a country’s spending in any given year need not to equal its output of goods and services. A country can spend more money than it produces by borrowing from abroad‚ or it can spend less than it produces and lend the difference to foreigners. Singapore as an Open Economy Quick Facts * Population: * 5.3 million * GDP (PPP): * $314.9 billion * 4.9% growth * 5.7% 5-year compound annual growth * $59‚711 per capita * Unemployment: * 2.0%
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measure of contemplation - an indication of their rational riders being influenced by facts such as the ability to prolong one’s life if early treatment for HIV is sought‚ the benefits of condom usage and where the HIV test can be taken. Due to the limited number of pamphlets printed thus far‚ we foresee that more will be needed for future outreach events. Thus‚ we propose to have part of the budget allocated for this purpose. 2. Printing of Taglines Encouraging Condom Usage on Condom Covers
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In the last decade‚ Singapore had liberalized immigration policies thus a large influx of foreigners. There are several reasons to this decision. Firstly‚ is to keep the citizen population size stable due to declining total fertility rate‚ longer life expectancy and migration. According to AsiaOne news (a Singapore Press Holding portal) dated 24th April 2012‚ the paper stated that Singapore’s ageing population will outstrip births by 2025 if fertility rates remain low. Immigration can help mitigate
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CULTURAL POLICY IN SINGAPORE: NEGOTIATING ECONOMIC AND SOCIO-CULTURAL AGENDAS1 Lily Kong Associate Professor Department of Geography National University of Singapore Kent Ridge Singapore 119260 Email: lilykong@nus.edu.sg Fax: 65-7773091 Geoforum For Special Issue on “Culture‚ Economy‚ Policy” 2000 This paper was written while I was Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Culture‚ Tokyo University. I would like to record thanks to Assoc Prof Tong Chee Kiong for facilitating my
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features of limited companies A limited company is a business that is owned by its shareholders‚ run by directors and most importantly the company liability is limited. Limited liability means the investors cannot held personally liable for the company’s loses. This encourages people to finance the company‚ and/or to set up such a business‚ they know that they can only lose what they put in‚ if the company fails. For people or businesses who have a claim against the company‚ “limited liability”
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Introduction This report will outline Singapore Airlines (SIA) business’ environment to aid in its future strategy formulation and planning. Firstly‚ this report will analyze the business environment of the organization‚ which is to be considered in its strategy formulation. Next this report will explain the process of strategic planning that is to be implemented in SIA. 2.Company background The Company (SIA) was incorporated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Singapore government through Temasek Hldgs
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Employment Outlook and Salary Guide 2011/12 a tool for workforce planning Singapore RECRUITMENT I OUTSOURCING I CONSULTING Contents 4 Executive Overview 6 Introduction 8 Accounting & Finance 11 Banking & Finance 15 Call Centre 16 Engineering & Technical 18 Healthcare & Life Sciences 22 Human Resources 24 Information Technology 26 Office Support 27 Procurement‚ Supply Chain & Logistics 29 Sales‚ Marketing
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Foundations of limited government What is limited government? A limited government is a government that cannot interfere with personal liberties and individual rights much because it is against the law. John Locke Locke believed that humans‚ by nature‚ had the right to protection of life‚ health‚ liberty and possessions. Locke also strongly opposed the divine right of kings--which held that kings held absolute power because they were placed on their throne by God Insisted that the people
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PESTLE ANALYSING FOR SINGAPORE AIRLINE Student name: Xia Zi Wen Course: Advanced Diploma Module: corporate strategy 1.0 Introduction In this essay‚ I am going to analyse the state of the market and prospects for the Singapore airline industry‚ especially on Singapore Airline‚ by using PESTLE tool. 1.1 Background Singapore Airline’s history can be tracked down to 1st May 1947‚ and more new aircraft were added to Singapore Airline (Malaysia-Singapore Airline) in the 1950s to 1960s
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International Business Singapore Culture and Values of Singapore Jake Pimm Fall Semester 2009 INBU 4300-001 Dr. Lymberopoulos Introduction ___________________________________________________ Singapore is a Republic with a mulit-racial population of over 4 million people. It is an attractive place to do business for different reasons such as its considerable international trading‚ an international business center with its large number of multi-national companies‚ and
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