. . All pupils advance to the orientation stage after Primary 4 where they are streamed according to the pupil's ability the streaming system has been adjusted: previously pupils were divided at Primary 5 to the EM1 EM2 and EM3 (English and Mother Tongue at 1st 2nd and 3rd language respectively) streams but since 2008 they are streamed according to subject under a scheme known as "Subject-based banding". Students take subjects at different levels based on their scores in the respective subjects at the end of Primary 4 the Mother Tongue subjects are offered at the higher standard or foundation levels; Science and Maths can be taken at the standard or foundation levels. 3.1.2 Life The 10 public hospitals comprise 7 general hospitals (SGH NUH CGH TTSH KTPH NTFGH & SKH) an integrated hospital (AH) a women's and children's hospital (KKH) and a psychiatric hospital (IMH) in addition there are 9 national specialty centres for cancer (NCCS) cardiac (NHCS) eye (SNEC) skin (NSC) neuroscience (NNI) dental care (NDCS) and a medical centre for multiple disciplines (NCIS NUHCS & NUCOHS), Upon arrival in England in poor health Sir Stamford and Lady Raffles convalesced in Cheltenham until September 1824 after which he entertained distinguished guests in both London and his home He also made plans to stand for parliament but this ambition was never realized They removed to a London address at Berners Street at the end of November 1824 just in time to have a war of words with Farquhar who had also arrived in the city in front of the Court of Directors of the EIC regarding Singapore Despite raising several severe charges against Raffles Farquhar was ultimately unable to discredit him; he was denied a chance to be restored to Singapore but was given a military promotion instead, Domed performing arts centre with spikes reminiscent of a durian fruit. In 1817 he was created a Knight Bachelor by the Prince Regent whose daughter Princess Charlotte was particularly close to him At the publication of the book he also stopped using the name "Thomas" preferring to use his middle name "Stamford" possibly to avoid confusion amongst his associates with Sir Thomas Sevestre or his cousin Thomas Raffles who bore the same name. Currencies are traded against one another in pairs Each currency pair thus constitutes an individual trading product and is traditionally noted XXXYYY or XXX/YYY where XXX and YYY are the ISO 4217 international three-letter code of the currencies involved The first currency (XXX) is the base currency that is quoted relative to the second currency (YYY) called the counter currency (or quote currency) For instance the quotation EURUSD (EUR/USD) 1.5465 is the price of the Euro expressed in US dollars meaning 1 euro = 1.5465 dollars The market convention is to quote most exchange rates against the USD with the US dollar as the base currency (e.g USDJPY USDCAD USDCHF) The exceptions are the British pound (GBP) Australian dollar (AUD) the New Zealand dollar (NZD) and the euro (EUR) where the USD is the counter currency (e.g GBPUSD AUDUSD NZDUSD EURUSD). . .
. 2.1 Establishment of the Imperial Guard and institutional reforms, The national flower of Singapore is the hybrid orchid Vanda 'Miss Joaquim' named in memory of a Singapore-born Armenian woman who crossbred the flower in her garden at Tanjong Pagar in 1893. Many national symbols such as the Coat of arms of Singapore and the Lion head symbol of Singapore make use of the lion as Singapore is known as the Lion City Major religious festivals are public holidays. . . The Reid Commission led by Lord William Reid was formed to draft the constitution Although enshrining concepts such as federalism and a constitutional monarchy the proposed constitution also contained provisions protecting special rights for the Malays such as quotas in admission to higher education and the civil service and making Islam the official religion of the federation It also made Malay the official language of the nation although the right to vernacular education in Chinese and Tamil would be protected Although the Tunku and the Malay rulers had asked the Reid Commission to ensure that "in an independent Malaya all nationals should be accorded equal rights privileges and opportunities and there must not be discrimination on grounds of race and creed," the Malay privileges which many in UMNO backed were cited as necessary by the Reid Commission as a form of affirmative action that would eventually be phased out These measures were included as Articles 3 152 and 153 of the Constitution, 4 See also Decline in thickness of glaciers worldwide over the past half-century, Java transport network On 27 April 1977 shortly before his 77th birthday Mountbatten became the first member of the Royal Family to appear on the TV guest show This is Your Life. .
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