Eduard Romanenko‚ Li Guoxu‚ Denion Galimuna Country Profile: Singapore With the population of only 5.18 million people and the total area of 710 sq km (189th among other countries)‚ as of 2010 according to the World Bank database‚ Singapore is the 14th largest exporter and the 15th largest importer in the world. The total trade volume of the country in 2010 comprised USD 662‚ 658 bln contributing to trade to GDP ratio of 317.42%‚ the highest in the world. As Figure 1 demonstrates‚ since 1981 the
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BUDGET 2013 - PERSONAL TAX The Finance minister of Singapore announced several budget initiatives in the Budget 2013 that aims to improve the lives of Singapore citizens. A number of changes were introduced which promotes progressive taxation‚ building a more inclusive society and encouraging quality growth. This Budget is very much focused on productivity and helping the lower income group as well as the elderly. Although there would not be any drastic changes in the personal tax rates‚ we could
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Copyright issue among Fashion Industry General purpose: To persuade Specific purpose: To persuade my audience fashion industry don’t “need” copyright protection Central idea: In fashion industry legal copyright protection is not necessary to motivate designer’s creation. Main idea: I. The habitat of fashion world is defining designer’s value by what they’ve done instead of what legal right they have. Create motivation would not be affected. II. Copyright law in fashion industry
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Research Paper on Singapore: Abstract In this paper I will present my research results regarding Singapore‚ as well as draw the picture of its marketing environment. I will include the information about the location‚ climate‚ population‚ religion and culture‚ official spoken languages‚ state of economy and level of technologies‚ political and legal systems‚ level of competition and potential for economic growth. In the conclusion I will highlight advantages and disadvantages of the Singapore marketing environment
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Why was Australian Pork industry (API) able to become major pork provider to Singapore? What wise marketing decisions that were made that cause the success? • The Nipah virus outbreak gave the API a valuable opportunity to increase its supplies due to desperate demand of “virus-free” pork. • At the same time‚ the Australian counterparts also put in great efforts to study the Singapore market – find out what consumer wants (virus-free fresh pork meat) - what and how Australian
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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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Parkin (1998) defines Gross Domestic Product or more commonly known as GDP as ‘the market value of the final goods and services produced within a country in a given time period’. So what happened prior September to make the economists downgrade their forecast for Singapore’s GDP growth? ‘Singapore’s inflation accelerated to the fastest pace since January as transportation and housing costs increased‚ maintaining pressure on the central bank to allow the currency to strengthen even as growth
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Foreign Labor in Singapore The impact it has on it’s economy Table of contents 1.Introduction 2. The development of foreign workers from 1965 to present 3. Female domestic workers 4. The benefits and costs on the economy 5. Alternatives for foreign workers 6. Conclusion 7. References 1.Introduction Singapore is the smallest member of the ASEAN1‚ with a total area of 716.1 km2 and a population
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Singapore Independent of the stage of economic development‚ entrepreneurship plays a significant role for the expansion‚ job creation and overall economic health within a country.In general‚Entrepreneurship embodies three stages and they involve the following 6 cases: Intent to start a business in 3 years Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA) Nascent Entrepreneurs New firm entrepreneurs Established Businesses Business Exit As far as I’m concerned‚we can analyse the global entrepreneurial
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Cowgirl Chocolates Analysis Cowgirl chocolates are the design of Marilyn Lysohir and her husband‚ Ross Coates in 1997. Marilyn is a ceramicist and lecturer who is internationally known and has a successful ceramic art business. Ross is a sculptor and a professor of fine arts at a nearby University. As a labor of love‚ Marilyn and Ross began publishing a once-a-year arts magazine called High Ground. More a multimedia product than a magazine‚ the 600-copy production of this product does not pay
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