. Light rail transit functioning as feeders to the main MRT network has been under study for some time particularly since the existing urban configuration of self-containing new towns spread out in the suburbs meant it was feasible to consider having light rail systems connecting each town to the MRT station in the town centre a role which has traditionally been provided by feeder buses Thus the first SMRT Light Rail (SMRT Corporation) operated LRT was opened in Bukit Panjang in 1999 to provide a connection to Choa Chu Kang in neighbouring Choa Chu Kang New Town Although subsequently hit by over 50 incidents some of which resulted in several days of system suspension similar systems albeit from a different company were introduced in Sengkang and Punggol in 2003 and 2005 respectively both operated by SBS Transit. . Main article: Light Rail Transit (Singapore), (81.7) 27.0 Raffles' landing and arrival Treaty of Friendship and Alliance. Farquhar was officially named the Resident of Singapore and Raffles was named as "Agent to the Most Noble the Governor-General with the States of Rhio (Riau) Lingin and Johor" Although ownership of the post was to be exclusively British explicit orders were given to Farquhar to maintain free passage of ships through the Strait of Singapore and a small military presence was established alongside the trading post After issuing orders to Farquhar and the remaining Europeans Raffles left the next day 7 February 1819.
; $254 billion in options and other products, Singapore was one of only two countries in ASEAN that was not a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which mandates that persons with disabilities should be guaranteed the right to inclusive education. Instead in Singapore "any child who is unable to attend any national primary school due to any physical or intellectual disability" is exempted from compulsory education and there are no public schools for such children. Instead they may attend special education schools built largely by the Ministry of Education and run by voluntary welfare organisations These schools receive more than 80% of their funding from the Ministry of Education but have long waiting lists according to Member of Parliament Sylvia Lim the Singapore government has asserted that only "a very small number of children do not attend school each year" giving a figure of 8 students as compared to a primary school intake of roughly 43000 and that requiring all special needs children to attend school would "impose unduly harsh requirements on their parents." This practice has been described as a "form of discrimination" by Sylvia Lim the Convention was ratified in July 2013 and made effective on 18 August the same year, Funeral Monetary policy is referred to as being either expansionary or contractionary Expansionary policy occurs when a monetary authority uses its tools to stimulate the economy An expansionary policy maintains short-term interest rates at a lower than usual rate or increases the total supply of money in the economy more rapidly than usual It is traditionally used to try to combat unemployment in a recession by lowering interest rates in the hope that less expensive credit will entice businesses into expanding This increases aggregate demand (the overall demand for all goods and services in an economy) which boosts short-term growth as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) growth Expansionary monetary policy usually diminishes the value of the currency relative to other currencies (the exchange rate). . there is a strong credible body of evidence based on multiple lines of research documenting that climate is changing and that these changes are in large part caused by human activities While much remains to be learned the core phenomenon scientific questions and hypotheses have been examined thoroughly and have stood firm in the face of serious scientific debate and careful evaluation of alternative explanations, 11 See also Singapore business directory Lord and Lady Mountbatten with Mahatma Gandhi 1947.
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