Population Growth A few months after Singapore was founded‚ the population began to grow very quickly. By 1821‚ Singapore’s population had increased to about 5000. The main cause of this increase was immigration. Singapore in the 19th century attracted many people from different parts of the world. Businessmen and traders came here to trade while others came to look for jobs. Satay Seller At that time‚ more men came to Singapore than women. This was especially so for the Chinese and Indians
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regulating online news sites operating in Singapore. The move came as a surprise to many and elicited a wide array of responses. The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC)‚ an industry association formed by eBay‚ Facebook‚ Google and Yahoo‚ argued that the new regulatory framework creates business uncertainty and stifles innovation‚ whereas the United States government criticised the move as a further restriction on freedom of expression in Singapore. While the Singapore government‚ predictably‚ defended the
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has been the emergence of regional cooperation. The end of the Cold War reduced political tensions between countries in Asia as well as globalizing production processes and increasing vertical integration. Cities like Bangkok‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ and Singapore have been lifting their populations out of poverty in part through cooperative arrangements with neighboring countries. Transnational economic zones have utilized the different endowments of the various countries of East Asia‚ exploiting cooperative
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formats for writing a compare and contrast essay. For the purpose of this assignment‚ we will focus on the most common format called the Feature by Feature Format‚ where we compare and contrast (similarities and differences) between two subjects (i.e. Singapore versus Trinidad‚ etc.) on three different features about the subjects (i.e. geography‚ people‚ and food‚ etc.) Basic Structure: 1st Paragraph – Introduction General Topic Sentence(s) – catch the reader’s attention Brief background information
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SG50: Honouring Singapore’s Past. The past half century‚ the pioneer generation has made great sacrifices for the good of our home‚ Singapore‚ along with our openess to trade and investments‚ and not forgetting‚ the unity of our people as a nation. The Singapore Volunteer Corps‚ formed in 1854 as a militia unit as the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps‚ undergoing several reorganisations and going through different names during its existance. The Corps original idea was to supplement
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plays a huge part in our lives whether you realize it or not. It ties in with many different factors‚ some being political‚ social‚ environmental and ethical. Singapore has her own water issue as well. Science plays a major role in today’s world this also includes issue of water and the benefits and limitation science can provide for Singapore in her water issue. Water is extremely vital for our survival. According to (Water Partners International. 2008)‚ only about 0.007% of all water on earth is
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channels opened up and promises made to create a level commercial playing field for companies throughout the region. The idea of an integrated Southeast Asian market is compelling. Taken as a single entity‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines‚ Singapore‚ Thailand‚ Brunei‚ Myanmar‚ Cambodia‚ Laos and Vietnam are the world’s ninth-largest economy‚ with a GDP of around $2 trillion. Annual economic growth is expected to be at least 5% through 2015. Their collective population is 600 million‚ larger
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seven-year span? Jun-Ze Hong‚ Taiwan Taxi founder chose iCall‚ the GPS-dispatch system developed by Comfort Taxi to be implemented in Taiwan Taxi because of the following reasons: Taipei and Singapore were deemed similar in terms of geographical size and metropolitan traffic problems. The GPS-dispatch system in Singapore had maintained a higher standard of dispatch efficiency and service quality. Comfort Taxi had been using this system for more than eight years and attracted 16‚000 taxi drivers within two
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MARKET SEGMENTATION TARGETING AND POSITION OF SINGTEL TELECOM IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA As we all know that SingTel is an Asia’s leading communications group with operations and investments around the world. Serving both the corporate and consumer markets‚ it is committed to bringing the best global communications solutions to customers in the Asia Pacific and beyond. According to the news from Singapore Business Preview in 2012‚ it is stated that SingTel’s market leadership has been expanded
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Executive Summary This report intends to highlight the current issues StarHub faces and its impact on their earnings and share valuations. Telco industry in Singapore only has three players – StarHub‚ SingTel and M1‚ thus‚ we would also look at SingTel and M1 to aid in our analysis. In our report‚ we first use the SWOT analysis and Michael Porter’s five forces to address StarHub current issues as the issues identified would affect StarHub future earnings. The majority of the threats that StarHub
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