TY - BOOK AU - Jones,Bill TI - The history of chartered surveyors in Singapore: the first hundred years : 1868-1968 SN - 9789811268441 (hbk.) : U1 - 526.9095957 23 PY - 2023/// CY - Singapore PB - World Scientific Publishing KW - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors KW - History KW - Surveyors KW - 19th century KW - Singapore KW - 20th century KW - Surveying KW - QUANTITY SURVEYING KW - SURVEYING PROFESSION N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - 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 ER -