Thailand The earliest inhabitants of what is now Thailand were hunter-gatherers. However about 4‚000 BC they began farming. They grew rice. At first the farmers used stone tools but about 3‚000 BC bronze was discovered. From about 500 BC the people of what is now Thailand used iron. At first what is now Thailand was divided into small states called Meuang. By 100 AD they were practicing Theravada Buddhism. However the ancestors of modern Thais are believed to have come from southern China. They
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practice the green living. In this matter‚ Singapore would be a good example to solve the problem. The Singaporean government made some policies that target on the energy conservation and auto management. The car buyers need to buy a permit before buy a car and the current price is about $ 10‚000 for a midsize car. They also have to pay annual tax that specifically punishes high-powered‚ gas-guzzling engines. All these policy incentives had made Singapore as one of the many places in the world that
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between 50-85% of domestic employment across Asean. Integrating these SMEs and supporting them in the inital period will be a challenge throughout ASEAN but particularly in the lesser developed ASEAN countries. Recently I was in SIngapore and it is obvious that the Singapore government fully realizes the challenge and the opportunity that the AEC will represent to SMEs and is putting both the planning talent and the resources to better support their SMEs. I was also in
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The case‚ “The battle of the Asian Transshipment Hubs”‚ discusses the struggle of PSA (Port of Singapore Authority) against emergent challengers and the consequent strategies adopted in order to handle these offensives. As far as the port industry is concerned‚ it consists of import/export gateways and transhipment hubs and they can be owned by the state‚ privately through a lease agreement or a joint venture with a port operator. Their competitive advantage is derived from their geographic location
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least is other region. FACTS – CHINESE PEARANAKAN The Peranakans‚ also known as the Babas and Nyonyas‚ was a prominent community of acculturated Chinese unique to this part of the world‚ especially in the Straits Settlements (Penang‚ Malacca and Singapore) hence its other name‚ the Straits Chinese. At the Pinang Peranakan Mansion‚ the typical home of a rich Baba of a century ago is recreated to offer a glimpse of their opulent
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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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Assignment 1 Tragedy of the Commons Learning about the tragedy of the commons is as depressing as the title suggests. From the class activity‚ I gained some insights on the interactions within a community when they are given a finite amount of resources to share. Hardin shed some light on the issue‚ where he summarized that each time a commons is “enclosed” upon‚ it only leads to the “infringement of someone else’s personal liberty”.1 In the end‚ with the population size and demand for common
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