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World War I, Main article: Music of Singapore, Main article: Japanese intervention in Siberia The bilingual policy was first adopted in 1966. One of its primary objectives is to promote English as the common (and neutral) language among the diverse ethnic groups in Singapore The designation of English as the first language is also intended to facilitate Singapore's integration into the world economy; The government uses the capacity of the private sector to reduce waiting times in the public sector In 2015 it plans to use the Raffles Medical Group to receive non-critical ambulance cases. As a result schools with an IP allow their students to skip the "O" levels at Secondary 4 and go straight into junior colleges (JCs) in Year 5/JC1 The Integrated Programme with the revised Singapore-Cambridge GCE "A" levels or the IB Diploma as a terminal qualification has become an increasingly popular alternative to the standard secondary education pathway This is because it is perceived as having moved away from the usually heavy emphasis on the sciences a phenomenon resulting from the post-independence need for quick and basic technical and industrial education; to subjects in the arts and humanities Such programmes are more project-based and students are expected to be independent learners; School of Science and Technology Singapore focuses on applied learning in Science Technology Aesthetics Engineering and Mathematics!

Since the 1990s when the National Arts Council was created to spearhead the development of performing arts visual and literary art forms to hasten a vibrant cosmopolitan "gateway between the East and West". Singapore has a growing stand-up comedy scene with three active rooms The three comedy rooms in Singapore are weekly starting with Comedy Masala on Tuesdays Talk Cock Comedy on Wednesdays and Comedy Hub Singapore on Mondays and Thursdays Every month The Comedy Club Asia features leading international comics such as Shazia Mirza and Imran Yusuf Comedy Masala also brings in international comedians such as Paul Ogata. Kumar a drag queen who has performed in Singapore for more than 17 years is one of Singapore's leading stand-up comedians, Trieste Historical affiliations In 1819 Sir Stamford Raffles founded colonial Singapore as a trading post of the British East India Company After the company's collapse in 1858 the islands came under direct British control as a crown colony called the Straits Settlements During the Second World War Singapore was occupied by Japan It gained independence from the British Empire in 1963 by joining Malaysia along with other former British territories (Sabah and Sarawak) but separated two years later over ideological differences becoming a sovereign state in 1965 After early years of turbulence and despite lacking natural resources and a hinterland the nation developed rapidly as an Asian Tiger economy based on external trade and its workforce. . 8 See also Military Medals of Honor (Japan) Rail transport (95.7) 35.0 2018 Review of corporate governance code.