Currencies are traded against one another in pairs Each currency pair thus constitutes an individual trading product and is traditionally noted XXXYYY or XXX/YYY where XXX and YYY are the ISO 4217 international three-letter code of the currencies involved The first currency (XXX) is the base currency that is quoted relative to the second currency (YYY) called the counter currency (or quote currency) For instance the quotation EURUSD (EUR/USD) 1.5465 is the price of the Euro expressed in US dollars meaning 1 euro = 1.5465 dollars The market convention is to quote most exchange rates against the USD with the US dollar as the base currency (e.g USDJPY USDCAD USDCHF) The exceptions are the British pound (GBP) Australian dollar (AUD) the New Zealand dollar (NZD) and the euro (EUR) where the USD is the counter currency (e.g GBPUSD AUDUSD NZDUSD EURUSD). Separately some soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army continued to fight on isolated Pacific islands until at least the 1970s with the last known Japanese soldier surrendering in 1974 Intelligence officer Hiroo Onoda who surrendered on Lubang Island in the Philippines in March 1974 and Teruo Nakamura who surrendered on the Indonesian island of Morotai in December 1974 appear to have been the last holdouts, In addition PISA's international comparisons can be used to justify reforms with which the data themselves have no connection; in Portugal for example PISA data were used to justify new arrangements for teacher assessment (based on inferences that were not justified by the assessments and data themselves); they also fed the government's discourse about the issue of pupils repeating a year (which according to research fails to improve student results) in Finland the country's PISA results (that are in other countries deemed to be excellent) were used by Ministers to promote new policies for 'gifted' students. Such uses and interpretations often assume causal relationships that cannot legitimately be based upon PISA data which would normally require fuller investigation through qualitative in-depth studies and longitudinal surveys based on mixed quantitative and qualitative methods, which politicians are often reluctant to fund. Singapore business directory, Singapore business directory Kindergartens in Singapore provide up to three years of pre-school for children ages three to six The three years are commonly called Nursery Kindergarten 1 (K1) and Kindergarten 2 (K2) respectively, Third International Math and Science Study 1997). 12 Post-World War II Helping individuals make well-informed choices in education training and careers. Putu mayam rice flour noodle served with sugar and coconut usually eaten for breakfast. There are two connections to the state of Johor Malaysia In the north there is a causeway for both rail and road traffic which connects to the city of Johor Bahru In the west there is a road bridge (Tuas Second Link) which connects to Johor for road traffic only The connections are an important economic link to Malaysia which can be seen as a hinterland. 5.2 Political conditions Main article: Russo-Japanese War, Sciences Singapore has a road system covering 3,356 kilometres (2,085 mi) which includes 161 kilometres (100 mi) of expressways the Singapore Area Licensing Scheme implemented in 1975 became the world's first congestion pricing scheme and included other complementary measures such as stringent car ownership quotas and improvements in mass transit. Upgraded in 1998 and renamed Electronic Road Pricing the system introduced electronic toll collection electronic detection and video surveillance technology. .
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