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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MUHD AZHAR ABDUL KARIM The Evolution of Markets in Singapore Contents Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 2 2. The Local Wet Market ..................................................................................................................... 2 3. Changing landscape................................................................................................
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immigrants‚ Singapore began to open itself up as a centre for entrepot trade. It began to import and export goods for different areas to different parts of the world. These immigrants also provided important support services such as workers in the dockyards‚ plantations‚ factories and some even provided daily necessities for traders all over the world. All these contributions of the immigrants helped to maintain Singapore as an attractive trading centre and kept it competitive. Without them‚ Singapore would
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Focus on the Family Singapore Addressing Rise of Single Parenthood in Singapore 1) Overview of the Issue Client ‘Focus on the Family Singapore’‚ is a local charity with an IPC status dedicated to help families thrive. The organization aims to support families with quality life education through talks‚ as single-parent hood is on a rise. It is supplemented by well research family life resources and content placement in the media reaching 1 million people in Singapore (Focus on the Family
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vanished in Singapore‚ and the current trades that are on the verge of vanishing completely‚ becoming trades of yester-years. Literature relating to these will be critically analyzed and used to project various possible vanishing trades that our team could write on. This would depend on the viability/ suitability‚ as News Values such as ‘Currency’ (since we are writing for a publication‚ The Straits Times‚ and we have to provide an updated account for vanishing trades of Singapore in retrospect)
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Graduate Diploma in Resort Facilities Services and Management 20 February 2014 Private Tuition in Singapore Private tuition is becoming an area of concern for Singaporeans. The current trend of rising cost and demand for private tuition caused Singaporeans to be weary the present obsession of private tuition reforming the Singapore ’s education culture and system (M.Nirmala‚ 2013). The underlying causes leading to the vogue of private tuition encompasses consumerism
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Leading through uncertainty Singapore Budget Commentary 2013 Foreword Greetings from your tax team at Deloitte. The Minister for Finance presented the 2013 Budget Statement on 25 February 2013 and we are pleased to provide our commentary on the tax and certain other changes proposed therein. Overall‚ Budget 2013 offers various tax measures and sets out the strategies to achieve quality growth and build an inclusive society for Singapore. The tax measures are further explored in our commentary
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middle income group. By doing so‚ it increases the chances for social mobility and it prevents stagnation of income. According to Key Household Income Trends 2012 report by Singapore Department of Statistic which stated that there was an increment of 7.5% in median monthly income from S$7‚040 in 2011 to S$7‚570 in 2012 (Singapore visa consultancy AsiaBiz Services‚ 2013). Similarly‚ President of United States also increased the minimum wage to $9 from $7.25 an hour to help the lower and middle class
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Slimming is increasingly seen as one of the panaceas for Singapore’s societal ills‚ many young women feel that being slimmer can change the way they feel about themselves. The obesity rate among young Chinese women in Singapore is only 4.2 percent. However‚ Singapore is ranked fifth in per capita consumption of diet pills in the world. Even the women who are not obese are taking diet pills to be slimmer. This has led to a whole host of products claiming to reduce weight with little effort
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SINGAPORE SPORTS HUB Understanding the industry environment Singapore Sports Hub 35-hectare‚ S$1.87 billion project 55‚000 capacity with a retractable roof and movable tiered seating 6‚000 – capacity OCBC Aquatic Centre 3‚000 – capacity OCBC arena Water Sports Centre featuring dragon boating‚ kayaking and canoeing 41‚000 sqm retail mall The iconic Singapore Indoor stadium Singapore Sports Museum Sports Hub Library Daily community facilities and activities
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