outline Topic: The history of Singapore Introduction While some people may know Singapore as a food paradise‚ shopping heaven or “jewel in Formula One’s crown” in Mr Bernie Ecclestone’s own words‚ not many people know how Singapore came about and how it has transformed to what it is today. So today‚ I will bring you down Singapore’s memory lane‚ starting with 1. Discovery; 2. Modernization & 3. Independence. Body To start off‚ I will touch on the discovery of Singapore. The city was first known
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model). 1.1 Political Factors Announced by BBC News‚ Singapore is ranked at the top as the “Easiest Country to Start a Business” and “World’s Top 20 Most Globalized Nations". One of the main reasons is because of Singapore’s strategic location is at the heart of ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations). This enables the business to be access up to 8 billion people within a seven-hour flight radius. Other than that Singapore has signed a free trade agreement with many of the world leading
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The Impact of Tourism on Economy of Singapore Introduction Located in the southern tip of Malay Peninsula‚ Singapore is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. By 2012‚ the population of the country was 5.3 million‚ composed by 62 percent citizens and 38 percent permanent residents or foreigners. As a small country with limited resources‚ it is strategized to develop itself as a trading-based and tourism-based country. In 2013‚ there were 15.6 million tourists visited the country
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95/20=4.75 $4.75 mil b. Singapore Airlines Depreciation Method Depreciation Method Salvage Value For every $100 mil Depreciated Annual Depreciation Prior to 1989 Straight-line‚ 8 years 10%=$10 100-(.1*100)=90 90/8=11.25 $9 mil After 1989 Straight-line‚ 10 years 20%=$20 100-(.2*100)=80 80/10=8 $6 mil 2. Both use a straight line depreciation method to depreciate the value of the fleet on the Balance Sheet. However‚ as noted in the computations above‚ Singapore depreciates the value of its
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non-personal blogs include forums which concentrates on diverse topics and issues‚ and commercial Blogs that are used to advertise products and services. For the purpose of this paper‚ only personal blogs and blog forums will be explored. Blogging in Singapore has become a phenomenon and its pervasiveness across all ages in our society is evident with popular local Blogs like Mr Brown and Xiaxue having the two highest votes for the Best Asian Blog Award 2005 (The Weblog Award‚ 2005). However‚ the increasing
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Criminal Law – 6 August Reasonableness‚ continued Options for SA law approach to negligence: 1) Purely subjective assessment of negligence supported by JC De Wet; 2) Cultural defences – but these are based on labelling people and assuming all people with the label are the same; 3) Objective test of reasonableness with subjective factors; 4) Incorporating subjective factors into the capacity. Any argument on the basis of capacity have to contend with the Eadie judgment‚ need to see
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Discussion Q’s Why might the companies be using different depreciation methods? Average age of Delta’s aircraft = 8.8yrs; Average age of Sing Aircraft = 5.1yrs. The useful life of an airplane may be much less for Singapore since one of their competitive advantages is flying a modern fleet. How could you argue for Delta changing its depreciation assumptions? Against? Perhaps Delta changes its assumptions because technologically newer aircraft now tend to last longer than technologically older
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Introduction The reason behind choosing Singapore as my country of interest mainly was that I did my Co-Op there in Fall of 2011. Personally I loved the country as a work place. Also I noticed during my stay there the amount of awareness they had about green technologies and environmental issues. Singapore is like the best of both worlds. Culturally and climate wise similar to Asia and rules‚ regulations and policies of those like any western country. Singapore has a mixed racial population. There are
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Issue | Impact on Business | Political | * To facilitate the take-off of e-commerce in Singapore‚ the Government has been putting in place a supportive legal and policy framework. For example‚ the Electronic Transaction Act‚ passed in Jul 98‚ provides a favourable legal environment for safe and secure e-transactions. * The government provides direct subsidies and fiscal incentives to support companies embarking on e-commerce initiatives. One example of a direct subsidy program introduced
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of the following; McDonald’s‚ Pizza Hut‚ or KFC. This case study will analyze customers‚ competitors and communication of McDonald’s because it is one of the most well known brands worldwide. CUSTOMERS McDonald’s opened the first restaurant in Singapore at Liat Towers on Orchard road in October 1979. Its aim is to offer friendly fast food in a fun environment for everyone to enjoy. Its target markets are families‚ because children want to visit McDonald’s as it is a fun place to eat‚ working people
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