The Life expectancy in Singapore has increased steadily by roughly 30% in the past 50 years—from 60 years at birth in 1960 to 80 years at birth in 2010. (Statistics Singapore‚ 2010) Since the last quarter of the twentieth century‚ the rise in life expectancy has been accompanied by a downward trend in fertility which results in an aging population. Similar to many developing countries with aging populations‚ aging populations indisputably brings challenges. The Government has many plans and policies
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political stability are maintained. The People’s Action Party dominated the Singaporean politics since the independence from leaving the Federal of Malaysia in 1965. Singapore is classed as a "Hybrid" country by the Economist intelligent unit because Singaporean politics is a mixture of bureaucracy and democracy. Also Freedom House rank Singapore as "partly free". Western democracies considered the Singaporean government is closer to bureaucratic instead of democratic or illiberal and procedural democratic
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IT IS SAID THAT MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE RELATIONS HAVE EVOLVED FROM AN INHERENTLY UNSTABLE TO A MORE MATURE RELATIONSHIP. DISCUSS THE REASONS FOR THIS CHANGE AND PROSPECT OF FURTHER CONSOLIDATION OF THEIR BILATERAL RELATION 1.0 INTRODUCTION Malaysia and Singapore shares a special relationship mainly due to geographical proximity and historical linkage. It reached to a lower ebb in the 1960’s when it was termed to be a ‘Cats and Dogs relationship’ by the then Malaysian Prime Minister. The ultimate
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1. Describe the key elements of the Singapore “competitiveness” model. The key elements of Singapore “competitiveness” model are economic and political stability‚ a pro-business mindset and a focus on innovation. With an emphasis on these key elements Singapore was able grow and make itself attractive to MNC’s looking to establish international operations in South East Asia. Economic and Political Stability Before Singapore began to attract foreign-investments‚ their first Prime Minister Lee
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Introduction In Singapore industrial relations is important as Singapore is a hub for global activities‚ if Singapore were to be an inequitable place to work in‚ it will result in Singapore being unattractive to people to work in and firms would not be enticed to expand their business in Singapore leading to low job creation. There are various systems in place in Singapore to create an equal playing field in industrial relations. But no system is perfect‚ in the essay I would be talking about the
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The incarceration rates of Norway‚ Australia‚ and Singapore can are much lower compared to the United States. In Norway the murder rate is less than half of that in Australia and robbery rate is significantly lower as well. The rates of all of the three first world countries i researched were surprising to me. I think they are surprising to me because Singapore have a very very low crime rate‚ and i would believe that is because they have very strict rules there compared to other places such as Australia
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of immigrant workers and its impact on Singapore Globalisation describes the increased flow of goods‚ services‚ capital‚ labour‚ technology‚ ideas and information across national boundaries. Local‚ national‚ regional and global elements are connected‚ resulting in a cross-influencing and an inter-dependent world. I will be focusing on the aspect of the flow of labour‚ and exploring the impact it has made on Singapore. In light of globalisation‚ Singapore has received an influx of immigrant workers
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Image of Nature In the Mary Oliver poem “Singapore”‚ she speaks about how some people expect all poems to only be about nature and obvious happiness. However‚ she shows that with imagery they can be found in the least likely of places. She talks about this woman she sees in a Singapore airport restroom cleaning an ashtray in the toilet and she compares this image to a vision of nature. In this poem‚ the author uses a collaboration of imagination‚ nature imagery‚ and what she physically sees to
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Being a land-scarce country of 714.3 square kilometres and having a population density of 7‚257 per square kilometer (Singapore Department of Statistics‚ 2012)‚ every hectare of land in Singapore is extremely important to us. Over the years‚ widespread urbanisation has led to about 90.2% of our land area being developed (Tan‚ 2006)‚ exhausting much of our natural heritage in the process. Due to the limited amount of land‚ our natural heritage is insufficient to provide us with much economical
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expenses? The ageing population in Singapore is growing at an alarming trend. We currently have more than 450‚000 people aged 65 and above as of Augus 2011. By 2025‚ 14 years from now‚ the ratio of those aged 65 and above will be more than 20% of our population. Singapore Ratios of elderly to children 2025 By 2050‚ those aged 65 and above will be almost 30%. Compared to the number of young less than 15. We will see more elderly than kids anywhere we go. Singapore Ratio of elderly to children in
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