Singapore has had other forms of light urban rail systems such as the monorail system on Sentosa island which opened in February 1982 This 6.4 km 6-station system was closed in March 2005 and a new Sentosa Express system was built by December 2006 The Changi Skytrain a people mover system shuttling passengers between the three terminals at the Singapore Changi Airport was opened originally in 1990 along with Terminal 2 and upgraded in 2006 with the completion of Terminal 3 The Jurong BirdPark previously featured an air-conditioned panorail which closed in 2012. 8.1 Local Master National ITE Certificate (Master Nitec) 6.4 Cross-cultural Tariffs Water and sewer tariffs in Singapore are set at a level allowing cost recovery including capital costs Water and sewer tariffs were raised substantially in the late 1990s so that the average monthly domestic bill including taxes increased from S$13 in 1996 to S$30 in 2000 the sewerage tariff (called "waterborne fee") is S$0.30/m3 for domestic users plus a fixed tariff of S$3 per "chargeable fitting" per month The water tariff includes a conservation tax set at 30% that increases to 45% for domestic consumption above 40 m3 per month A general service tax of 7% is added to the bill As of 2012 a household consuming 20 m3 per month and that has three "chargeable fittings" faces a water bill of S$32.5 per month and a sewer bill of S$15 per month both including all taxes The total of S$47.5 (USD 37.7) per month corresponds to S$2.38/m3 (US$1.88/m3) Industrial water tariffs are set lower at S$0.52/m3. Water and sewerage tariffs are lower than tariffs in some European countries such as in Germany where the average water and sewer tariff including taxes was Euro 3.95 per m3 in 2004 From 2017 the water tariff will increase by 30% in two phases.
The Employment Act offers little protection to white-collar workers due to an income threshold The Industrial Arbitration Court handles labour-management disputes that cannot be resolved informally through the Ministry of Manpower The Singapore Government has stressed the importance of co-operation between unions management and government (tripartism) as well as the early resolution of disputes There has been only one strike in the past 15 years. Since Singapore lacks natural freshwater rivers and lakes the primary source of domestic water is rainfall Demand for fresh water is approximately twice that supplied by rainfall so Singapore imports much of its fresh water from Malaysia and Indonesia To lessen its reliance on imports Singapore has built reservoirs to collect rainwater from both forest catchment and urban catchment run-offs and from recycled water facilities In addition Singapore has built three desalination plants on the western coast of Tuas with two more under construction They are expected to at least meet 30% of Singapore's water demands in 2060 Recent plans to produce NEWater-recycled water from treatment by filtration via reverse osmosis have been very successful as the government has opened up three plants around the island to help meet the demand; As early as January 2012 the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) had indicated that an ILS will be installed at Seletar Airport by 2014 as part of the upgrading work for the airport which had commenced expansion and improvement works since 2008 in 2014 Singapore had formally informed the then Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia currently known as the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) that all turboprop aircraft private jets and chartered aircraft from Changi Airport will be relocated to Seletar Airport by end-2018; Credit quality; National central banks play an important role in the foreign exchange markets They try to control the money supply inflation and/or interest rates and often have official or unofficial target rates for their currencies They can use their often substantial foreign exchange reserves to stabilize the market Nevertheless the effectiveness of central bank "stabilizing speculation" is doubtful because central banks do not go bankrupt if they make large losses as other traders would There is also no convincing evidence that they actually make a profit from trading, A number of disciplines throw light on past climates! 3.2.3 Solar output Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore portal On 19 May 2016 the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Changi Airport Group (CAG) announced that a new passenger terminal building will be built by end 2018 The new passenger terminal building opened its doors on 19 November 2018 replacing the old passenger terminal the new terminal comes with improved facilities and amenities The departure area now houses four check-in counters six immigration lanes two security screening stations and a gate holdroom that can accommodate 200 passengers Turboprop aircraft operations will also be shifted from Changi Airport to Seletar Airport helping to free up capacity for jet aircraft operations at Changi Airport.
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