TY - CHAP AB - My interest in public administration as a discipline was sparked by Dr Joseph P.L. Jiang, who was a student of the late Professor Fred W. Riggs at Indiana University, in 1968 when I took his course in public administration during my final year at the Department of Political Science, University of Singapore. I also remember fondly my first meeting with Professor Riggs during the same year when he gave a guest lecture in Dr Jiang's course (Quah, 2008d). I met Fred again many years later at various international conferences but I remember fondly our meetings in Chiangmai in June 1993 and in Honolulu in June 1996. I have also remained in touch with Dr Jiang after his return to Taipei. VL - 19 SN - 978-1-84950-924-4, 978-1-84950-925-1/0732-1317 DO - 10.1108/S0732-1317(2010)0000019005 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0732-1317(2010)0000019005 AU - Quah Jon S.T. ED - Jon S.T. Quah PY - 2010 Y1 - 2010/01/01 TI - Preface T2 - Public Administration Singapore-style T3 - Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - xix EP - xxiii Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -