Introduction The culture of Singapore has evolved down the years since the island country itself represents a wonderful blend of cultures as diverse as Malay‚ Chinese‚ Indian‚ and European. Naturally‚ Singapore‚ which was once a fishing village under the British Empire‚ is a composite and cohesive portrait of various cultures. Content Part 1 (Appendix) In Singapore‚ a lot of people have more interest in the heritage over the years. The traditional stuffs become
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infant and might cause mental retardation to the infant. The cosmetic acknowledge the existence of the lead in lipsticks‚ but since there were no enforcements from the FDA‚ most companies chose to ignore and continue to sell the contaminated products and a way to solve this problem is for consumers to have the awareness of this issue and being more careful when choosing their lipsticks. Safer Cosmetics: Use Of Lead In Lipsticks Cosmetics‚ a necessity in many people’s lives‚ are associated with beauty
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brief overview of the Malays in Singapore and thereafter the progress that they have made as an ethnic group and their gender equality. In pre-colonial Singapore‚ the Malays are the indigenous people living on the island. It is also essential to lend credit to Sang Nila Utama who renamed the island of Temasek to ‘Singapura’ which consists of a combination of two Malay words; Singa meaning ‘lion’ and ‘pura’ meaning temple. As the British came and established Singapore as a trading port‚ large numbers
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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
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of high-tech industry in Hong Kong and Singapore Hong Kong and Singapore are two metropolises that sharing uncountable similarities on many aspects. Both are small and densely populous city-stated located in East Asia‚ having similar development path and history‚ lacking natural resources‚ being praised as one of the Asian Tigers and the freest economies in the world‚ sharing similar advantages on several fields. Because of the combination of broad similarity‚ Hong Kong and Singapore are often compared
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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