How did Singapore overcome its security challenges? Flashcards
1
Q
How did Singapore overcome its security challenges?
A
-introduce NS
-Home-grown Defence Industry.
-diplomatic ties with different countries.
2
Q
NS
A
introduced ns.
initial resistance to National Service, gradually however, NS became an accepted way of life.
3
Q
Home-grown Defence Industry.
A
1967, Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS) was established to produce ammunition and weapons
4
Q
grew bilateral relations with other counties
A
influential countries such as the US and China, as well as countries with which it had tension with, such as Indonesia.
5
Q
Singapore joined regional and international organizations
A
117th member of the United Nations in September 1965
became a founding member of ASEAN in 1967