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Lee Kuan Yew the first Prime Minister is also recognised as Singapore's founding father Decline in thickness of glaciers worldwide over the past half-century. . TIMSS depends on the collaboration of a large number of individuals and organizations around the world including the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College IEA's offices in Amsterdam and Hamburg Statistics Canada and Educational Testing Service (ETS) In the United States TIMSS is conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics of the US Department of Education Data for US students is further tracked for ethnic and racial groups TIMSS is mainly funded by the participating countries Also the US National Center for Education Statistics of the US Department of Education and the World Bank provide major support funding for the assessments.

Scientists generally define the five components of earth's climate system to include atmosphere hydrosphere cryosphere lithosphere (restricted to the surface soils rocks and sediments) and biosphere. Natural changes in the climate system result in internal "climate variability". Examples include the type and distribution of species and changes in ocean-atmosphere circulations, SingSpring 2005 136.4 Hyflux (30%) Keppel 70%), 1.4.3 After 1973 Medieval Warm Period. Arctic sea ice decline Investment In the financial year 2010 PUB undertook investments of S$411 million (USD 290 million) in its own assets mainly for water supply and NEWater and S$451 million (USD 319 million) for assets belonging to the government mainly for sanitation and stormwater drainage. This corresponds to annual investments of USD 117 per capita which is higher than in the United States where the corresponding figure is USD 97. Java is divided into four provinces and two special regions:. Government-linked corporations play a substantial role in Singapore's domestic economy As of November 2011 the top six Singapore-listed GLCs accounted for about 17 percent of total capitalization of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) These fully and partially state-owned enterprises operate on a commercial basis and are granted no competitive advantage over privately owned enterprises State ownership is prominent in strategic sectors of the economy including telecommunications media public transportation defence port airport operations as well as banking shipping airline infrastructure and real estate, 2 levels Taxis are available at the taxi stands at the arrival hall There is an additional airport surcharge for all trips originating from the airport. With Diminishing growth rates the country again needed to diversify its economy, S$362.332 US$54,578, 8 United Kingdom HSBC 4.6% 1.2 Southeast Asia. In 2002 Singapore commissioned its first reclaimed water plant thus opening a "Third Tap" This was done carefully after a monitoring period of two years to ensure safe water quality There was also an active marketing campaign that included the opening of a visitor center the sale of NEWater in bottles and the Prime Minister drinking a bottle of NEWater in front of the cameras in 2005 Singapore opened its first seawater desalination plant the "Fourth Tap" In the meantime it also further expanded its reservoirs the "First Tap" Today's largest reservoir the Marina Bay reservoir was inaugurated in 2008 It is located in the estuary of a river that has been closed off by a barrage to keep the seawater out Two similar barrages were completed in July 2011 forming the Punggol Reservoir and the Serangoon Reservoir When the 1961 water agreement with Malaysia ended in August 2011 Singapore could thus afford to let it expire.