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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Best Western Plus Antel Hotel Vs Holiday Inn Best Western Plus Antel Hotel has a full-service spa‚ an outdoor pool‚ and an indoor pool. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in public areas. Business amenities at this 3-star property include a business center‚ a meeting/conference room‚ and limo/town car service. This family-friendly hotel offers a poolside bar. The staff can provide concierge services‚ wedding services‚ and event catering. Additional amenities include a children’s
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If you were having a conversation with a Keynesian and a Classical economist‚ and the conversation turned to why the economy is experiencing high unemployment and what the government should do about it‚ how would each economist explain unemployment and what policies would each advocate? If I were having a conversation about why the economy is experiencing high unemployment and what the government should do about it‚ with a Keynesian and a Classical economist I think that the economists would explain
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Macro-environmental trends. This portion requires you to discuss and analyse the impact on the industry of the following factors (in case the industry competes in overseas markets‚ your analysis should have a corresponding dimension): · Social‚ cultural‚ demographic and environmental forces; · Political‚ governmental and legal forces; · Technological forces; and · Economic forces. Macro-Environment Definition Major external and uncontrollable factors that
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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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2. Is there democracy in Singapore? What is Democracy? Singapore has been recognized as a representative democratic state since August 1965. However‚ to examine if Singapore is in fact democratic‚ we need to first define the word “democracy” and its parameters. The word originated from M.Fr democratis in the 1570s‚ with ‘demo’ referring to common people and ‘cratie’ to rule of strength. Therefore‚ by definition‚ Singapore can be classified as a democratic country due to the fair elections which
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International industry analysis November 2013 Travel industry Cauchies Christophe About the importance of the travel industry in the economy The travel industry is one of the biggest industries worldwide. Figure 1 shows the total –direct and indirect - contribution of the travel and tourism to the growth in each area of the world. Surprisingly more than 5% of the Asian growth is due to this industry. It represents 3% of the worldwide growth. Around 9% of the global GDP are – from
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CASE PREPARATION : SINGAPORE AIRLINES 1. WHAT IS THE ‘SERVICE CONCEPT’ OF SINGAPORE AIRLINES?Singapore Airlines handles a strategy of Service Excellence which means they have to deliver an outstanding service to their customers all the time and on every aspect of the flying-experience. Furthermore they want to provide this high quality service in a safe‚ reliable and economical way‚ so this excellence also has to be cost-effective. Singapore Airlines understands that to give their customers the
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and over 100 international stores worldwide including Singapore. It launched in 1964 and is considered the first fast fashion brand in the history of fashion. The goal is to produce catwalk trends as fast and cheap as possible. In this report‚ our group conducted a survey about Topshop to find out its target market and the perspective of these target market towards the brand. We basically asked people around school and friends around Singapore to answer this survey. We were able to asked 74 people
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Industry Analysis Future outlook and trends For its outlook‚ BreadTalk planned for the China and regional market and rising food cost. This is the largest challenge for the Bakery business. BreadTalk is going to shorten the supply chain and buying in bulk globally for economies of scale. Shanghai is one of the example that BreadTalk have successfully piloted using frozen dough to arrest rising labour and rental costs while maintaining the quality of our products. This is to encourage that BreadTalk
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