Publications

Cheung, Paul, Ammu George and Xuyao Zhang (Eds.). (2023). Foreign Direct Investments in Selected Emerging Asian Economies: An Evaluation of Pandemic and Policy Shocks (1st ed.). Routledge, 2023

The ASEAN Digital Economy, edited by Paul Cheung and Xie Taojun, Routledge, 2023

Pandemic Arbitrage in Foreign Direct Investments: A Perspective on the Modes of Entry. Applied Economics Letters, pp.1-6, 2022

CPTPP four years on: Unlocking its full value. The Business Times, pg 13, Oct 19, 2022

Singapore must act decisively to safeguard energy security. The Business Times, pg 16, Apr 27, 2022

India’s FDI Restrictions on Bordering Economies: Implications on China’s Greenfield FDI to Emerging Market Economies. ACI Working Papers Series #17-2022

Challenges of Modernizing National Statistical Institutions, Journal of Statistical Research (in Chinese), 35 (8), 3-10, 2018

Contributed chapters on the report to Malaysia government on its National Data Policy and Infrastructure, 2017

Myanmar National Strategy for Statistical Development. Report submitted to Myanmar Ministry of Planning and Central Statistical Organization, 2016.

Advancing Global Statistical and Geospatial Information: Contributions of the United Nations and Singapore. In Tommy Koh, Li Lin Chang, Joanna Koh (eds), Fifty Years of Singapore and the United Nations, pp.255-260, 2015. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing.

Fertility Trends in Asia: Prospect and Implications of Very Low Fertility. In Stella R. Quah (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia, pp. 138-149, 2015. New York: Routledge.

National Statisticians Embracing Location-Based Information. ArcNews, Spring 2015, Vol 37(1), p.12. New York: Esri.

Is Life Getting Better in Singapore?: Issues on Social Inequality. In Faizal Bin Yahya (ed.), Inequality in Singapore, pp. 1-11, 2015. Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies.

Reflections on Singapore’s Demographic Future. Commentary, Vol 23, pp. 43-50. Singapore: National University of Singapore Society. Reprinted by The Business Times, 23 January 2014.

Income Growth and Distribution in Singapore: Issues and Challenges. In Soon Hock Kang & Chan-Hoong Leong (eds.), Singapore Perspectives 2012, pp. 7 -22. Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies.

The Millennium Development Goals Report. Report prepared for the General Assembly of the United Nations. Published by the United Nations annually, 2004-10.

The Evolution of National Statistical Systems: What Lessons Can We Learn?. Statistics, No.2, 2008, pp. 9-15. Tokyo: Japan Statistical Association (in Japanese translated from English).

(As special editor of an issue on Evolution of National Statistical Systems) Introduction. Journal of the International Association for Official Statistics, Vol 24, pp. 3-4, 2007. The Netherlands: IOS Press.

Millennium Development Goals: Measuring and Monitoring Global Progress, in OECD, Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, pp. 373-384, published by the OECD, Paris, 2005.

Twin Births in Singapore: A Population-Based Study Using the National Birth Registry. Published in Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore, Vol 33 No. 2, Mar 2004, pp. 195-199. (with Prof Chia Kee Seng, Prof Jeannette Jen-Mai Lee, Mr Kwok-Hang Cheung, Dr Mark Seielstad, Dr Molly Montgomery Wilcox, Mr Edison Tak-Bun Liu).

The International Comparison Program: Past Experiences and Future Challenges – The Singapore Case. Paper presented at the 2003 Colloquium on Purchasing Power Parity for International Comparison Program, Taipei, Taiwan, 26 Sep 2003. Published in Proceeding Report.

Stability and Change: Singapore Society in Transition. Paper presented at the National University of Singapore Society’s Census 2000 Forum, 6 Apr 2001. Published in NUSS Newsletter, The Graduate, June 2001, pp. 12-13, Singapore.

Two Statistical Challenges for the Future at the SIAP 30th Anniversary and Seminar on "Evolution of Official Statistics and Its Impact on Management and Training in National Statistical Offices", Tokyo, Japan, 28 August 2000. Published in SIAP’s 30th Anniversary booklet, 2001, pp. 24-26.

Challenges and Lessons of a National Policy on Data Protection in the Field of Statistics. Paper presented at the Independent Conference in the International Association of Official Statistics (IAOS) on Statistics, Development and Human Rights, Montreux, Switzerland, 4 8 September 2000. Published in Statistics Singapore Newsletter, October 2000, pp. 1–9 by Singapore Department of Statistics.

A Guide to Singapore Official Statistics. Singapore: Department of Statistics. pp. 142. ISBN: 9971-88-711-8, 1999.

Enhancing Regional Co-operation: The Singapore Perspective. Paper presented at the International Statistical Forum, Taejon, Korea, 16-18 Sep 99. Published in Advancing Statistics for the Next Millennium, International Statistical Forum, 16-18 Sep 99 by National Statistical Office, Republic of Korea, 1999.10, pp. 392-398.

Development in Official Statistics and Challenges for Statistics Education. Keynote Address presented on 22 June 1998 at the IASE 5th International Conference on Teaching of Statistics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 21-26 June 1998. Published in Statistics Singapore Newsletter, July 1998, pp. 1–8 by Singapore Department of Statistics.

Population Problems and Policy in Singapore. Report on Singapore for Monograph by The Asian Population & Development Association, Tokyo, Japan. Published in Comparative Study of Population Policies in Asia – Focus on Eight Asian Countries, pp. 155–171, 1998.

Needs and Challenges of New Demography. Published by the Centre for Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore, in the book "Singapore As A Developed Country" and presented at the conference in Singapore, 22-24 October 1997. Chapter 9, pp. 194-209. Edited by Linda Low.

Aging Situation and Its Problems in Singapore. Presented at Waseda University International Symposium on Aging People in Transition : A Comparative Study of Asian Countries, 14-15 Nov 96, Tokyo, Japan. Changing Society and Quality of Life Project. Published in Japanese by the Japan Aging Research Centre, Tokyo, Japan in the magazine "AGING", June 1997 Issue, Issue 15 No. 1 (96), pp. 44-49. Also published in Aging People in Transition. Papers of International Symposium on a Comparative Study of Three Cases in Asia: Korea, Taiwan and Japan. Advanced Research Center for Human Sciences, Waseda University. Part 2 Chapter 4, pp. 217-230. 1997. (with Leng Leng Thang).

Non-Governmental Responses to Ageing Issues. Published in United Nations ESCAP Asian Population Studies Series No. 141. Added Years of Life in Asia, Current Situation and Future Challenges, Thailand. Chapter 7, pp. 167-177. 1996.

The Ageing Population. Published in Geriatric Medicine for Singapore by Singapore Gerontological Society. Chapter 1, pp. 3-10. Edited by Dr Chan Kin Ming, Dr Yap Keng Bee, Dr Wong Seet Fun. Armour Academics. 4 May 1996. (Launched). 1996.

Planning Within Limits: Population Policy and Sustainable Population Growth. Published in Institute of Policy Studies' Book and Conference on Environment and the City : Sharing Singapore's Experience and Future Challenges, 8 Sep 94, Singapore. Chapter 3, pp. 100 108. Edited by Ooi Giok Ling. Times Academic Press, 1995

Planning for the Elderly in Singapore. Published in The Ageing of Asian Populations" by UN Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis. Proceedings of the United Nations Round Table on the Ageing of Asian Populations, Bangkok, 4-6 May 1992. New York, 1994, pp 112-117.

Statistics Singapore, An Official Guide. Singapore: Department of Statistics. 161, pp. ISBN: 9971-914-62-X.

Educational Development and Manpower Planning in Singapore. Educational Journal, Special Issue: Education and Development in the Asian Pacific Rim, Vol 21 No. 2 and Vol 22 No. 1, June 1994, pp. 185 195 by Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Population Ageing in Singapore. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, Vol 3 No. (2), Jul 1993, p 77-89. Gerontological Social Work in Asia Pacific. National University of Singapore, Department of Social Work & Psychology. Times Academic Press.

Singapore's Development on GIS Technology in Report on the 15th Population Census Conference, 16 20 Aug 93, Seoul, Korea. 1993, pp. 295-307.

Land Use and Land Cover Change, in International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Global Change Report No. 22 on the Report from the START Regional Meeting for Southeast Asia, Stockholm, 1992, pp. 51-53. (with Richard H Moss).

Ageing Population in Singapore: A Case Study. Published in Ageing in East and South-East Asia (Research Studies in Gerontology) by Edward Arnold, edited by David R Phillips. London: Hodder, pp. 77-104. (with S Vasoo), 1992.

The Development of Private Philanthropy in Singapore: An Overview in Organized Private Philanthropy in East and Southeast Asia, published by East Asian Institute of Columbia University, N Y, 1992.

The Development of Private Philanthropy in Singapore. Published in Private Philanthropy: An International Perspective, edited by K McCathy, Jossey-Boss, USA, pp. 454-465, 1992.

Disadvantaged and Mainstream Families: Who Are They? Presented at the Plenary Session on Services for Disadvantaged Families and Children of the Conference of Social Services: The Next Lap, National Productivity Board, 21 June 1991. Commentary paper in Social Services: The Next Lap, edited by Yap Mui Teng. Times Academic Press, pp. 82-86. Singapore.

Summary of Census Findings in Institute of Policy Studies Report No.4 on the Forum on the Census of Population, 1990, 27 July 1991, edited by Yap Mui Teng. Sep 91, p 3-11. Singapore.

Social Support Network for the Elderly in a High-rise Public Housing Estate in Singapore in Social Services and Ageing Policies in the USA and Asia, edited by H Sheppard. UOF Press. Chapter 15, pp. 305-340. Tampa, Florida: International Exchange Center on Gerontology, Aug 91. Paper presented at Asia-US Conference on Social Services and Aging Policies, Aug 8-11, 1988, Pensacola, Florida, USA

Micro-Consequences of Low Fertility in Singapore. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, United Nations, Vol. 5, No. 4, Dec 1990, pp. 5:35-46.

Urbanization: Its Impact on Asian Society. Mirror, MCI, Feb 1, pp. 4-6, 1990.

The Development of Private Philanthropy in Singapore in 1990 Spring Research Forum: Working Papers. Proceedings of a conference organized by Independent Sector. Washington, D.C.: Independent Sector, pp. 649-650.

Economic Development and Social Change in Asia in State of the Pacific Basin: Economic, Political and Socio-Cultural Dimensions. Maui, Hawaii: Kapalua Pacific Center, 1990.

Industrialization and Population Change in Singapore in Industrial East Asia: Tasks and Challenges. Proceedings of the 5th Asian Regional Conference of Sociology. Seoul: Korean Sociological Association, pp. 436-448, 1989.

Beyond Demographic Transition: Industrialization and Population Change in Singapore. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, United Nations, Vol. 4, No. 1, Mar 1989, pp. 4:35-48.

Recent Changes in Population Policies: Malaysia and Singapore. Paper invited for the IUSSP XXIst General Conference. Published in International Population Conference, New Delhi, 1989. Leige, Belgium: IUSSP.

Planning for the Elderly in Development. In Studies on the Integration of the Aging in Development: Legislation, Social Security, and Social Services. Published by ESCAP, United Nations, 1989, pp. 161-186.

The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Growing Old in Asia in B. Silverstone (ed.), Aging in Tomorrow's World. Washington: Gerontological Society of America. Paper presented at Presidential Symposium, "Aging in Tomorrow's World", Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Nov 22 1989, San Francisco, USA

Singapore Manpower Needs for 1990-2030. The MDC Review, SIA, Vol 1(1), Jan, 1989.

Rates of Courtship and First Marriage in Thailand. Population Studies, 42 (1988), 375-388, Nov 1988. (With Mark Montgomery and Donna Sulak)

Population Changes: What Impact on Future Singaporean Workforce?. Management (SIM), Nov 1988.

The Elderly in Singapore. Singapore: ASEAN Population Program. (With Chen Ai Ju) ISBN: 981-00-0709-4, 1988.

Trends in the Effects of Family Background on Educational Attainment in the Philippines. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 91(6): 1387-1408. (with Herbert Smith), 1986.

Demographic and Social Development in ASEAN: Taking Stock for the Morrow. Paper presented at the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Conference organised by the East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct 29 - Nov 1, 1985. Published in Linda Martin (ed.), The ASEAN Success Story, pp 17-36. Honolulu : East West Center, 1987 (with Aline K. Wong)

Cultural Variations in the Transition to Marriage in Four Asian Countries, Paper presented at the 1985 General Conference of The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Florence, Italy 5-12 June, 1985. Reprinted in International Population Conference, Florence 1985. Vol. 3. pp 293-308. Leige, Belgium: IUSSP. (with J Cabigon, A Chamratrithirong, P Mcdonald, S Syed A Cherlin and P Smith)

The Juvenile Court as a People Processing Organisation: Organisational Determinants of Case Processing Patterns. American Journal of Sociology Vol. 90 (No. 4), p. 801-824 (with Yeheskel Hasenfeld), 1985.

Early Life Event and the Transition to marriage in Thailand: An Event History Analysis of Marriage Process, in Perspectives on The Thai Marriage. Edited by Apichat Chamratrithirong. Bangkok: Mahidol University Institute for Population and Social Research, 1984.

Measuring Marital Discord in Social Work Practice: a Revalidation of the Index of Marital Satisfaction. Journal of Social Service Research 5(1): 101-119 (with Walter W. Hudson), 1982.

Social Origins and Sex-Differential Schooling in the Philippines, in Education of Women in the Third World: Comparative Perspectives, edited by G Kelly and C Elliot, Pp 51-67, United States: State University of New York Press. 1982. (with P Smith)

Social Origins and Sex-Differential Schooling in the Philippines. Comparative Education Review 25(1): 28-44. Reprinted in G. Kely and C. Elliot (eds.), Education of Women in the Third World. Buffalo: State University of New York Press, 1982 (with Peter C. Smith).

Logistic Regression Models with continuous Independent Variables: A Comment on Swafford. American Sociological Review 46 (Dec): 946-949 (with Herbert L. Smith), 1981.

Marital and Sexual Discord Among Older Couples. Journal of Social Work Research and Abstract 16(1): 11-16 (with J. Murphy and W. Hudson), 1980.