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Mee rebus Sri Mariamman Temple built in 1827 is the largest Hindu temple in Singapore. . The size of continents is also important Because of the stabilizing effect of the oceans on temperature yearly temperature variations are generally lower in coastal areas than they are inland A larger supercontinent will therefore have more area in which climate is strongly seasonal than will several smaller continents or islands, See also: Non-deliverable forward As a result schools with an IP allow their students to skip the "O" levels at Secondary 4 and go straight into junior colleges (JCs) in Year 5/JC1 The Integrated Programme with the revised Singapore-Cambridge GCE "A" levels or the IB Diploma as a terminal qualification has become an increasingly popular alternative to the standard secondary education pathway This is because it is perceived as having moved away from the usually heavy emphasis on the sciences a phenomenon resulting from the post-independence need for quick and basic technical and industrial education; to subjects in the arts and humanities Such programmes are more project-based and students are expected to be independent learners. . Short-term interest rates; Foreign Government Broadband Index (gBBi) Changes in national assessment policy. In 1983 a dam was built across the estuary of the Seletar River to form the Lower Seletar Reservoir But these amounts were still not sufficient and seawater desalination was too expensive at the time to be considered Singapore was thus interested in building a dam on the Johor River in Malaysia and an associated new water treatment plant After six years of difficult negotiations the Prime Ministers of Singapore and Malaysia signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 1988 paving the way for an agreement in 1990 with Johor that allowed the construction of the dam! .

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. Mean years of schooling (aged 25 years and above) 11.1 years (2018), (symbol) % of daily trades, Reuters introduced computer monitors during June 1973 replacing the telephones and telex used previously for trading quotes.