Private tuition is a lucrative industry in Singapore since many parents send their children for private tuition after school a straw poll by the Straits Times newspaper in 2008 found that out of 100 students interviewed only 3 students did not have any form of tuition in 2010 the Shin Min Daily News estimated that there were around 540 tuition centres offering private tuition in Singapore. Due to their high demand tuition centres are able to charge high fees for their services; they have an annual turnover of SGD$110.6 million in 2005. However this industry is largely unregulated though tuition centres are required to be registered with the Ministry of Education. There is no such requirement for individual private tutors. 5 References 20 House of Assembly Monarchy, Main article: Shanghai International Settlement, Water transport within the main island is limited to the River Taxi along the Singapore River The service was introduced in January 2013 with low ridership. There are also daily scheduled ferry services from the Marina South Pier to the Southern Islands such as Kusu Island and Saint John's Island.
The pre-university centres of Singapore such as Junior Colleges and Centralized institute are designed for students who wish to pursue a local university degree after two to three years of pre-university education Alternatively polytechnics and arts institutions in Singapore prepare students for both workforce and university studies. Investment management firms Kueh lapis is a rich multi-layered cake-style kueh using a large amount of egg whites and studded with prunes, Flora Singapore is also referred to as the Garden City for its tree-lined streets and greening efforts since independence, and the Little Red Dot for how the island-nation is depicted on many maps of the world and Asia as a red dot. Singapore is also referred to as the "Switzerland of Asia" in 2017 due to its neutrality on international and regional issues. Education has always represented an area of focus for Singapore since its independence in 1965. Its emphasis on education partly reflects Singapore's virtual lack of natural resources and Singapore's need to develop its human resource and manpower capability in its continuing quest to build a knowledge-based economy, 10 External links Internal regional and international political conditions and events can have a profound effect on currency markets! In 2018 Singapore was ranked 151st out of 180 nations by Reporters Without Borders in the Worldwide Press Freedom Index the government has restricted freedom of speech and freedom of the press and has limited other civil and political rights the right to freedom of speech and association guaranteed by Article 14(1) of the Constitution of Singapore is restricted by the subsequent subsection (2) of the same Article!
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