Good Science for Good Governance - Scientific Service in Singapore
By Terry Nettle
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There is good science and there is bad science. Similarly, there is good governance and poor governance.
This book addresses the issue of how good science can contribute to the good governance of a country, and how this makes the stark difference between national success and failure.
Providing good science is the story of the Scientific Service in Singapore. It is a scientific service that is committed to use its full range of scientific expertise to serve the people of Singapore in advancing and resolving all science-related issues of health, safety, and justice.
The book traces the long and interesting history of scientific service in Singapore from 1885 to the present, including the many challenges and successes and the dramatic evolution of the service over the years.
Finally, it addresses the question of how this vital service can develop in the future.
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Good Science for Good Governance - Scientific Service in Singapore - Terry Nettle
Chapter 1. Introduction
THERE IS GOOD SCIENCE and there is bad science. Good science is science that is objective, informative, revealing, factual, accurate, reliable, evidence-based, well-documented and well-researched. On the other hand, bad science is science that has lost its way, and is unreliable and misleading because it is inadequately examined, improperly investigated or based on unverifiable or false data.
Similarly, there is good governance and poor governance. The issue of good governance is an especially important aspect of the proper running of governments all over the world. For a country, it means the difference of success or failure of the nation.
So, how does good science contribute to good governance?
Chapter 2. Good Governance
AROUND THE WORLD, WE can see many well-governed countries as well as many others which are badly governed.
Governments that are well-governed invariably have the benefit of good political leadership, good civil administration, good infrastructure, superior organizational and institutional systems, and well-trained human resources. All this is necessary to govern the country in an effective and efficient manner. The key is to react to the external environment actively and responsibly and base all the important policy decisions on reliable data and good science, and not on dogma and political ideologies.
Typically, a government that is well-governed has a civil service system that serves the people fairly, efficiently and effectively; has an economy that is relatively free from corruption, cumbersome regulations, and discriminatory practices; has created a social environment that advances the welfare, safety and health of the whole population; and has clear and effective rules to use science and technology for continuous improvements and development.
Chapter 3. Good Science in Singapore
PROVIDING GOOD SCIENCE is the story of the Scientific Service in Singapore. It is a Scientific Service that is committed to use its full range of scientific expertise to serve the people of Singapore in advancing and resolving all science-related issues of health, safety, and justice.
From a small chemistry laboratory in a far-flung colonial outpost of the British Empire, set up originally to meet the small colony’s modest food and drugs testing requirements and forensic needs, the Singapore government laboratory has grown into a world-class scientific laboratory, serving the needs of a cosmopolitan population of over five million today.
It played an important role in the improvement of health and safety in Singapore over the course of more than a century. It contributed significantly to the development of the world-class law and order system in Singapore. These roles flow naturally from its legal mandate to use its scientific expertise to carry out scientific tests, investigations, and research on behalf of the various regulatory authorities and other public service organizations in Singapore.
In undertaking these tasks, these scientists of the laboratory, working tirelessly under the equatorial sun, are constantly seeking scientific answers for safety issues of the day, searching for the best scientific solutions to support current regulatory concerns, and researching into critical scientific areas to meet future needs. All this was done to provide the necessary scientific input and support to both the government sector and the private sector to address safety, security and legal concerns of the day. These contributions play an important part in enabling rational and effective problem-solving