Asian Civilisations Museum

Paper money originated from promissory notes called "jiaozi" in 7th century China Jiaozi did not replace metallic currency and were used alongside the copper coins The successive Yuan Dynasty was the first government to use paper currency as the predominant circulating medium In the later course of the dynasty facing massive shortages of specie to fund war and their rule in China they began printing paper money without restrictions resulting in hyperinflation, Economy A Hindu shrine dedicated to King Siliwangi in Pura Parahyangan Agung Jagatkarta Bogor; In 1824 the entire island as well as the Temenggong became a British possession after a further treaty with the Sultan in 1826 Singapore became part of the Straits Settlements under the jurisdiction of British India becoming the regional capital in 1836. Prior to Raffles' arrival there were only about a thousand people living on the island mostly indigenous Malays along with a handful of Chinese by 1860 the population had swelled to over 80,000 more than half being Chinese. Many of these early immigrants came to work on the pepper and gambier plantations. Later in the 1890s when the rubber industry also became established in Malaya and Singapore the island became a global centre for rubber sorting and export, In Singapore madrasahs are full-time religious institutions that offer a pedagogical mix of Islamic religious education and secular education in their curricula There are currently six madrasahs in Singapore offering primary to tertiary education namely Aljunied Al-Islamiah Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiah Al-Maarif Al-Islamiah Alsagoff Al-Arabiah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah and Wak Tanjong Al-Islamiah Four of them are co-educational while the other two offer madrasah education exclusively to girls. Contents 1.4 Towards water self-sufficiency (since 2002) Bicameral (unicameral in some circumstances) 1 History In recognition of Singapore's linguistic and cultural pluralism another stated objective of the bilingual policy is to educate students with their "mother tongues" so that they can learn about their culture identify with their ethnic roots and to preserve cultural traits and Asian values. Within the Chinese population Mandarin is promoted as a common language and other Chinese dialects are discouraged to better integrate the community In 1979 the Speak Mandarin Campaign was launched to further advance this goal. . ; . .

7 Infrastructure 1 Etymology 2015 145,013,583 +6.2% Second Listed Exchange in Asia-Pacific Contents On 19 May 2016 the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Changi Airport Group (CAG) announced that a new passenger terminal building will be built by end 2018 The new passenger terminal building opened its doors on 19 November 2018 replacing the old passenger terminal the new terminal comes with improved facilities and amenities The departure area now houses four check-in counters six immigration lanes two security screening stations and a gate holdroom that can accommodate 200 passengers Turboprop aircraft operations will also be shifted from Changi Airport to Seletar Airport helping to free up capacity for jet aircraft operations at Changi Airport. Under these agreements Singapore built two water treatment plants in Singapore and a new expanded pipeline from Johor. Singapore also supplied treated water to Johor far below the cost of treating the water At the time of the agreements it was expected that Singapore would become part of Malaysia as it did for a brief period beginning in 1963.