a country’s spending in any given year need not to equal its output of goods and services. A country can spend more money than it produces by borrowing from abroad‚ or it can spend less than it produces and lend the difference to foreigners. Singapore as an Open Economy Quick Facts * Population: * 5.3 million * GDP (PPP): * $314.9 billion * 4.9% growth * 5.7% 5-year compound annual growth * $59‚711 per capita * Unemployment: * 2.0%
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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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Negara Singapore edisi (Good afternoon viewers of State of the Nation Singapore edition) • Singapura or the Lion City had its Independence from Great Britain and joined with Malaya‚ Sabah‚ and Sarawak to form the new Federation of Malaysia as the result of the 1962 Merger Referendum in August 31‚ 1963. • It gained the independence as Republic on August 9‚ 1965 with Yusof bin Ishak as president and Lee Kuan Yew as Prime Minister. • Singapore enjoyed a reputation for political stability-----
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Masterplanning Individual Assignment Read: Ministry of Trade and Industry - The Economic Planning Committee‚ the Strategic Economic Plan: Towards a Developed Nation‚ Singapore National Printers‚ 1991. 1. What are the vision and goals of the Singapore’s Economic Strategic Plan? (2 marks) Vision A DEVELOPED COUNTRY IN THE FIRST LEAGUE Goals Enhancing Human Resources Promoting National Teamwork Becoming Internationally Oriented Creating a Conducive Climate for Innovation
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Cambodia 0r Singapore 1.) The health social conditions of Cambodia using the human development indicator were; their life expectancy at birth is 62.2. Its prevalence of undernourishment in total population (% of population) is 25. The country’s expenditure on health‚ public (% of GDP) is 1.7 and under-five mortality (per 1‚000 live births) is 90. 1.) According to the Human Development Indicator of Singapore their Life expectancy at birth (years) is 80.7. Its mortality rate is 3 (per 1‚000
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PESTLE Analysis Politics The political power is extremely centralized in the government and it is a bureaucratic country. Although the elections are being held often‚ the offices are mostly assigned instead of elected. The government put efforts in communicating the decisions and policies to the public instead of gathering their opinion. The reason of that is after the "Depoliticize" the power structure in 1965‚ the government is convinced by a concept that a city state without natural resources
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Seminar on "Enhancing Malaysia - Singapore Business Cooperation"‚ Singapore‚ Thursday 1 August 2002‚ 10.00 am The presence here today of a large number of participants at this Seminar is a reflection of the continued strong interest of the Singaporean business community on collaboration with Malaysia in the economic sector. While there are reports of apparent differences between Malaysia and Singapore at the political level‚ the fact remains that the Malaysian and Singaporean economies are closely
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GAC023 Assessment Event 1: Environment Issue Investigation Water Scarcity in Singapore Student’s Name: Tiffany Yu Student ID#: JPCH25573 Teacher: R. M. Waterfall Due Date: Jan 24th Word Count: 1773 Table of Contents Abstract 1 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Methodology 2 3.0 Findings 2 4.0 Discussion 4 5.0 Conclusions and Recommendations 5 Reference Lists 6 Appendix 7 Abstract With the rapid development of industrialization and globalization‚ water issues are increasingly serious today
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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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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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