John de Bhal Singapore achieved independence in 1959 due to a lack of British colonial retaliation to the Japanese occupation during World War II. In 1965‚ it achieved independence for a second time as a result of poor leadership within the Federation of Malaysia from both Tunku Abdul Rahman and Lee Kuan Yew. Singapore‚ unlike most other states and nations‚ has achieved independence twice: once in 1959 when it was decolonised by the British;1 then again after it was expelled from the Federation
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Airline Services – Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines (SIA) has a history of more than 60 years. It grew out of Malayan Airways which began operating scheduled flights between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in an Airspeed Consul plane in 1st May 1947. 26 years later‚ Malayan Airways‚ which was renamed MSA in 1963‚ split into two: Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines. It is from this moment on that Singapore Airlines commenced its independent operations. Beginning operation with 5 Boeing B707s
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SEMESTER SPRING 2013 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING (MGT301) ASSIGNMENT NO: 1 Opening Date: 27 April‚ 2013 Due Date: 02 May‚ 2013 Marks: 20 TOPIC: Market Analysis & Selection through Strategic Planning Learning Objective: In order to suggest to company for market best suited for entry first we have to make feasibility report by drawing comparison between the two countries in the following main areas. 1) a. economic comparison B. inference based on above comparisons
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Name: Clara Soo Wen Lin (4) Class: 2E History Holiday SEQ Assignment Question 1(a) Immigrants came to early Singapore due to push factors such as famines and droughts as well as natural disasters and starvation‚ and the desire to seek protection and safety. India was overpopulated and the immigrants faced many droughts and natural disasters in their homeland. After droughts wiped out their crops and resulted in famine‚ many would be forced to find jobs in the city in order to earn
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SID: 313019886 TPTM6160 Aviation Management and Logistics Assessment 2: Airline benchmarking Annotation This assignment deals with benchmarking of four different airlines. Each airline is compared to others in multiple different criteria and ranking is assessed. At the conclusion there is overall comparison and final ranking is presented. Table of contents Annotation ..................................................................................................................
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loyalty to Britain and the Empire. However‚ for Australia‚ war brought the distinct possibility of breaking such formalities between countries‚ and in the Pacific no battle would test Australia’s relationship with Britain more than Singapore. The Allied defeat at Singapore in 1942 changed the relations between Australia and Britain to a substantial extent‚ in an era when Britain’s imperialistic rule of Australia was still present. The repercussions of the result of this battle signified an historic
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Tourism in Singapore is a major industry and attracts millions of tourists each year.[1] Its cultural attraction can be attributed to its cultural diversity that reflects its colonial history and Chinese‚ Malay‚ Indian and Arab ethnicities. It is also environmentally friendly‚ and maintains natural and heritage conservation programs. As English is the dominant one of its four official languages‚ it is generally easier for tourists to understand when speaking to the local population of the country
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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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humans provide each other with the many resources they need from food to clothing to entertainment. Singapore‚ as a state-city with over 5 million residents is one such example. Globalization’s powerful effect has affected the country in many ways‚ both good and bad‚ and has transformed the once small isolated island into an economic powerhouse. The way that globalization has most affected Singapore is through the development of free trade. By connecting the world together‚ globalization created
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1.0 Introduction The presence and use of borrowed words and discourse particles in Colloquial Singapore English (CSE) have been widely studied by linguists (e.g. Lim‚ 2007; & Deterding‚ 2007). It is also widely accepted‚ both amongst scholarly literature and within the general population‚ that CSE (its lexicon/syntax/etc.) is predominantly Chinese- or Malay-based and that Tamil has only had minimal influences (Leimgruber‚ 2009). However‚ little thought has been given‚ by the general population
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