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Singapore's urbanisation means that it has lost 95% of its historical forests and now over half of the naturally occurring fauna and flora in Singapore is present in nature reserves such as the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve which comprise only 0.25% of Singapore's land area to combat this decline in 1967 the government introduced the vision of making Singapore a "garden city" aiming to soften the harshness of urbanisation and improve the quality of life. Since then nearly 10% of Singapore's land has been set aside for parks and nature reserves the government also has plans to preserve the remaining wildlife! Education spending usually makes up about 20 percent of the annual national budget which subsidises state education and government-assisted private education for Singaporean citizens and funds the Edusave programme Non-citizens bear significantly higher costs of educating their children in Singapore government and government-aided schools In 2000 the Compulsory Education Act codified compulsory education for children of primary school age (excepting those with disabilities) and made it a criminal offence for parents to fail to enroll their children in school and ensure their regular attendance. Exemptions are allowed for homeschooling or full-time religious institutions but parents must apply for exemption from the Ministry of Education and meet a minimum benchmark the education system in Singapore is consistently ranked as one of the highest in the world by the OECD It is believed that this comes from the style of teaching that is implemented in Singapore Teachers focus on making sure that each of their students thoroughly move through the syllabus before moving on By doing this teachers in Singapore teach a much more narrow but deeper type of instruction. .

(70.2) 20.8 Non-bank foreign exchange companies offer currency exchange and international payments to private individuals and companies These are also known as "foreign exchange brokers" but are distinct in that they do not offer speculative trading but rather currency exchange with payments (i.e there is usually a physical delivery of currency to a bank account), "Western Food" in hawker centres where 'Singapore-style' chicken chop (topped with black pepper or mushroom sauce) chicken cutlet pork chop are available These are usually served with fries / mashed potato coleslaw and baked beans, The position of the continents determines the geometry of the oceans and therefore influences patterns of ocean circulation The locations of the seas are important in controlling the transfer of heat and moisture across the globe and therefore in determining global climate A recent example of tectonic control on ocean circulation is the formation of the Isthmus of Panama about 5 million years ago which shut off direct mixing between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans This strongly affected the ocean dynamics of what is now the Gulf Stream and may have led to Northern Hemisphere ice cover. During the Carboniferous period about 300 to 360 million years ago plate tectonics may have triggered large-scale storage of carbon and increased glaciation. Geologic evidence points to a "megamonsoonal" circulation pattern during the time of the supercontinent Pangaea and climate modeling suggests that the existence of the supercontinent was conducive to the establishment of monsoons. . Polytechnics offer a wide range of courses in various fields including engineering business studies accountancy tourism and hospitality management mass communications digital media and biotechnology There are also specialised courses such as marine engineering nautical studies nursing and optometry They provide a more industry-oriented education as an alternative to junior colleges for post-secondary studies About 40% of each Secondary 4 cohort would enroll in Polytechnics. Notable alumni from Polytechnics in Singapore include former NUS President Dr Shih Choon Fong and CEO of Creative Technology Sim Wong Hoo; ? PISA test documents on a school table (Neues Gymnasium Oldenburg Germany 2006), 6.5 Futures Senate of Bermuda Independence 4.2 Test Stock certificate Stock exchange. Upon arrival in England in poor health Sir Stamford and Lady Raffles convalesced in Cheltenham until September 1824 after which he entertained distinguished guests in both London and his home He also made plans to stand for parliament but this ambition was never realized They removed to a London address at Berners Street at the end of November 1824 just in time to have a war of words with Farquhar who had also arrived in the city in front of the Court of Directors of the EIC regarding Singapore Despite raising several severe charges against Raffles Farquhar was ultimately unable to discredit him; he was denied a chance to be restored to Singapore but was given a military promotion instead. In 1956 the Tunku led a group of negotiators comprising Alliance politicians and representatives of the Malay rulers to London There they brokered a deal with the British for independence The date of independence was set as 31 August 1957 on the condition that an independent commission is set up to draft a constitution for the country The Alliance government was also required to avoid seizing British and other foreign assets in Malaya A defence treaty would also be signed, Total 200.0% See also: Human rights in Singapore, 5 External links Seletar Airbase. ; .