Singapore is a multi-racial country with majority ethnic Chinese. English is made the administrative language and the common language of interaction between various races. In 1979‚ Singapore implemented a special programme‚ the Special Assistance Program (SAP)‚ to transform Chinese schools into elite schools for the top 10 percent of students. So what is the purpose of SAP schools? According to official MOE press release1‚ SAP schools were established in order to “preserve the ethos of the Chinese
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Physical resources and capabilities 1. Changi Airport Government and SIA had invested in the Changi Airport together. It includes facilities such as hangar‚ maintenance center‚ and catering center‚ those facilities can be used by SIA‚ but also the customers of other airline company. So those services in Changi airport are not unique for SIA. Airport service is valuable and important for SIA or other airlines company. Low unique and high valuable‚ then it is not SCAs. 2. Planes: SIA have 22%
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PREFACE Anyone who had a chance to witness a Singapore of the 1950s-the British’s colonial port and a prosperous Singapore nowadays has to admire the rise of Singaporean as well as the wise leadership of the government. There is no doubt that the city-state of Singapore represents a remarkable success story that has placed the country among the developed nations. After its independence in the mid-1960s‚ Singapore had no more than a deep port. There are no fresh water‚ no hinterland; all nation’s
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dialect groups‚ religion‚ and many other categories. Therefore the various classification of culture itself may seem endless. The purpose of this report is to identify the Chinese culture in Singapore‚ particularly aspects that are important for foreign businesses. 2.0 The background of Chinese in Singapore The traditional Chinese society basically evolved from Confucian teachings: If you want to rule the state‚ first put your house in order; if you want to put your house in order‚ first
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Singapore airlines (SQ) are one of the best and most famous airlines in the world with great service and great airplane with airbus and superbus. Singapore airlines began in 1947 with Malaysia airways. On 16 September 1963‚ the Federation of Malaysia was born and the Airline became known as Malaysian Airways. In May 1966‚ it became Malaysia-Singapore Airlines. In 1972‚ Malaysia-Singapore Airlines split up to become two entities - Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airline System. That change was used
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Introduction- The largest sporting event in Singapore‚ Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix‚ and official name called the Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix. It was announced that the telecommunications company Singtel would sponsor the event in November 2007. After signing a five-year deal‚ it will be set the first ever night race Singapore’s Marina Bay street circuit and also be Asia’s first F1 street race in 2008. In one of the sport’s most striking settings‚ the street circuit snakes through the
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which the positives of globalisation have far outweighed the negatives is Singapore. Without the global market‚ an economy that is substantially export-orientated such as Singapore would not be able to function. The global market plays a vital role in the economic development strategies that Singapore implements. Globalisation plays a major role in the concerns all over the world‚ and this is clearly shown in Singapore. Singapore is a small‚ densely populated country situated in South-east Asia. The
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Strategic Locations Proctor & Gamble took time in deciding where to locate both their regional headquarters and the perfume plant in Singapore. P&G decided to place the perfume plant along the coastal part of the country in Tuas‚ Singapore (Moneycontrol.com‚ 2008). The plant operates on a just in time process. The plant receives raw materials only as they need it and send out supplies to the main manufacturing plants to be used in the products only as they need it. By being along the coast it is
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region fairly easily‚ as most of the current kings were all but aware of the slow but certain threat of invasion posed by the European colonists . Singapore is often referred to a sort of oddity in this situation‚ due to its relative lack of opposition and the apparent overwhelmingly beneficial rather than suppressive impacts as a result of colonialism. Singapore was unique from the other similar yet distinct ports in the region and was in a sense created rather than
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business interactions include: • “When entering the meeting environment‚ let a senior member lead‚ followed by the next senior member‚ and so on. This follows local custom and allows your hosts to keep tabs on who ’s who. Hierarchy reigns. The Singapore team will sit facing the visiting party‚ with persons of equal rank sitting opposite each other” (Worldroom‚ para. 6) • “Always wait to be told where to sit. There is a strict hierarchy that must be followed” (Kwintessential‚ Business Etiquette
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