With the world’s freest economies and an international modern city-state, is not just a dot in map of the world economy (Guide to Singapore Work Culture for Newcomers 2009, April 1). Along with that, many cultures and customs make Singapore one of the more unique places to do business. With low levels of corruption along with being one of the biggest trade ports in Asia, business can be done quite easy and successfully there. A trip to Singapore would be ideal for anyone in the business world for many…
1. Singapore has been affected by economic uncertainty around the world, but prices and currency remained relatively stable. It is a high tech hub attracting more pharmaceutical and medical technology producers from across the globe.…
Investing in basic infrastructure - Government-owned companies -Jurong Township Corporation (JTC) o Tax incentive o Efficient bureaucracy o Educated labor workforce o Promoted international trade by - Removed tariffs and invested in port infrastructure - Established a network of FTAs with main trade partners - Exchange rate-centered policy Provided basic social needs for Singaporean…
Major industries include automobiles, cement, chemicals, consumer electronics, food processing, machinery, mining, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, steel, transportation equipment, and textiles.…
Main Industry * Tea export * Tourism * Apparel * Textile * Rice Production * Clothing Creation * Rubber * Gem mining * Overseas Employment…
Singapore was an important trading center and port as early as the seventh century. By the…
Economic Stability – The Singapore Government was able to develop a stable economy that was key to supporting long-term investment from both internal and international sources. This was done through their strict controls on their monetary policies as well as by actively managing their unemployment rates.…
Singapore is a small, heavily urbanized, island city-state in Southeast Asia. It is located at the southern tip of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia. Singapore has a total land area of 778 km² and 193 km of coastline. It is separated from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait and from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor.…
Singapore is an open economy with high trade to GDP ratio of 2.3 times (GDP 2011 was $326B, whereas total trade value in 2009 was $747.15B) and is exposed to many external factors, especially economic development in a main export market. Our main trading partners are: Malaysia China Euro zone USA Indonesia – 11.9% – 10.4% – 11.1% – 6.5% – 9.4%…
Singapore and Hong Kong started both from labor-intensive industries in the 1950s and achieved the capital accumulation. But limited natural resources and scarce supply of labor signified the maturity this development model. As a result, Singapore government pushed corporates to transform towards higher value-added service using his exclusive positions on Malacca Strait, the government took advantages of energy transportations and rolled our wage correction policy to induce efficient use of labors in the 1960s. Key industries in this period were oil refining, oil exploration equipment manufacturing, shipbuilding, electrical manufacturing, precision instrument engineering. By the late 1970s, Singapore's refining industry accounted for more than 30% of the manufacturing output and has become one of the world's three major refining centers. During this period, Singapore successfully achieved industrial development and the economy structures started shifting towards capital-intensive industries. Entering 1990s, Singapore just recovered from the first recession caused by weak demand and fundamental economic problems…
Presently countries are to share mutual strengths and overcome mutual weaknesses through combined efforts. As a result, countries are coming closer through various trade agreements like regional free trade agreements, bilateral free trade agreement even through cross-regional free trade agreements. Geographical distance is not an issue to act as a barrier today. ITC facilitates one touch connection between two cross-regional business interests. Signing bilateral free trade agreement is not only creating the condition for closer relations among the nations but also providing a common platform to act in a united fashion in other multilateral platforms like, multilateral trade negotiation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and even in the global political arena under the UN. On the other hand, executing bilateral free trade agreement is comparatively easier than the regional or multilateral ones. Singapore is one of the countries that took these advantages. Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. The population of Singapore on October 22nd 2010 is approximately 5,024,650 (http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/population) with the ethnic groups percentage of 74.1% Chinese, 13.4% Malay, 9.2% Indian and 3.3% other ethnics. The key issues that will be discussed are on the beneficial of bilateral free trade on Singapore and the example agreement will be taken from two countries; Japan and USA. A bilateral free trade has been agreed with Japan in early 2001; so that the reduction on tariff on a mutual recognition of national standards for Japanese bulk that need to be exported to Singapore such as machinery and equipment, business and financial services, chemical and mineral product. In the other hand, Singapore exports to Japan are concentrated in the service sector such as customs automation, electronic commerce & services trade. On customs automation, the concentration will be on the reduction of customs cost on…
Political – Compare with other countries in the world, Singapore have a high stability, integrity, and high efficiency government. Therefore, it creates a reliable and safety image to the investors or businessmen all over the world. Plus, the Singapore government keep paying high attention on attract investors and businessmen…
There has always been prejudice in the world. Everyone has had experience with prejudice at some point in their lives. Some, sadly to say, have had more experience with prejudice and worse experiences with it. Some people live in a life full of prejudice that is far beyond name calling and mental bullying. Some people have the unfortunate experiences dealing with a harsh physical abuse as well. In “Priscilla the Cambodian” a short story in Sightseeing written by Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Priscilla and her family represent some of the prejudice that occurs all over the world. This passage shows just how violent and insensitive people can be towards people who are not their own. It’s a deep, intriguing passage in the story that is important and has a lot of meaning; that without it, this story would not be complete.…
Singapore was unique from the other similar yet distinct ports in the region and was in a sense created rather than…
The island of Singapore is not big; In fact, it's a tiny spot on the map wedged between Malaysia and Indonesia. Just over four million people live here.…