of high-tech industry in Hong Kong and Singapore Hong Kong and Singapore are two metropolises that sharing uncountable similarities on many aspects. Both are small and densely populous city-stated located in East Asia‚ having similar development path and history‚ lacking natural resources‚ being praised as one of the Asian Tigers and the freest economies in the world‚ sharing similar advantages on several fields. Because of the combination of broad similarity‚ Hong Kong and Singapore are often compared
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An Airbus A380 plane operated by Singapore Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing in Azerbaijan due to loss of cabin pressure. The plane was flying from London to Singapore and had 467 passengers and 27 crew members on board. The airline said that oxygen masks were deployed and the aircraft landed "uneventfully" at the Baku airport. It said that none of the passengers or crew was injured and that it was investigating what caused the problem. Nathan Phelps‚ an electrical supervisor from
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CONS OF USING E-TENDERING IN SINGAPORE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY First names YAP Last name YEE THARM Abstract: E-tendering is a relatively new and modern technique of tending system. The transaction can be done from business-to-business‚ business-to-consumer or Business-to-government buy and sale of goods‚ works and services through the Internet or other networking systems. This paper examines the pros and cons of using E-tendering in the Singapore Construction Industry and the future trend of E-tendering
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Competitive Rivalry The Competitive Rivalry in South Africa is high and will continue to increase as new Providers enter the industry. * The Competition is based on price and quality. The entry of every new Customer brings with a new set of price cuts and hence intensifies competition between cell phone provo=. Major threats currently: * Cell C‚ because they are a low cost service provider of many services‚ and this has helped Cell C to penetrate the market. * MTN and Vodacom offer
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Leading Asia-Pacific carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) is caught between a rock and a hard place‚ much like any other airline in this prolonged global recession. Positioned as a premium global brand‚ SIA is struggling in 2009 to offset a decline in demand in the commercial sector. This‚ coupled with losses from hedging fuel‚ higher unit costs‚ and taking delivery of five Airbus 380s by January 2010 or risk paying heavy penalties for delay‚ the airline‚ which flies to about 35 countries‚ must rely
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Colonialism in Singapore Asian Studies Grade 9 Singapore was colonized for quite a lot of years‚ from around 1819 until 1965. The British‚ Japan and Malaya colonized Singapore during 1819 to 1965. The British colonized Singapore from 1819 till 1963. But during these 144 years‚ Japan also colonized Singapore and colonized them for 3 years‚ in 1942 till 1945 during the World War II. The British only fully colonized Singapore in 1824. In that time the British did colonize Singapore. They
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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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The Singapore Culture Terri Swayzer Ashford University Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 101 Christina Winn May 16‚ 2011 The Singapore Culture Singapore is a harmonious society‚ where diversity is dominant throughout the entire island. The elders of Singapore have interacted with different races for generations. There is a mixture of Malay‚ Chinese‚ Indians and Europeans all living within their own culture and calling themselves Singaporeans regardless of their race. Each
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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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