There is a rich history of achievements by Chartered Surveyors in Singapore going back as far as the 1880s. Their stories have largely gone untold. This book tells the stories of individual Chartered Surveyors in Singapore over the first hundred years since the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors was founded (1868 to 1968) and explains the role they played in the development of Singapore. The book also includes the stories of the pioneer Singaporean Chartered Surveyors from the 1940s onwards, many of whom studied overseas but returned to Singapore where they would play important roles in the real estate industry over future decades.

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Contents:

• Surveying in Pre-Modern and 19th-Century Singapore:
  
  
  
  • Early Singapore and the Role of Surveyors
  
  
  • 1868–1900 — The First Chartered Surveyors in Singapore: Lermit, Chevallier and Coghlan
  
  
  • The Story of Regent Bidwell
  
  
  • The First Eurasian Chartered Surveyors in Singapore
  
  


• The Work of Surveyors in the Early 20th Century:
  
  
  
  • 1900–29: The Story of Other Chartered Surveyors of This Period
  
  
  • Langdon Williams and His Work with the Singapore Improvement Trust
  
  
  • 1930–39: Quantity Surveyors Emerge in Singapore
  
  
  • The Story of Seah Mong Hee, the First Asian Chartered Quantity Surveyor
  
  
  • 1941–46: The War Years and Immediate Aftermath
  
  


• The Work of Surveyors Post-World War II:
  
  
  
  • 1947–51: The Post-War Years
  
  
  • The Road Towards Malayanisation
  
  
  • The Critical Transition Years: 1957 and 1958
  
  
  • The Separation of RICS Malaya and RICS Singapore 1958–61
  
  
  • The Work of Chartered Surveyors in the Singapore Improvement Trust, 1952–59
  
  


• Surveyors in the Pre and Post-Independence Eras:
  
  
  
  • 1959–65: Singapore Independence and the Transition to Local Professional Bodies
  
  
  • RICS President’s Visit to Singapore in 1966
  
  
  • 1966–68: The Immediate Years After Singapore’s Independence
  
  
  • Singapore’s First Female Chartered Surveyor
  
  
  • 1950–68: Local Education and the Influence of Chartered Surveyors
  
  
  • John Aspinall and His Role in Singapore’s Post-War Property Tax System
  
  
  • Individual Stories from the 1960s
  
  

Readership: Chartered Surveyors and readers with an interest in the history of Singapore and its built environment.