e-Government: The Singapore Arun Mahizhnan & Narayanan Andiappan Arun Mahizhnan is Deputy Director‚ Institute of Policy Studies‚ Singapore and Narayanan Andiappan is Assistant Manger‚ Infocomm Development Authority‚ Singapore Government. This paper draws heavily from resource materials provided by IDA. The views expressed are in the authors’ personal capacity. ___________________________________________________________________________ Introduction The term "e-Government" is used in this paper
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FOCUS 13—24 Young consumers in Singapore Wang Hongjun‚ a young consumer and youth researcher‚ provides an insight into youth lifestyles in Singapore YOUNG CONSUMERS tend to be more experiential and receptive to new products and images. They like to discover new ‘cool’ products for themselves and are constantly on the lookout for new trends and brands. This target demographic‚ more so than any other‚ is tremendously viral and connected. Young consumers are always on the lookout for fun and
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Charles Chocolates Case Analysis In March of 2012 Steve Parkland was hired as the new president at Charles Chocolates. He was immediately faced with numerous decisions about the future of the company. The board of directors had tasked Parkland with doubling or tripling the size of the company over the next decade‚ but the board and the senior management team had different opinions about the strategy that would accomplish this goal. The main issues that Parkland faced were how to increase the company’s
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In Belgium‚ chocolate is more than a business; it is part of the culture. The Mother-of-four set up by a widowed in her own home‚ the outlet has become such a symbol of success that the Belgian Prime Minister‚ Guy Verhofstadt‚ took their chocolates on a recent trade mission to the US. One other Brussels chocolatier boasts the US president as a customer. Chocolatier Mary displays a photo of George W Bush lingering over its praline counter during a visit to the Belgian capital. Belgium’s love affair
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The Sweet Lure of Chocolate Sweet! Creamy! Delicious! The sweetness of chocolate that runs into your mouth‚ into your tongue‚ and goes down into your throat‚ you can’t stop having more and more chocolates to taste! It’s very tempting that you don’t want to miss even the bit that is left. But where does it come from? Does it bring healthy benefits to us? Think of it. Let’s see what’s behind the sweet lure of chocolate. Initially‚ chocolates are from cacao beans‚ from a cacao tree. It came
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Approved Topic: Dark chocolate helps with emotional stress. Eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of people feeling highly stressed. How is it beneficial to one’s mind and body or not? Thesis Statement: "People all around the world enjoy eating a sweet of some sort. A favourite internationally is chocolate. Despite chocolate being a food which is high in calories‚ saturated fat‚ and sugar‚ it can still be a
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A History of Chocolate After reading The History of Chocolate by Diner’s Digest it is easy to understand that the main idea of the story is about the history of chocolate. For example‚ how it all started and how it changed over the years. The history of chocolate a beverage and ended in a bar. To begin with the history of chocolate all started with the Olmecs‚ an ancient civilization‚ in southern Mexico which thrived from 1500 B.C. to 400 B.C. Then it got passed along to the Mayan civilization
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WOMEN STUDIES ECO-FOOTPRINT PROJECT Topic – Cocoa Beans Production Process Chocolate is a key ingredient in many foods such as milk shakes‚ candy bars‚ cookies and cereals. It is ranked as one of the most favourite flavours in North America and Europe. Despite its popularity most people do not know the unique origin of this popular treat. Chocolate is a product that requires complex procedures to produce. The process involves harvesting cocoa‚ refining coca to cocoa beans‚ and shipping
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CHOCOLATE VS. COFFEE A. There are many people who drink coffee every day. But do they live a healthy life? One of my relations – my father- is ‚coffee addicted‘. (Almost) Every morning‚ except of pure water or some fresh juice‚ he drinks coffee. Also‚ in every restaurant he goes to the first thing he orders is piccolo coffee with milk. That’s far from enough‚ don’t you think so? I’m really afraid about his health‚ especially because he is extreme smoker also. And so I’ll try to persuade at least
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of the distinctiveness of these two groups in Singapore resulting from wide income gap‚ highly proliferated job sectors and distinctive educational and cultural background between older and younger generations. Singapore economy boomed with an average annual growth rate of 6.1% (the world bank 2012) over the past 20 years. The older generation once lived in a Singapore where literacy rate was only 60% in 1960 as opposed to 96% today (Statistics Singapore 2013). Many worked as laborers in the shipping
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