GCE N1995 The Singapore economy grew by 9.2% per annum in the third quarter of 1993‚ inflation was 2.4% per annum and 19000 jobs were created. (Straits Times‚ 13 Nov 93) How far can this information lead you to conclude that there is a rising standard of living in Singapore? [25] Learning Outcome S/no Learning Outcome Checklist 1 Interpret statistical data √ 2 Analyse the limitations of using the indicators to measure economic performance
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Executive Summary FJ Benjamin is a Singapore based fashion and lifestyle company. The company distributes major clothing brands and accessories‚ and is one of the leading fashion distributors in Singapore. Their success is derived from their ability to secure distribution rights from major brands. FJ Benjamin introduced it very own house label‚ Raoul‚ in 2002. Raoul was created to increase the company‟s portfolio as well as to diversify away from distribution risk. Raoul contributes a large
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Japanese when they pass. This then caused many people to lose their closed ones. Japanese propaganda during World War 2 was designed to assist the ruling government of Japan. Singapore was then renamed to ’Syonan-to’. Propaganda Campaigns were carried out to influence people to pledge their loyalty to Japan. Students in Singapore also had to learn Japanese in school. Children were marched to school where half their time was spent on indoctrination on loyalty to the emperor‚ and frugality‚ obedience
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the ruling Malay prices and the heavily-Chinese local bourgeoisie had been placed on the area. This area had the benefits of the world’s greatest sources of rubber and tin. These resources were trade flowing through the highly strategic port of Singapore. The remaining of the population had also been divided into three main groups. These groups were 49% of Malay‚ 19% of Chinese and 12% of Indian. The Malay group mostly been arranged to the river side and mostly become fisherman now. However‚ most
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Fernandes was born in Kuala Lumpur to a Goan (Indian) father‚ and Kristang mother‚ Ena Dorothy Fernandes.[2] At a young age‚ he used to follow his mother‚ a businesswoman‚ to Tupperwaredealer parties and conventions. He was educated at Epsom College from 1977 to 1983 and graduated from the London School of Economics in 1987. He worked very briefly with Virgin Atlantic as an auditor‚ subsequently becoming the financial controller for Richard Branson’s Virgin Records in London from 1987 to 1989.[3]
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One of the most remarkable aspects of Singapore is the truly cosmopolitan nature of her population‚ a natural result of the country’s geographical position and commercial success. Established by Thomas Stamford Raffles as a trading post on 29 January 1819‚ the small sea town of Singapore soon attracted migrants and merchants from China‚ the Indian sub-continent‚ Indonesia‚ the Malay Peninsula and the Middle East. Drawn by the lure of better prospects‚ the immigrants brought with them their own
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Overview The name “Cold Storage” is an icon and its story is unique in the corporate histories of Singapore. The Company had humble beginnings - a small depot storing and selling mainly frozen meat from Australia. From that‚ it has grown to become the premier player in retailing in Singapore. Established in 1903‚ Cold Storage was the child of the Industrial Revolution and Pax Britannica‚ when Singapore was the “Clapham Junction of the Eastern Seas”. Together with electricity and refrigeration‚ it
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ARAB STREET(1) Arab Street lies between Victoria Street and Beach Road in the Kampong Glam area‚ and is located in the Rochore Planning Area of the Central Region in Singapore. Sir Stamford Raffles designated the Kampong Glam area as the most appropriate area for Arabs in Singapore to live. Other streets nearby are also named after Arabian cities. They are Bussorah Street‚ Muscat Street and Baghdad Street. Arab street is in the centre of the original Muslim section of town‚ famed for its speciality
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which had achieved independence in 1957; Singapore‚ which had been self-governing since 1959; and two territories in northwestern Borneo‚ Sarawak and Sabah (then known as North Borneo)‚ which by 1960 were well advanced on the road to independence. The newly elected government of Singapore was in favour of merging with Malaya‚ and in 1961 Tunku Abdul Rahman‚ prime minister of Malaya‚ took the initiative and suggested that a plan should be devised whereby Singapore‚ North Borneo‚ Brunei (another British
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populations of the British Straits Settlements of Malaya and the Dutch-controlled island of Java and other locations‚ who have adopted partially or in full Nusantara customs to be somewhat assimilated into the local communities. They were the elites of Singapore‚ more loyal to the British than to China. Most have lived for generations along thestraits of Malacca and not all intermarried with the local Native Indonesians and Malays. They were usually traders‚ the middleman of the British and the Chinese‚
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