dialect groups‚ religion‚ and many other categories. Therefore the various classification of culture itself may seem endless. The purpose of this report is to identify the Chinese culture in Singapore‚ particularly aspects that are important for foreign businesses. 2.0 The background of Chinese in Singapore The traditional Chinese society basically evolved from Confucian teachings: If you want to rule the state‚ first put your house in order; if you want to put your house in order‚ first
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1. Organizational Background Google Inc. is one of the most popular companies in the world. It is a global technology company built around the company ’s hugely popular search engine (Karch‚ 2014). Its key businesses include Internet analytics‚ cloud computing‚ advertising technologies‚ and Web app‚ browser and operating system development‚ enterprise and hardware products. The company is well known for its Google Search‚ which provides information online and allows users to search for things‚ people
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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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macroeconomic position and discuss what policy options have been adopted by the monetary and fiscal authorities in the past years in order to correct any inflation‚ unemployment or growth problems that exist. In this paper‚ Singapore ’s economy will be discussed. Like most other countries‚ Singapore wants growing living standards‚ high employment and low unemployment‚ as well as avoidance of recessions and inflation. These things are known as the targets of policy. Instruments are the policies used to achieve
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a country’s spending in any given year need not to equal its output of goods and services. A country can spend more money than it produces by borrowing from abroad‚ or it can spend less than it produces and lend the difference to foreigners. Singapore as an Open Economy Quick Facts * Population: * 5.3 million * GDP (PPP): * $314.9 billion * 4.9% growth * 5.7% 5-year compound annual growth * $59‚711 per capita * Unemployment: * 2.0%
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review of existing literature relating to vanishing trades (both reading materials and online resources)‚ this literature review will provide an understanding of vanishing trades as a whole‚ and vanishing trades in our local context . Firstly‚ the issue of establishing the definition of ‘Vanishing Trades’; by our team’s definition‚ it basically refers to the slow disappearance of skilled professions that were once valued‚ but have lost their significance and places in today’s society (due to various
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1. Common Law Common Law is used to interpret what the terms in the contract mean‚ especially when there is a dispute about the application of an Act or the contractual relationship in a case‚ which then may become part of a common law (Victoria Legal Aid 2009). Besides‚ common law divides work relationship into two basic categories when the employment contract exists – contracts for service if the worker is an independent contractor and contracts of service if the worker is an employee (WorkCover
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SEXUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE Licresha Pierce Strayer University Professor Honore Workplace romance exists when two members of the same organization develop a relationship with mutual attraction. Individuals who develop workplace romances may cause damages to morale and productivity. However companies are still confused whether or not they should interfere in the romantic relationship. Many companies are trying to figure out what department should get involved and what policies should be set
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Singapore Withholding Tax Withholding Tax is a form of levy placed on payments made to non-resident tax entities including employees‚ business partners and overseas agents. In accordance with IRAS tax rules‚ a person has a legal obligation to withhold a percentage of the payment‚ when he makes payments of a specified nature under the Singapore Income Tax Act‚ to a non-resident‚ and hence the Withholding Tax. What is Singapore Withholding Tax? For tax purposes in Singapore‚ Inland Revenue Authority
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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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