Being a land-scarce country of 714.3 square kilometres and having a population density of 7‚257 per square kilometer (Singapore Department of Statistics‚ 2012)‚ every hectare of land in Singapore is extremely important to us. Over the years‚ widespread urbanisation has led to about 90.2% of our land area being developed (Tan‚ 2006)‚ exhausting much of our natural heritage in the process. Due to the limited amount of land‚ our natural heritage is insufficient to provide us with much economical
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The Issues Facing College Students Today: The Things We Were Never Warned About Every year‚ many young people around the world enter college with a particular degree in mind that they would like to pursue. We call these our “majors‚” and the luckier college students carry their major with them throughout their college years to their eventual graduation. The more unlucky ones may change majors several times before settling‚ or may become frustrated with the decision-making and eventually drop
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The economic growth of Thailand is mostly sustained by exports. However‚ recently a political crisis over several months continues to make its local consumption and investment slump and even curbs economic growth. That is to say‚ political situation plays an important role in economic growth which is mostly estimated with GDP. The National Economic and Social Development Board said the second quarter gross domestic product is 4.9%‚ year to year percentage change‚ slowing from 6.1% rate in the
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2013‚ 14:41 by P.F. | MUMBAI THE rupee’s tumble continues to grip India. On August 29th Duvvuri Subbarao‚ the departing boss of the central bank‚ told an audience in Mumbai of the widespread “dismay about the ferocity of the depreciation”. Today‚ on August 30th‚ I spoke to the boss of a big hotel in the city who says he is preparing to dollarise his business. The rupee is too flaky to operate in‚ he said. “It’s just like Russia and Indonesia in the 1990s.” Shortly after this‚ Manmohan Singh
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commentary‚ I chose my artefact as a newspaper article on PSLE stress because of many reasons. 1) I had always harbored a strong interest on what everyone is saying about this hot topic and it seemed very interesting‚ stating just one problem that Singapore currently face. 2) Other than that‚ it is a topic that is easy to research‚ unlike some historic things which are little-mentioned (e.g. the banana note‚ the merdeka talks‚etc) 3) Last but not least‚it is a topic that is widely discussed
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Asia saw an influx of Europeans‚ who brought along with them their laws‚ culture‚ language‚ religion and political viewpoints. As a collection of disjointed and often hostile kingdoms and states‚ the Europeans were granted access into the 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
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of binge drinking. Binge drinking meant drinking more than double the lower risk guidelines for alcohol in one session or in simple drinking more than you can handle and end up getting drunk. Moreover there has been a rise in binge drinking in Singapore especially among the youth." In fact in 2010 it show that from 18 to 29 age‚ it has been a rise from 14.1 to 15.5% by the National Health Survey." (ezyhealth‚ 2011) Although there are many reasons for young adults to start with binge drinking
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BUDGET 2013 - PERSONAL TAX The Finance minister of Singapore announced several budget initiatives in the Budget 2013 that aims to improve the lives of Singapore citizens. A number of changes were introduced which promotes progressive taxation‚ building a more inclusive society and encouraging quality growth. This Budget is very much focused on productivity and helping the lower income group as well as the elderly. Although there would not be any drastic changes in the personal tax rates‚ we could
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Introduction Singapore Airlines was founded in the year 1947 as the Malayan Airways Limited (MAL) during the British invasion at the Tanah Melayu. After the events Independence in 1957‚ the Malayan Airways Limited has changed its name to Malayan Singapore Airlines (MSA). However‚ the company name should be changed again as a result of the separation of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965. This company was separated in two different entities which are the Malaysian Airlines (MAS) and the Singapore Airlines
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United States of America the birth place of opportunities and also a good place to earn a good job and everybody comes to United States of America to have a good and a meaningful life. I Came to the states when I was young like about 5 years with my family and I really had a blast when I was little. But now things changed I grew up and became and adult and I was thinking about moving to America to work there and im really ready if an a opportunity came to me to go to America . The U.S is
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