carriages) as the main mode of cheap transport in Singapore.[2] A comprehensive study of the “rickshaw” in 1921 Singapore necessarily examines rickshaws as a mode of transport‚ as well as an avenue to gain insights into the lives of rickshaw pullers. In the latter sense‚ rickshaws serve to bring the lives of the common people into sharper contrast‚ creating a social history of sorts. This essay will first analyse rickshaws as a transport form in 1921 Singapore‚ before proceeding to the individual pullers
Premium Rickshaw Opium The Straits Times
"Given the limited land available in Singapore‚ is it wise to set aside some areas as nature reserves?" Singapore‚ officially known as Republic of Singapore is a beautiful country in Southeast Asia. It comprises of 63 islands and the main island is known as the Singapore Island or Pulau Ujong in Malay. The territories of the country are expanding rapidly through land reclamation. The land reclamation process have increased its land area from 581.5 km2 in the 1960s to 718.3 km2 presently. After
Premium Singapore Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Bukit Timah
An Airbus A380 plane operated by Singapore Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing in Azerbaijan due to loss of cabin pressure. The plane was flying from London to Singapore and had 467 passengers and 27 crew members on board. The airline said that oxygen masks were deployed and the aircraft landed "uneventfully" at the Baku airport. It said that none of the passengers or crew was injured and that it was investigating what caused the problem. Nathan Phelps‚ an electrical supervisor from
Premium Singapore Airlines Airline Qantas
In The Economist’s “Sell Foam like Soap” publication‚ the beer industry and its symbiotic ties to advertising are highlighted and explained in a fashion that relates well to our economic study of the industry. The market structure of the beer industry has led to an effect of high seller concentration that leads our study to the importance of factors such as advertising and product differentiation. In “Sell Foam like Soap‚” the author highlights the issue of slumping sales and the major breweries’
Premium Economics Beer Costs
Colonialism in Singapore Asian Studies Grade 9 Singapore was colonized for quite a lot of years‚ from around 1819 until 1965. The British‚ Japan and Malaya colonized Singapore during 1819 to 1965. The British colonized Singapore from 1819 till 1963. But during these 144 years‚ Japan also colonized Singapore and colonized them for 3 years‚ in 1942 till 1945 during the World War II. The British only fully colonized Singapore in 1824. In that time the British did colonize Singapore. They
Premium World War II Singapore Colonialism
Introduction Singapore Airlines (SIA) was created in 1972 and was fully state owned. The company expanded rapidly‚ and with a strategy of concentrating on customer needs by providing exceptional in-flight service‚ the airline quickly became a noteworthy competitor in the market. During its formative period in the 1970s‚ SIA developed all the hallmarks that made it one of the most successful and consistently profitable airlines in the world. Through a constant investment in personnel skills and
Premium Singapore Airlines Airline Customer
revises material from Kwa Chong Guan‚ "From Temasik to Singapore: Locating a Global City State in the Cycles of Melaka Straits History" in Miksic‚ John & Low‚ Cheryl-Ann (eds) Early Singapore 1300s to 1819: Evidence in Maps‚ Texts and Artefacts p125-139‚ De Coutre’s Proposal for a fort on Singapore and Sentosa‚ c.1625 (A/Prof Peter Borschberg’s website at www.borschberg.sg)‚ and Kwa Chong Guan‚ Derek Heng and Tan Tai Yong (2009) Singapore: A 700-Year History‚ From Early Emporium to World City
Premium Global city Singapore City
The Singapore Culture Terri Swayzer Ashford University Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 101 Christina Winn May 16‚ 2011 The Singapore Culture Singapore is a harmonious society‚ where diversity is dominant throughout the entire island. The elders of Singapore have interacted with different races for generations. There is a mixture of Malay‚ Chinese‚ Indians and Europeans all living within their own culture and calling themselves Singaporeans regardless of their race. Each
Premium Singapore Ethnic groups Family
--------------- | 11 | B: COE Prices in Singapore (Open Category 2012)------------------------------------------ | 13 | C: Asia Pacific Carbon Emission per Capita--------------------------------------------------- | 14 | D: Singapore Carbon Dioxide Emissions from 1990 to 2007----------------------------- | 15 | E: Contributors of CO2 by sectors--------------------------------------------------------------- | 16 | F: Car Population in Singapore-------------------------------------------------------------------
Premium Emission standard Automobile Carbon dioxide
As Singapore is a small and relatively modern amalgam of Chinese‚ Malay‚ Indian and European immigrants‚ the culture of Singapore expresses the diversity of the population as the various ethnic groups continue to celebrate their own cultures while they intermingle with one another. For example‚ one can find a Malay wedding taking place beside a Chinese funeral. Singapore has achieved a significant degree of cultural diffusion with its unique combination of these ethnic groups‚ and has given Singapore
Free Malaysia Singapore