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Life Specialist Nitec (Marine) The central bank influences interest rates by expanding or contracting the monetary base which consists of currency in circulation and banks' reserves on deposit at the central bank Central banks have three main tools of monetary policy: open market operations the discount rate and the reserve requirements. Spot marketSwaps short-term interest rates; Public Service: Available to the people of the state that will work for various government organisations (Health,Housing,Education Defense), (93.6) 33.8 Java's contact with the European colonial powers began in 1522 with a treaty between the Sunda kingdom and the Portuguese in Malacca After its failure the Portuguese presence was confined to Malacca and to the eastern islands In 1596 a four-ship expedition led by Cornelis de Houtman was the first Dutch contact with Indonesia. By the end of the 18th century the Dutch had extended their influence over the sultanates of the interior through the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia Internal conflict prevented the Javanese from forming effective alliances against the Dutch Remnants of the Mataram survived as the Surakarta (Solo) and Yogyakarta principalities Javanese kings claimed to rule with divine authority and the Dutch helped them to preserve remnants of a Javanese aristocracy by confirming them as regents or district officials within the colonial administration. Banking Indonesia however opposed the formation of Malaysia over its own claims of Borneo and launched konfrontasi (Confrontation in Indonesian). On 10 March 1965 a bomb planted by Indonesian saboteurs on a mezzanine floor of MacDonald House exploded killing three people and injuring 33 others It was the deadliest of at least 42 bomb incidents which occurred during the confrontation. Two members of the Indonesian Marine Corps Osman bin Haji Mohamed Ali and Harun bin Said were eventually convicted and executed for the crime the explosion caused $250,000 in damage to MacDonald House, After its independence Singapore had two infantry regiments commanded by British officers This force was considered too small to provide effective security for the new country so the development of its military forces became a priority. Britain pulled its military out of Singapore in October 1971 leaving behind only a small British Australian and New Zealand force as a token military presence The last British soldier left Singapore in March 1976 New Zealand troops were the last to leave in 1989.

The central bank influences interest rates by expanding or contracting the monetary base which consists of currency in circulation and banks' reserves on deposit at the central bank Central banks have three main tools of monetary policy: open market operations the discount rate and the reserve requirements, On hearing of Mountbatten's death the then Master of the Queen's Music Malcolm Williamson wrote the Lament in Memory of Lord Mountbatten of Burma for violin and string orchestra The 11-minute work was given its first performance on 5 May 1980 by the Scottish Baroque Ensemble conducted by Leonard Friedman. International educational scores (1997) (bought or sold) Individuals and Societies Some cities or urban areas while not sovereign states may nevertheless enjoy such a high degree of autonomy that they function as "city-states" within the context of the sovereign state to which they belong Historian Mogens Herman Hansen describes this aspect of self-government as: "The city-state is a self-governing but not necessarily independent political unit.". ; 3.1 Commercial companies Pre-Islamic Javan traditions have encouraged Islam in a mystical direction There emerged in Java a loosely structured society of religious leadership revolving around kyais possessing various degrees of proficiency in pre-Islamic and Islamic lore belief and practice the kyais are the principal intermediaries between the villages masses and the realm of the supernatural However this very looseneess of kyai leadership structure has promoted schism There were often sharp divisions between orthodox kyais who merely instructed in Islamic law with those who taught mysticism and those who sought reformed Islam with modern scientific concepts As a result there is a division between santri who believe that they are more orthodox in their Islamic belief and practice with abangan who have mixed pre-Islamic animistic and Hindu-Indian concepts with a superficial acceptance of Islamic belief!