British colonisation IB History 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. . 7 Issues Special education The head of state will often hold meetings with the head of government and cabinet as a means of keeping abreast of governmental policy and as a means of advising consulting and warning ministers in their actions Such a practice takes place in the United Kingdom and India In the UK the sovereign holds confidential weekly meetings with the Prime Minister to discuss governmental policy and to offer her opinions and advice on issues of the day In India the Prime Minister is constitutionally bound to hold regular sessions with the President in a similar manner to the aforementioned British practice In essence the head of state as the theoretical executive authority "reigns but does not rule" This phrase means that the head of state's role in government is generally ceremonial and as a result does not directly institute executive powers The reserve powers of the head of state are sufficient to ensure compliance with some of their wishes However the extent of such powers varies from one country to another and is often a matter of controversy; Japanese artillery unit at the Koishikawa arsenal Tokyo in 1882 Photographed by Hugues Krafft. House of Representatives Monarchy (77.7) 25.4 4.4 Real estate Religion Contents Buddhism is the most widely practised religion in Singapore with 33% of the resident population declaring themselves adherents at the most recent census The next-most practised religion is Christianity followed by Islam Taoism and Hinduism 17% of the population did not have a religious affiliation The proportion of Christians Taoists and non-religious people increased between 2000 and 2010 by about 3 percentage points each whilst the proportion of Buddhists decreased Other faiths remained largely stable in their share of the population an analysis by the Pew Research Center found Singapore to be the world's most religiously diverse nation.
. Non-sovereign city-states Singapore's main territory is a diamond-shaped island although its territory includes surrounding smaller islands The farthest outlying island is Pedra Branca Of Singapore's dozens of smaller islands Jurong Island Pulau Tekong Pulau Ubin and Sentosa are the larger ones Most of Singapore is no more than 15 metres above sea level.
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