THE FOUNDING OF MODERN SINGAPORE In late 1818‚ Lord Hastings – the British Governor General of India – appointed Lieutenant General Sir Stamford Raffles to establish a trading station at the southern tip of the Malay peninsula. The British were extending their dominion over India and their trade with China was expanding. They saw the need for a port of call to “refit‚ revitalize and protect their merchant fleet” as well as to prevent any advances made by the Dutch in the East Indies. After surveying
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brief overview of the Malays in Singapore and thereafter the progress that they have made as an ethnic group and their gender equality. In pre-colonial Singapore‚ the Malays are the indigenous people living on the island. It is also essential to lend credit to Sang Nila Utama who renamed the island of Temasek to ‘Singapura’ which consists of a combination of two Malay words; Singa meaning ‘lion’ and ‘pura’ meaning temple. As the British came and established Singapore as a trading port‚ large numbers
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The Cold War was a time of great competition between the United States and the Soviet Union; one of the competitions being the Space Race. Due to advancements in technology throughout the world pressured by the Cold War‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were able to push their way into space‚ each trying to outdo the other‚ eventually resulting in the United States putting the first man on the moon on July 20‚ 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission. The United States beating the Soviet Union to
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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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Access the environment of Singapore (PEST) Political Forces 1. Political Climate Singapore is under a stable political climate. The political system is considered as centralized and authoritarian‚ the political culture is pragmatic‚ rational and based on the rule of law. The highest aim of the government is the nation’s survival and prosperity. Based on the results of Corruption Perception Index ranks‚ Singapore has a totally clean and corruption-free image in the world and it’s the least
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IndiGo Airlines – A Case study in International Business Strategy The right thing to do is also the smart thing to do The success of Indigo is a mix of a clear brand promise of "on time" and supported with slick branding and signage‚ smart technology support and a passionate and young work force who multi-task. About Indigo IndiGo is India’s largest airline with a market share of 29.5 per cent as of June‚2013 as well as the country’s largest low fare carrier. IndiGo is the fastest growing
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--------------- | 11 | B: COE Prices in Singapore (Open Category 2012)------------------------------------------ | 13 | C: Asia Pacific Carbon Emission per Capita--------------------------------------------------- | 14 | D: Singapore Carbon Dioxide Emissions from 1990 to 2007----------------------------- | 15 | E: Contributors of CO2 by sectors--------------------------------------------------------------- | 16 | F: Car Population in Singapore-------------------------------------------------------------------
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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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"Strategic locations are places important to those with the power to make or break you. It thus follows that external trends‚ not local efforts‚ will always decide which locations thrive." Does the rise of regional hubs from Palembang to Melaka confirm or refute this theory? The Malay world first acquired high strategic value because improvements in shipping technology made seaborne trade more efficient than shorter land-based routes. Combined with the increase in demand for goods traded over long
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Introduction Emirates Airlines started its journey in 1985 with very few resources to carry out its operation but as a result of continuously improving efforts and fast growth‚ Emirates Airlines has been in the sky for more than 24 years. Being the largest carrier in the UAE‚ also extending its hands into KSA the Emirates Airlines has been ranked as the largest carrier in Middle East and was reported in 2008 to be the 7th largest in the world on the basis of International passenger traffic. It has
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