These 30 speeches and essays by Raymond Lim, former Cabinet minister and founder of The Round Table, are presented in six sections each with a recently written reflective introduction. The sections include not always uncontroversial material, explore society, economy, entrepreneurship, foreign affairs and the Asian Financial Crisis. Index.

1. Lim, Raymond ? Political and social views 2. Singapore ? Social conditions 3. Singapore ? Economic conditions 4. Singapore ? Foreign relations 5. Singapore ? Politics and government ? 21st century