San Ramon Regional Medical Center

. Demographics Bilingualism or mother tongue policy is a cornerstone of the Singapore education system While English is the first language and the medium of instruction in schools most students are required to take a "Mother Tongue" subject which could be one of the three official languages: Standard Mandarin Malay or Tamil A non-Tamil Indian may choose to offer Tamil or a non-official language such as Bengali Gujarati Hindi Punjabi or Urdu However Chinese students from a non-Mandarin background such as Cantonese speakers must learn Mandarin and students with Indonesian background must learn Malay Non-Chinese Malay or Indian students may choose to learn either one of these languages (Usually the Japanese Koreans and Southeast Asians who are not from Malay or Indonesian origin will choose Chinese) Mother Tongue is a compulsory examinable subject at the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) and the GCE "N" "O" and "A" level examinations Students are required to achieve a certain level of proficiency in what the government considers their mother tongue as a pre-requisite for admission to local universities Students returning from overseas may be exempted from this policy. People with no income such as retirees or housewives will have their subsidy rate pegged to the value of their homes whereas all unemployed residents of HDB flats excluding those in executive condominiums (EC) will be entitled to the highest tier of subsidy.

Raffles in 1817 by George Francis Joseph National Portrait Gallery London, The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) continues to attract investment funds on a large-scale for the country despite the city's relatively high-cost operating environment The US leads in foreign investment accounting for 40% of new commitments to the manufacturing sector in 2000 As of 1999 cumulative investment for manufacturing and services by American companies in Singapore reached approximately $20 billion (total assets) The bulk of US investment is in electronics manufacturing oil refining and storage and the chemical industry More than 1,500 US firms operate in Singapore. The IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) was first offered in 1994 Within five years 51 countries had MYP schools a revised MYP programme was introduced in September 2014, 10 Conflict with the Soviet Union, Malta Malta Parliament Republic 14 Religion (Billion) GDP Uniforms of the Imperial Japanese Army; Partnership National University Hospital is the second largest hospital in the city serving one million patients yearly 1.1 Cost comparison of public and private sectors.