Description of the campaign: The Fall of Singapore is considered to be one of Britain’s worst defeats in the World War II. It occurred on 15 February 1942 and marked a dramatic victory for the Japanese. It displayed the immense power of Japan and the threat they had upon many countries in the world. This battle involved both savage methods and ended with the atomic bombing on Hiroshima in August 1945. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor‚ Japan was able to pursue their other military
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SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES Air travel remains a large and growing industry. Despite being plagued by several factors such as overcapacity‚ commoditization of offerings and cutthroat rivalry to name a few‚ it facilitates economic growth‚ world trade‚ international investment and tourism. This case study will analyze the external factors affecting the airline industry‚ analyze the internal factors affecting Singapore International Airlines (SIA) and critically discuss the different generic
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15th 1942‚ at the Ford Factory in Singapore‚ is considered to be one of the greatest defeats in history for Britain during World War Two. Due to Singapore’s strategic position‚ the attack had a massive affect on Australia’s immediate security‚ as it was now possible for the Japanese to move down from Singapore into Australia. Also more than 100‚000 troops became prisoners of war‚ affecting many of the family’s back home. The strategic importance of Singapore Singapore was considered the fortress for
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Limited Scope of Practice for APRNs in Georgia and the movement toward Autonomy Ann Giedd Catholic University of America November 21‚ 2011 Executive Summary Independent practice is central to the APRNs professional role (Weiland‚ 2008). In Georgia‚ factors involving state rules and regulations such as the need for physician collaboration and supervision in order to diagnose and prescribe have created practice environments that are detrimental for full recognition of APRNs as autonomous
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INTRODUCTION Rice imported from Fukushima went on sale in Singapore on 22nd August after a lift in restrictions of Japanese food imports. The restrictions were imposed after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011‚ resulting in severe radioactive substance leakage into the environment. This has huge implications on Japan’s agriculture industry as the radioactive leakage contaminated the surrounding farm lands. The lift was announced after a meeting between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and
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Slimming is increasingly seen as one of the panaceas for Singapore’s societal ills‚ many young women feel that being slimmer can change the way they feel about themselves. The obesity rate among young Chinese women in Singapore is only 4.2 percent. However‚ Singapore is ranked fifth in per capita consumption of diet pills in the world. Even the women who are not obese are taking diet pills to be slimmer. This has led to a whole host of products claiming to reduce weight with little effort
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for energy to fuel economic growth especially from China‚ India‚ the Middle East and Russia. Singapore Petroleum Co Ltd (SPC) is a Singapore-based company. The principal activities of the Company consist of exploring‚ developing and producing oil and gas‚ petroleum refining‚ marketing‚ distribution and trading of crude oil and petroleum products and the provision of administrative support services. In line with the Vision “To Be Strong Integrated Oil and Gas Company”‚ the group has further invested
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Are we really Independent… Our 1st Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlala Nehru quoted : "Hum LayeHainTufan Se Kashti Nikal Ke‚Is desh ko rakhna mere baccho sambhal ke" By this punch-line the Govt. might want to convey to the future generation that please be careful regarding the foreign trade policies. They wanted us to be sure of the fact that our country shouldn’t get dependent on other nations‚ and our Govt.’s prior to 1991 strictly followed a closed economy paradigm. The Turing point: In
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developments found within Singapore society may vary from different trends technical‚ social‚ global or even with the increasing of other high technological tools. The possibility of people being connecting and communicating by mobile devices‚ work being done by robots instead of human beings and digital books replacing real books. In the near future‚ globalization will continue with more and more people moving over to other parts of the world. The population of Singapore will have more retirees
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set off the TBP income first‚ then non-trade income till statutory income is zero. If there is still statutory income‚ set off UL‚TBP loss‚ UD‚ then current year donation. 2. Need to add back donation charged to P/L since donation is prohibited for deduction. Only APPROVED donation is a qualifying loss item to arrive at AI. From 01/01/09‚ allow 250% deduction. Unutilized donation can be carried forward for a maximum of 5 YAs. 3. Singapore Sourced Dividends ~ paid by SR Company Effect from 1/1/08
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