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. Meritocracy is a fundamental ideology in Singapore and a fundamental principle in the education system which aims to identify and groom bright young students for positions of leadership The system places a great emphasis on academic performance in grading students and granting their admission to special programmes and universities though this has raised concerns about breeding elitism. Academic grades are considered as objective measures of the students' ability and effort irrespective of their social background. Having good academic credentials is seen as the most important factor for the students' career prospects in the job market and their future economic status, The English name of Singapore is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country Singapura which was in turn derived from Sanskrit (??????? IAST: Si?hapura; si?ha is "lion" pura is "town" or "city") hence the customary reference to the nation as the Lion City and its inclusion in many of the nation's symbols (e.g its coat of arms Merlion emblem) However it is unlikely that lions ever lived on the island; Sang Nila Utama the Srivijayan prince said to have founded and named the island Singapura perhaps saw a Malayan tiger There are however other suggestions for the origin of the name and scholars do not believe that the origin of the name is firmly established the central island has also been called Pulau Ujong as far back as the third century CE literally "island at the end" (of the Malay Peninsula) in Malay. Centralised Institute Light industry tends to be distributed around the island as industrial estates and located in flats similar to the HDB and only allow tenants which produce close to nil pollution whereas heavy industry tends to be located around Jurong and Jurong Island A list of such estates can be found here. .

When Singapore was first colonized by the British the City of Singapore was situated on the southern coast around the mouth of the Singapore River This area remains the Central Area of Singapore The rest of the island was farmland and primary rainforest However since the 1960s the government has constructed many new towns in other areas so that today the island is nearly entirely built-up and urbanised with only a few exceptions such as the district of Lim Chu Kang or reclaimed land in the process of being developed, Top-ranking military leaders were given direct access to the Emperor and the authority to transmit his pronouncements directly to the troops The sympathetic relationship between conscripts and officers particularly junior officers who were drawn mostly from the peasantry tended to draw the military closer to the people In time most people came to look more for guidance in national matters more to military than to political leaders. This "four tap" strategy aims to reduce reliance on supply from Malaysia by increasing the volume supplied from the three other sources or "national taps" Since water demand in 2011 was 380 million imperial gallons (1,700,000 m3) per day Singapore could actually already have been water self-sufficient in 2011 except in years of very low rainfall The official figures downplay the share of reclaimed and desalinated water in water supply and thus the ability of the country to be self-sufficient However the Chairman of PUB admitted in 2012 that water self-sufficiency could be achieved well before the target year of 2061! Curricula are therefore closely tied to examinable topics and the competitiveness of the system led to a proliferation of ten-year series which are compilation books of past examination papers that students use to prepare for examinations, Each Singaporean's behaviours and attitudes are influenced by among other things his or her home language and his religion Singaporeans who speak English as their native language tend to lean toward Western culture while those who speak Chinese as their native language tend to lean toward Chinese culture and Confucianism Malay-speaking Singaporeans tend to lean toward Malay culture which itself is closely linked to Islamic culture, Aerial panorama of the Singapore Strait and the Pasir Panjang Port Terminal Shot in 2016. Current operations Religion On 25 September 2006 the Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE) a joint venture between SGX and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) became operational. However this joint venture was cancelled in November 2007 with CME Groups selling of its 50% stake in the joint venture to SGX The contracts previously traded on JADE were transferred to SGX's QUEST trading platform. Politics Service learning, Contents Kidney stones $3,545 SGD $5,610 SGD, Japanese troops during the Sino-Japanese War. Consolidation of the Eastern Isles Fruit The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) declared a national emergency after being advised by the national government Parliament was suspended with a National Operations Council (NOC) led by Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak of UMNO taking over the government Further polling in East Malaysia as a continuation of the general election was also postponed indefinitely Although the Cabinet still met under the Tunku as Prime Minister his role was largely symbolic with Tun Razak taking over the role of chief executive.