In the last decade‚ Singapore had liberalized immigration policies thus a large influx of foreigners. There are several reasons to this decision. Firstly‚ is to keep the citizen population size stable due to declining total fertility rate‚ longer life expectancy and migration. According to AsiaOne news (a Singapore Press Holding portal) dated 24th April 2012‚ the paper stated that Singapore’s ageing population will outstrip births by 2025 if fertility rates remain low. Immigration can help mitigate
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Introduction Case studies Learning excellence: Southwest Airlines’ approach Ulla K. Bunz and Jeanne D. Maes The authors Ulla K. Bunz and Jeanne D. Maes are based at the University of South Alabama‚ Mobile‚ AL‚ USA. Abstract In an era in which adapting to change means survival‚ it is important to study what successful organizations have done. While the airline industry in the USA has not made thriving financial headlines‚ one small company has been able to satisfy its customers completely
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considered offensive‚ morally harmful‚ or politically dangerous. Narrowing down the definition to cover The Arts scene in Singapore‚ the question beckons should anyone have the power to place restrictions on an individual’s freedom of expression? One might liken that tying a gag over someone’s mouth! In a recent dialogue with Minister Mentor Lee (Friday‚ October 5th‚ 2007 – Singapore: From Arts to censorship)‚ students posted the view on the natural contradiction in censorship codes and Singapore’s efforts
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The little island country of Singapore has many nicknames. “The Lion City”‚ “Little Red Dot”‚ “The Fine Country”‚ but her most famous nickname is “Disneyland with a death penalty”. Chewing gum‚ spitting littering‚ homosexual acts between men‚ jaywalking‚ and simply leaving the toilet unflushed are all illegal in Singapore. An intimidating place to visit indeed‚ you might think. But Singapore has that “Disneyland” in its nickname for a reason. With over one hundred shopping malls‚ eight nature
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Singapore has only a small land area of 700 km2 of land which means that there are only a few water catchment and reservoirs. Due to the increase in population to approximately 5 million‚ there is an increased demand for water‚ especially for domestic use. The expansion in the industrial development will further increase the demand for water in the industrial sector to cool and clean the machines. Therefore‚ Singapore uses several strategies to increase water supply to meet the demands of the population
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sEmirates airlines (also known as by marketing phrase Fly Emirates) is the national airline of Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates. It is the largest airline in the Middle East‚ operating over 2‚400 passenger flights per week‚ from its hub at Dubai International Airport Terminal 3‚ to 105 cities in 62 countries across six continents. The company also operates three of the ten world’s longest non-stop commercial flights from Dubai to Los Angeles‚ San Francisco and Houston. In 1974‚ three years after independence
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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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Diego Rodriguez‚ Deema Alomar‚ Seungyeon lee 10/05/09 Case Analysis Southwest Airline final draft Jennifer Uhler BPE reading‚ writing research Background Summary Southwest Airlines based in Dallas was founded in 1967 by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. It is one of the major domestic airliners which provides carrier and transportation service. This company has 35‚499 employees and it runs over 500 Boeing 737 aircraft in 67 cities in the US. Southwest’s principal values are: Providing low-fare and
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Survey among airlines. Airline industry is a labor intensive service sector as much as capital intensive and mainly white collor workers are employed. In the industry computerized electronic systems are highly used. In order to produce an aviable seat for sales‚ there are many interconnected services are gathered such as resevation‚ ticketing‚ operations‚ passenger traffic‚ handling of passenger‚ baggage and cargo‚ catering‚ maintenance (MRO)‚ training‚ fuelling etc. While airlines render many
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Situation Following the Deregulation in 1978‚ a competitive price war ensued among the airline industry as a direct result of the new freedom for airlines to set their own fares as well as route entry and exits. This gave rise to the operating structure of the airlines as it exists today‚ consisting of the point-to-point system and the hub and spoke system. With this came the change of focus for major airlines to non-stop‚ cross-country routes in densely populated cities‚ which‚ in a regulated environment
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