommendations: Law
Letters to a Law Student: A Guide to Studying Law at University by Nicholas J. McBride
The book provide advice of what a prospective law student needs to know before embarking on their studies. If you're looking at studying law, this book will give you insights on how to prepare on your journey to becoming a successful law student. Though UK-centric, the book will still be useful if you are looking at Law as a course of choice.
Politics & IR
Book Recommendations: Politics & IR
World Order by Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger offers in World Order a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder. Drawing on his experience as one of the foremost statesmen of the modern era—advising presidents, traveling the world, observing and shaping the central foreign policy events of recent decades—Kissinger now reveals his analysis of the ultimate challenge for the twenty-first century: how to build a shared international order in a world of divergent historical perspectives, violent conflict, proliferating technology, and ideological extremism.
1984 by George Orwell
A man loses his identity while living under a repressive regime. In a story based on George Orwell's classic novel, Winston Smith (John Hurt) is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia (Suzanna Hamilton) provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.