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1.1% The Special Assistance Plan (SAP) is a special programme in Singapore established in 1979 that caters to academically strong students who excel in both their mother tongue as well as English It allows students to undertake English Language and Chinese Language at first language standard in the Special academic stream (a modified variation of the Express academic stream assimilated into the Express academic stream in 2006) with a widened exposure to the Chinese culture and values The programme is offered in designated schools that are recognised for its preservation of strong Chinese cultural heritage and academic excellence. Currently there are a total of 15 primary schools and 11 high schools being accorded SAP status. For several years Singapore has been one of the few countries with an AAA credit rating from the "big three" and the only Asian country to achieve this rating. Singapore attracts a large amount of foreign investment as a result of its location skilled workforce low tax rates advanced infrastructure and zero-tolerance against corruption. Singapore has the world's eleventh largest foreign reserves and one of the highest net international investment position per capita. There are more than 7,000 multinational corporations from the United States Japan and Europe in Singapore There are also approximately 1,500 companies from China and a similar number from India Roughly 44 percent of the Singaporean workforce is made up of non-Singaporeans. Over ten free-trade agreements have been signed with other countries and regions. Despite market freedom Singapore's government operations have a significant stake in the economy contributing 22% of the GDP.

National Assembly Islamic Republic Foreign exchange A schematic of modern thermohaline circulation Tens of millions of years ago continental-plate movement formed a land-free gap around Antarctica allowing the formation of the ACC which keeps warm waters away from Antarctica, The government has planned the fourth autonomous university Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) to meet the rising demand for university education it started its operations in April 2012. Its permanent campus at Changi was opened in early 2015. Anthony Bourdain brought international attention to local food available in hawker centres on his show No Reservations He featured Tian Tian Chicken Rice and Maxwell Food Centre on the programme Bourdain has also publicly spoken about hoping to feature four Singaporean dishes in his upcoming food hall in New York City, Termless appointees either lifetime or retiring from successive Prime Ministers (such as the Senate of Canada). Ice kacang a mound of grated ice on a base consisting of jelly red beans corn and attap seeds topped with various kinds of coloured sugar syrups palm sugar rose syrup and evaporated milk, Pre open (Mid-Day Break) 12:00 pm 12:59 pm Information and communications technologies (ICT) is one of the pillars of Singapore's economic success However Singapore's mass communications networks including television and phone networks have long been operated by the government When Singapore first came online Singaporeans could use Teleview to communicate with one another but not with those outside of their sovereign city-state Publications such as the Wall Street Journal were censored the phrase Intelligent Island arose in the 1990s in reference to the island nation's early adaptive relationship with the internet. The foreign exchange market is the most liquid financial market in the world Traders include governments and central banks commercial banks other institutional investors and financial institutions currency speculators other commercial corporations and individuals According to the 2010 Triennial Central Bank Survey coordinated by the Bank for International Settlements average daily turnover was $3.98 trillion in April 2010 (compared to $1.7 trillion in 1998). Of this $3.98 trillion $1.5 trillion was spot transactions and $2.5 trillion was traded in outright forwards swaps and other derivatives, In the 1920s the Imperial Japanese Army expanded rapidly and by 1927 had a force of 300,000 men Unlike western countries the Army enjoyed a great deal of independence from government Under the provisions of the Meiji Constitution the War Minister was held accountable only to the Emperor (Hirohito) himself and not to the elected civilian government In fact Japanese civilian administrations needed the support of the Army in order to survive The Army controlled the appointment of the War Minister and in 1936 a law was passed that stipulated that only an active duty general or lieutenant-general could hold the post. As a result military spending as a proportion of the national budget rose disproportionately in the 1920s and 1930s and various factions within the military exerted disproportionate influence on Japanese foreign policy. Economy Comparisons between Asian Monsoons from 200 AD to 2000 AD (staying in the background on other plots) Northern Hemisphere temperature Alpine glacier extent (vertically inverted as marked) and human history as noted by the U.S NSF, Geography 6.6 United Kingdom Monetary policy is associated with interest rates and availability of credit Instruments of monetary policy have included short-term interest rates and bank reserves through the monetary base for many centuries there were only two forms of monetary policy: (i) Decisions about coinage; (ii) Decisions to print paper money to create credit Interest rates while now thought of as part of monetary authority were not generally coordinated with the other forms of monetary policy during this time Monetary policy was seen as an executive decision and was generally in the hands of the authority with seigniorage or the power to coin With the advent of larger trading networks came the ability to set the price between gold and silver and the price of the local currency to foreign currencies This official price could be enforced by law even if it varied from the market price!