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. . The water resources of Singapore are especially precious given the small amount of densely settled land Singapore receives an average of 2,400mm of rainfall annually well above the global average of 1,050mm The constraint is the limited land area to catch and store the rainfall and the absence of natural aquifers and lakes. Therefore Singapore relies on four water sources called "the four taps":. Individual retail speculative traders constitute a growing segment of this market Currently they participate indirectly through brokers or banks Retail brokers while largely controlled and regulated in the US by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and National Futures Association have previously been subjected to periodic foreign exchange fraud to deal with the issue in 2010 the NFA required its members that deal in the Forex markets to register as such (I.e Forex CTA instead of a CTA) Those NFA members that would traditionally be subject to minimum net capital requirements FCMs and IBs are subject to greater minimum net capital requirements if they deal in Forex A number of the foreign exchange brokers operate from the UK under Financial Services Authority regulations where foreign exchange trading using margin is part of the wider over-the-counter derivatives trading industry that includes contracts for difference and financial spread betting, Hainanese chicken rice is considered one of the national dishes of Singapore, Singapore business directory Max draft: 16 m. . In general bilateral relations with other ASEAN members are strong; however disagreements have arisen and relations with neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia have sometimes been strained. Malaysia and Singapore have clashed over the delivery of fresh water to Singapore and access by the Singapore Armed Forces to Malaysian airspace. Border issues exist with Malaysia and Indonesia and both have banned the sale of marine sand to Singapore over disputes about Singapore's land reclamation. Some previous disputes such as the Pedra Branca dispute have been resolved by the International Court of Justice. Piracy in the Strait of Malacca has been a cause of concern for all three countries. Close economic ties exist with Brunei and the two share a pegged currency value through a Currency Interchangeability Agreement between the two countries which makes both Brunei dollar and Singapore dollar banknotes and coins legal tender in either country! .

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. Main article: IB Middle Years Programme The VOC set their foothold on Batavia in the 17th century and was succeeded by the Dutch East Indies in the 19th century During these colonial times the Dutch introduced the cultivation of commercial plants in Java such as sugarcane rubber coffee tea and quinine In the 19th and early 20th century Javanese coffee gained global popularity Thus the name "Java" today has become a synonym for coffee. Speaker of the Upper House After Mahathir stepped down as President of UMNO in 2003 he was replaced by his designated successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who by virtue of his new position also became Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak the son of Tun Abdul Razak took over as the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia! Christianity 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.