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Sundanese Gamelan players As of mid-2018 the estimated population of Singapore was 5,638,700 people 3,471,900 (61.6%) of whom were citizens while the remaining 2,166,800 (38.4%) were permanent residents (522,300) or international students/foreign workers/dependants (1,644,500). According to the country's most recent census in 2010 nearly 23% of Singaporean residents (i.e citizens and permanent residents) were foreign born (which means about 10% of Singapore citizens were foreign-born naturalised citizens); if non-residents were counted nearly 43% of the total population were foreign born, 6.4 Languages In general bilateral relations with other ASEAN members are strong; however disagreements have arisen and relations with neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia have sometimes been strained. Malaysia and Singapore have clashed over the delivery of fresh water to Singapore and access by the Singapore Armed Forces to Malaysian airspace. Border issues exist with Malaysia and Indonesia and both have banned the sale of marine sand to Singapore over disputes about Singapore's land reclamation. Some previous disputes such as the Pedra Branca dispute have been resolved by the International Court of Justice. Piracy in the Strait of Malacca has been a cause of concern for all three countries. Close economic ties exist with Brunei and the two share a pegged currency value through a Currency Interchangeability Agreement between the two countries which makes both Brunei dollar and Singapore dollar banknotes and coins legal tender in either country, Animals The history of common water supply in Singapore began with the construction of the MacRitchie Reservoir which was built by the British in 1866 The Lower Peirce Reservoir and the Upper Seletar Reservoir were completed in 1913 and 1949 respectively in order to supply the rapidly modernising colonial city with sufficient water In 1927 the municipal leadership of Singapore and Sultan Ibrahim of the state and territories of Johor in neighboring Malaya signed an agreement that allowed Singapore to rent land in Johor and use its water for free The Municipal Water Department under David J Murnane began importing raw water from Gunong Pulai in 1927 and filtered water on 31 December 1929 The water filtration and pipeline capacity from Gunong Pulai was doubled in 1939. Another pipeline was built to return a smaller quantity of treated water to Johor.[citation needed] During the Battle of Singapore in 1942 the Causeway that links Singapore with Malaya and that carries the pipeline was blown up by retreating British troops thus unintentionally destroying the pipeline which left Singapore with water reserves that could last at most two weeks. According to Lee Kuan Yew this was one of his motives to envision water self-sufficiency for Singapore later when he became the city-state's Prime Minister. ForwardsOptions Main article: Music of Singapore, Plate tectonics Each student takes a two-hour handwritten test Part of the test is multiple-choice and part involves fuller answers There are six and a half hours of assessment material but each student is not tested on all the parts Following the cognitive test participating students spend nearly one more hour answering a questionnaire on their background including learning habits motivation and family School directors fill in a questionnaire describing school demographics funding etc In 2012 the participants were for the first time in the history of large-scale testing and assessments offered a new type of problem i.e interactive (complex) problems requiring exploration of a novel virtual device, With the Temenggong's help Raffles smuggled Tengku Hussein to Singapore He offered to recognize Hussein as the rightful Sultan of Johor and provide him with a yearly payment; in return Hussein would grant the British East India Company the right to establish a trading post on Singapore in the agreement Sultan Husain would receive a yearly sum of 5,000 Spanish dollars with the Temenggong receiving a yearly sum of 3,000 Spanish dollars. This agreement was ratified with a formal treaty signed on 6 February 1819. Media See also[show], Singapore ceased to be part of the British Empire when it merged with Malaysia in 1963 Singapore lost its hinterland and was no longer the administrative or economic capital of the Malay Peninsula The processing in Singapore of raw materials extracted in the Peninsula was drastically reduced due to the absence of a common market between Singapore and the Peninsular states. (90.1) 32.2 10 References See also: Volcanoes of Java Paleoclimatology is the study of changes in climate taken on the scale of the entire history of Earth It uses a variety of proxy methods from the Earth and life sciences to obtain data previously preserved within things such as rocks sediments ice sheets tree rings corals shells and microfossils It then uses the records to determine the past states of the Earth's various climate regions and its atmospheric system Notable climate events known to paleoclimatology are provided in this list of periods and events in climate history. . .

The public sector is used both as an investor and as a catalyst for economic development and innovation The government of Singapore has two sovereign wealth funds Temasek Holdings and GIC Private Limited which are used to manage the country's reserves. Initially the state's role was oriented more toward managing industries for economic development but in recent decades the objectives of Singapore's sovereign wealth funds have shifted to a commercial basis. . Demography 6 Further reading In Afghanistan Singapore troops were first deployed in 2007 on counter-terrorism missions as part of a multinational coalition.