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9 Footnotes The government also has encouraged firms to invest outside Singapore with the country's total direct investments abroad reaching $39 billion by the end of 1998 The People's Republic of China was the top destination accounting for 14% of total overseas investments followed by Malaysia (10%) Hong Kong (9%) Indonesia (8%) and US (4%) The rapidly growing economy of India especially the high technology sector is becoming an expanding source of foreign investment for Singapore The United States provides no bilateral aid to Singapore but the US appears keen to improve bilateral trade and signed the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Singapore corporate tax is 17 per cent, Languages On 25 June 1987 an appeal was filed by 12 of the UMNO delegates to have the assembly and the election of April 1987 declared null After one of the delegates Hussain bin Manap withdrew unexpectedly in August from filing the appeal the remaining litigants have since become famous as the "UMNO 11." Although Razaleigh and Musa Hitam were not among the plaintiffs it was widely believed that Razaleigh was funding the appeal! As a result of this investment drive Singapore's capital stock increased 33 times by 1992 and achieved a tenfold increase in the capital-labour ratio. Living standards steadily rose with more families moving from a lower-income status to middle-income security with increased household incomes, Singapore business directory Taxicabs are a popular form of public transport in the compact sovereign city-state of Singapore with fares considered low compared to those in most cities in developed countries Starting rates were $3.20 - $3.90 As of March 2019 the taxi population has been increased to 83,037 Taxis may be flagged down at any time of the day along any public road outside of the Central Business District (CBD) However increased usage of Grab has resulted in a decrease in the usage of taxis. 1879: Trade volume reaches $105 million Thus there can be an advantage to having the central bank be independent of the political authority to shield it from the prospect of political pressure to reverse the direction of the policy But even with a seemingly independent central bank a central bank whose hands are not tied to the anti-inflation policy might be deemed as not fully credible; in this case there is an advantage to be had by the central bank being in some way bound to follow through on its policy pronouncements lending it credibility, Bond valuation Corporate bond Fixed income Government bond High-yield debt Municipal bond! This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed, The Earth receives an influx of ionized particles known as cosmic rays from a variety of external sources including the Sun A hypothesis holds that an increase in the cosmic ray flux would increase the ionization in the atmosphere leading to greater cloud cover This in turn would tend to cool the surface The non-solar cosmic ray flux may vary as a result of a nearby supernova event the solar system passing through a dense interstellar cloud or the oscillatory movement of the Sun's position with respect to the galactic plane The latter can increase the flux of high-energy cosmic rays coming from the Virgo cluster. . On 15 August 2018 15 CAAS sent to CAAM another email stressing the urgency of Malaysia's feedback on the ILS matter due to the impending move by Firefly to Seletar on 1 December 2018 and Singapore requested CAAM's prompt response by 27 August 2018 but there was no reply from CAAM to the Singapore requests, See also: Human rights in Singapore, On 1 January 1981 as part of changes beginning during 1978 the People's Bank of China allowed certain domestic "enterprises" to participate in foreign exchange trading. Sometime during 1981 the South Korean government ended Forex controls and allowed free trade to occur for the first time During 1988 the country's government accepted the IMF quota for international trade.

The IB headquarters were officially established in Geneva Switzerland in 1968 for the development and maintenance of the IB Diploma Programme The objective of this programme was to "provide an internationally acceptable university admissions qualification suitable for the growing mobile population of young people whose parents were part of the world of diplomacy international and multi-national organizations" by offering standardized courses and assessments for students aged 16 to 19, Desserts Japanese army and diplomatic codes, 12 Singapore as a "Global Schoolhouse". . 1.2 Post-separation S$338.452 S$65,292 US$237.737 S$1.2573 There are boats and ferry services to nearby islands of Malaysia and Indonesia These services can be found at Changi Ferry Terminal Changi Point Ferry Terminal Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal Singapore Cruise Centre and Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore. Singapore's public transport system had been reliant largely on buses until the opening of the first section of the Mass Rapid Transit in 1987 Although buses still enjoy an average daily ridership exceeding the number carried on both the MRT and LRT systems (3.9 million on buses compared to 3.1 million on the MRT and LRT in the year 2016) the Land Transport Authority plans to expand the rail system such that buses will eventually play only a feeder role to an extensive rail network, SGX was formed on 1 December 1999 as a holding company The share capital of some former exchange companies namely Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) and Securities Clearing and Computer Services Pte Ltd (SCCS) was cancelled and new shares issued in these companies were fully paid up by SGX In this way all assets previously owned by these three companies were transferred to SGX The shareholders previously holding shares in SES Simex and SCCS received newly issued SGX shares. In 2018 Singapore was ranked 151st out of 180 nations by Reporters Without Borders in the Worldwide Press Freedom Index the government has restricted freedom of speech and freedom of the press and has limited other civil and political rights the right to freedom of speech and association guaranteed by Article 14(1) of the Constitution of Singapore is restricted by the subsequent subsection (2) of the same Article. Resident non-students aged 15 years and over by highest qualification attained Hong Kong a former British crown colony and currently a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China has a unicameral Legislative Council While the Legislative Councils in British Australasian and North American colonies were unelected upper houses and some of them had since abolished themselves the Legislative Council of Hong Kong has remained the sole chamber and had in 1995 evolved into a fully elected house yet only part of the seats are returned by universal suffrage Responsible government was never granted during British colonial rule and the Governor remained the head of government until the transfer of sovereignty in 1997 when the role was replaced by the Chief Executive Secretaries had remained to be chosen by the Chief Executive not from the Legislative Council and their appointments need not be approved by the Legislative Council Although essentially more presidential than parliamentary the Legislative Council had inherited many elements of the Westminster system including parliamentary powers privileges and immunity and the right to conduct inquiries amongst others Minutes are known as Hansards and the theme colour of the meeting chamber is red as in other upper houses Government secretaries and other officials are seated on the right hand side of the President in the chamber The Chief Executive may dissolve the Legislative Council under certain conditions and is obliged to resign e.g when a re-elected Legislative Council passes again a bill that he or she had refused to sign. The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) is a vocational school that accepts students based on their GCE "O" level or GCE "N" level results and they provide two-year courses leading to a locally recognized "National ITE Certificate" There are three ITE colleges in Singapore Only a few ITE graduates will be able to continue their education at polytechnics and arts institutions which then if possible goes on to a university ITE colleges offer apprenticeships for the skilled trades and diplomas in vocational education for skilled technicians and workers in support roles in professions such as engineering accountancy business administration nursing medicine architecture and law The ITE is highly recognized vocational institution in producing highly skilled graduates that are in demand by employers Salaries for ITE graduates who receive a National ITE Certificate (NITEC) or a diploma have also become quite high ITE provides apprenticeships professional certificates licenses and diplomas in business administration accountancy woodworking metalworking carpentry drafting shipbuilding and repairing transportation and engineering science as of 2014 87% of ITE graduates are hired in their fields within six months of graduation leading more students to see vocational education as a strong alternative besides the traditional route of going to university, The status of Singapore as a British possession was cemented by the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 which carved up the Malay archipelago between the two colonial powers The area north of the Straits of Malacca including Penang Malacca and Singapore was designated as the British sphere of influence while the area south of the Straits was assigned to the Dutch, This section's factual accuracy is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on Talk:Education in Singapore Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced (October 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message). In the 1963 Singapore state elections the Alliance decided to challenge Lee Kuan Yew's governing People's Action Party (PAP) through the Singapore Alliance Party UMNO politicians actively campaigned in Singapore for the Singapore Alliance contending that the Singapore Malays were being treated as second-class citizens under the Chinese-dominated PAP government All of the UMNO-backed Malay candidates lost to PAP candidates UMNO Secretary-General Syed Jaafar Albar travelled to Singapore to address the Malay populace At one rally he called the PAP Malay politicians un-Islamic and traitors to the Malay race greatly straining PAP-UMNO relations The PAP politicians who saw this as a betrayal of an earlier agreement with the Alliance not to contest elections in Malaysia and Singapore respectively decided on running on the mainland in the 1964 general election Although the PAP contested nine Parliamentary seats and attracted large crowds at its rallies it won only one seat The strain in race relations caused by the communal lines along which the political factions had been drawn led to the 1964 Race Riots in Singapore, Geography by Ptolemy Latin manuscript of the early 15th century 4 Terminals.