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5.3 Previous years 1.1 Ancient and medieval world Madrasahs Medieval and later, 1 History 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. Bonds and equities (debt and corporate ownership); Singapore business directory Beer in Singapore The Sun is the predominant source of energy input to the Earth Other sources include geothermal energy from the Earth's core tidal energy from the Moon and heat from the decay of radioactive compounds Both long- and short-term variations in solar intensity are known to affect global climate. In 1961 the Tunku mooted the idea of forming "Malaysia" which would consist of Singapore Sabah Sarawak all of which were then British colonies and also British Protectorate State of Brunei The reasoning behind this was that this would allow the central government to control and combat communist activities especially in Singapore It was also feared that if Singapore achieved independence it would become a base for Chinese chauvinists to threaten Malayan sovereignty To balance out the ethnic composition of the new nation the other states whose Malay and indigenous populations would balance out the Singaporean Chinese majority were also included. . . . .

. Total military in August 1945 was 6,095,000 including 676,863 Army Air Service Imperial Japanese Military, Singapore's healthcare system uses a mixed financing system that includes nationalised life insurance schemes and deductions from the compulsory savings plan or the Central Provident Fund (CPF) for working Singaporeans and permanent residents. This mechanism is intended to reduce the overuse of healthcare services, 2 Medisave The water pipeline from Malaysia shown here at the Johor-Woodlands causeway supplies 40% of Singapore's water supply. 1955: a Singapore local legislative Assembly with 25 out of 35 members elected was formed. 7 Companies listed on Singapore Exchange, Private tuition is a lucrative industry in Singapore since many parents send their children for private tuition after school a straw poll by the Straits Times newspaper in 2008 found that out of 100 students interviewed only 3 students did not have any form of tuition in 2010 the Shin Min Daily News estimated that there were around 540 tuition centres offering private tuition in Singapore. Due to their high demand tuition centres are able to charge high fees for their services; they have an annual turnover of SGD$110.6 million in 2005. However this industry is largely unregulated though tuition centres are required to be registered with the Ministry of Education. There is no such requirement for individual private tutors. 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, S$5.876 US$925 Premier/Chief Minister (provinces states territories), 2000 US$95.835 (90.1) 32.2 Republic of Singapore Navy's RSS Steadfast and RSS Vigilance sailing line-abreast during CARAT Singapore 2010. Sembawang Air Base WSAG Military Paved 3000 914 In developed nations the state control of the foreign exchange trading ended in 1973 when complete floating and relatively free market conditions of modern times began. Other sources claim that the first time a currency pair was traded by U.S retail customers was during 1982 with additional currency pairs becoming available by the next year. $2.383 trillion in foreign exchange swaps 20th-century cities under international supervision.