1.) ‘The free market is the most efficient way of allocating resources in Singapore.’ Do you agree? Every society in the world‚ including Singapore faces the basic problem of scarcity. I.e Allocating resources occurs because there is unlimited human wants and limited resources‚ hence the problem of scarcity derives. There is three basic choices to be made: What‚ How‚ and for Whom to produce. Where the choice of what to produce is dependent on product prices‚ Product prices are determined
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personnel are based on correlational research‚ in which variables are measured and the statistical association between them is assessed. A statistically significant correlation between two variables indicates that the variables are associated‚ and that this association is unlikely to have arisen by chance. For example‚ a significant positive correlation between stress and absenteeism means that in general‚ individuals who are experiencing higher stress tend to be absent from work more often than individuals
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Who do you first approach when you are down? Your friends? Is it really impossible to live without them? Is it necessary to make friends in the first place?Firstly‚ friends can help you develop character. With their company‚ they are able to influence you to become similar like them. For example‚ a teenager hangs around with good friends that are interested in studying. When the teenager is having problems in studies‚ his friends are able to help with places he is in doubt. Friends are also able
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Do you think the government incentives is a main factor cause for the increase in foreign-market entry? Why? I think the government incentives is a main factor cause‚ because governments are increasingly under pressure to provide jobs for their citizens. Foreign direct investment can serve as a method to attract more industry and create more jobs. Because many foreign investors import equipment‚ parts and even personnel‚ the expected benefits in terms of job creation mat often be either less than
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6. What do you see as the most likely future(s) of diplomacy? Will this (these) be the same in every sphere of policy? And in all parts of the world? In today’s world the concept of "diplomacy" over the years is beginning to take many faces. After World War II‚ the concept of "world order" was as clearly delineated‚ as the concept of "diplomacy". But over time‚ diplomacy ceased to be a binding chain between states. It has expanded its scope of action. Along with public diplomacy began to appear more
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children should have time to play and do their homework if they have any‚ hence forcing them to help with household tasks may get their times that they need to play or do their homework. Also‚ children may feel bad when they see thier friends are not forced to do anything in their home other than doing their homework. Conversely‚ there are lots of positive features in doing so. To be more precise‚ children can learn to be responsible by forcing children to do a few household task. Fore instance‚ we
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Multiculturalism Multiculturalism is a part of any country.There are Jews in Germany‚ Poles in Ireland‚ Asians in Canada and so on. I believe multiculturalism is a good idea. It provides a wealth of cultural activities‚ foods‚ and different views of life. No one is really a true Canadian besides the native people. We are all part of a vast society we call Canada. In Canada we pride ourselves in being a mosaic‚ so to speak‚unlike the United States where they are a so called melting
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Multiculturalism and Assimilation Richard Rodriguez’s “The Chinese in All of Us” is about multiculturalism and bilingual education in America‚ which impacts our individual identity. He claims that it is our surroundings that define who we are‚ culturally‚ and because of the fact that America is a melting pot of many cultures‚ it is difficult to define who we are. To support his argument‚ the author uses pathos in the form of his personal experiences. Fallacies are present in the article but it
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1960s shops selling high-order goods‚ like furniture and jewellery‚ were in the town and city centres‚ which attracted customers from a wide catchment area. Shops selling low-order goods‚ like food‚ were located in the local neighbourhoods. However‚ this traditional shopping pattern began to change in the 1970s‚ when shops like supermarkets and DIY stores began to move to the outskirts of towns by decentralisation. Although it is obvious that the decentralisation of retailing and other services has
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Diversification is a corporate strategy to enter into a new market or industry which the business is not currently in‚ whilst also creating a new product for that new market. This is most risky section of the Ansoff Matrix‚ as the business has no experience in the new market and does not know if the product is going to be successful. Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of reorganizing the legal‚ ownership‚ operational‚ or other structures of a company for the purpose of making
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