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Water use conservation and efficiency Total 200.0% In 1819 when a British trading post was first established on the island Singapore was still nearly entirely covered in rainforests During that time it still contained flora shared with the Malay Peninsula but the biodiversity of the fauna was even then relatively low Following the establishment of the trading post rapid deforestation began due to crop cultivation Deforestation of Singapore was largely completed by the 20th century By some estimates there has been a loss of 95% of the natural habitats of Singapore over the course of the past 183 years. Due to the deforestation of Singapore over twenty species of freshwater fish and 100 species of bird as well as a number of mammals have gone locally extinct a 2003 estimate has put the amount of extinct species as over 28%; The British governor Stamford Raffles arrived in Singapore on 28 January 1819 and soon recognised the island as a natural choice for the new port The island was then nominally ruled by Tengku Abdul Rahman the Sultan of Johor who was controlled by the Dutch and the Bugis However the Sultanate was weakened by factional division; the Temenggong (or Chief Minister) Tengku Abdu'r Rahman and his officials were loyal to Tengku Rahman's elder brother Tengku Long who was living in exile in Riau With the Temenggong's help Raffles managed to smuggle Tengku Long back into Singapore He offered to recognise Tengku Long as the rightful Sultan of Johor given the title of Sultan Hussein and provide him with a yearly payment of $5000 and $3000 to the Temenggong; in return Sultan Hussein would grant the British the right to establish a trading post on Singapore a formal treaty was signed on 6 February 1819 and modern Singapore was born. Airport and airbase technical data Year GDP 6.3 India, 13 Medical tourism Any combination of the above (such as the Malaysian National Assembly). Repeated efforts were made to persuade Calcutta to send a replacement for Farquhar; but they remained unanswered As Raffles started to hint at his impending retirement he made Johor a British protectorate raising a protest from Van der Capellen Eventually Calcutta appointed John Crawfurd who had followed Raffles for over twenty years as the new Resident of Singapore while Captain William Gordon MacKenzie took over Bencoolen In March 1823 coincidentally the same day he was replaced he received an official reprimand from London for the takeover of Nias. 5 Death 2011 S$346.353 S$66,816 S$342.371 S$338.452 S$65,292 S$373.960 S$1.2573 History, Merger with Malaysia, S$346.353 US$53,122 The first polytechnic in Singapore Singapore Polytechnic was established in 1954. Ngee Ann Polytechnic has roots that go back to 1963. Two other polytechnics Temasek Polytechnic and Nanyang Polytechnic were established in the 1990s the most recent Republic Polytechnic was established in 2003. Arts Institution like Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts started off in the 1930s as a fully private arts educational provider but eventually was absorbed by the Ministry of Education before becoming an Autonomous arts institution of Singapore operating under private management with government fundings.

As of 2015 there was a total of 957,246 motor vehicles in Singapore with 519,645 of them being private cars, In 1956 the Tunku led a group of negotiators comprising Alliance politicians and representatives of the Malay rulers to London There they brokered a deal with the British for independence The date of independence was set as 31 August 1957 on the condition that an independent commission is set up to draft a constitution for the country The Alliance government was also required to avoid seizing British and other foreign assets in Malaya A defence treaty would also be signed. Popular seafood dishes include, 1.1 Ancient An open skies agreement was concluded with the United Kingdom in October 2007 permitting unrestricted services from Singapore by UK carriers Singapore carriers were allowed to operate domestic UK services as well as services beyond London Heathrow to a number of destinations including the United States along with Canada, Financing In 2005 PUB issued for the first time a bond raising S$400 million to finance part of its investment program Since then bonds have been issued regularly including a S$300 million bond with a maturity of 20 years in 2007. During the financial year 2010 PUB Group received an operating grant of S$185 million to fund the operation and maintenance of the stormwater drainage network and operating costs of certain water infrastructure assets such as the Marina Serangoon and Punggol Reservoir schemes! . Singapore business directory On 20 May 2010 the CPE has registered the first batch of private education institutions (PEIs) under the Enhanced Registration Framework (ERF) Following the launch of the new private education regulatory regime on 21 Dec 2009 all PEIs within the regulatory scope of the Private Education Act are required to register with the CPE under the ERF Under the Enhanced Registration Framework private institutions must meet requirements relating to their managers teachers courses and examination boards Out of 308 which applied less than a third were given the stamp of approval and students are relieved that their school has made the mark Only 63 ERF applications have been evaluated by the CPE of which 36 PEIs like MDIS EASB SDH Institute SAA Global Education Coleman College STEi Institute etc have been registered for a period of four years ERF and 26 PEIs have been registered for one year The registration period awarded to a PEI is dependent on its degree of compliance with the Private Education Regulations. Singapore has roughly 80 species of mammals (out of 11 different orders) including 45 species of bat and three species of non-human primates. Currently the only introduced species in Singapore is the variable squirrel the abundance of bats however has been decreasing rapidly due to a habitat loss of over 95%, There is a vast difference in the cost of health insurance hospital bills and procedures from the public to private sector The table below illustrates some of the differences in cost associated with a variety of conditions/procedures. The government provides social support through a variety of social assistance schemes The Ministry of Social and Family Development runs ComCare a program which provides income support for low-income citizen households through various schemes for short-to-medium term assistance long-term assistance child support and urgent financial needs the Community Development Councils also run various local assistance schemes within their districts the Ministry of Manpower runs a Silver Support Scheme which provides additional financial support for low-income elderly with no family support. Meanwhile the Ministry of Health also runs MediFund to assist families that have difficulty paying for medical bills despite government subsidies and other health financing schemes in addition the National Council of Social Service coordinates a range of 450 non-government voluntary welfare organisations to provide social services while raising funds through the Community Chest of Singapore, 11 Further reading 6 Cuisine (Billion) GNI, Tuas Megaport IB Chemistry.