The Battle of Singapore‚ otherwise known as The Fall of Singapore‚ was fought during the Second World War and is known as one of Britain’s largest losses in history. Singapore epitomized what the British Empire was all about – an essential military base that protected Britain’s Commonwealth possessions in the Far East. During October 1941‚ the Japanese had completed their plans for the war. Their prime objective was Malaya‚ due to it’s rich natural resources of rubber. However‚ in order to take
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Introduction Since Singapore gained its independence in 1965‚ its economy had progressed due to globalization‚ rapid technological advances and the rise of China and India. With these different stages of development‚ Singapore’s labor market had adapted itself by transforming from a labor abundant and capital limited city into a labor deficient and capital rich country (Chia 2005). Singapore is now a popular export-manufacturing base‚ regional headquarter for foreign multinational company and
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15th 1942‚ at the Ford Factory in Singapore‚ is considered to be one of the greatest defeats in history for Britain during World War Two. Due to Singapore’s strategic position‚ the attack had a massive affect on Australia’s immediate security‚ as it was now possible for the Japanese to move down from Singapore into Australia. Also more than 100‚000 troops became prisoners of war‚ affecting many of the family’s back home. The strategic importance of Singapore Singapore was considered the fortress for
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INTRODUCTION Rice imported from Fukushima went on sale in Singapore on 22nd August after a lift in restrictions of Japanese food imports. The restrictions were imposed after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011‚ resulting in severe radioactive substance leakage into the environment. This has huge implications on Japan’s agriculture industry as the radioactive leakage contaminated the surrounding farm lands. The lift was announced after a meeting between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and
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developments found within Singapore society may vary from different trends technical‚ social‚ global or even with the increasing of other high technological tools. The possibility of people being connecting and communicating by mobile devices‚ work being done by robots instead of human beings and digital books replacing real books. In the near future‚ globalization will continue with more and more people moving over to other parts of the world. The population of Singapore will have more retirees
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with disabilities through either by birth‚ old age or the above reason‚ but are there enough employment policies to protect them and what are the employments issues are they facing? About 5% of the population or 100‚000 people in Singapore have disabilities (Singapore Press Holdings 2012). People with disabilities (PWDs) have needs which are not very different from those of other able-bodied persons. Some of them can lead normal lives with certain adjustments which others may need a higher level
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Education policy Education plays a vital role in developing Singapore own national unity that build social cohesion. A meritocratic education system is introduced for each race to have equal opportunities to develop to their fullest potential. Firstly‚ there is the bilingual policy whereby education was provided in four official languages - Chinese‚ Malay‚ Tamil and English‚ and students have to take up at least two languages which consist of the official language and their mother tongue. This
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Bullying in Singapore Schools 1. Introduction Bullying occurs when a person or a group of people shows aggressive behavior towards another by physically or emotionally hurting them‚ or forcing them to do something against their will. As stated in the Singapore parenting magazine “The Asian Parent Singapore Edition”‚ a 2006 survey conducted by the Harvest Centre for Research‚ Training and Development and the Coalition Against Bullying for Children and Youth‚ shows that in Singapore bullying can
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1.0 Introduction – Singapore Airlines Ltd Singapore Airlines (SIA) once again is hitting the headlines with plans to restart the world’s longest commercial flight between Singapore and Los Angeles‚ and Newark with the fuel efficient ultra-long-range Airbus-350s in 2018; its new First Class and Business Class designs launched on its next batch of 5 A380 superjumbos in 2017. In 2013‚ SIA made a strategic decision to cut long haul direct flights to New York & Los Angeles after high fuel charges and
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The Evolution of Markets in Singapore Contents Introduction 2 2. The Local Wet Market 2 3. Changing landscape 3 4. Coexistence of Wet Markets and Supermarkets 4 5. Government intervention on retail landscape 5 6. Sustainability of local wet markets 5 7. Citation / Reference 6 8. Photo Essay – The Evolution of Markets in Singapore 7 Introduction Wet markets used to be the mecca for fresh food at excellent prices in Singapore. As the name suggest‚ they open air
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