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Ceremonies Language Acquisition Average rainy days 13 8 13 14 14 12 14 14 13 15 18 18 166 18.8% Inception Raffles' expedition arrived in Singapore on 29 January 1819 (although they landed on Saint John's Island the previous day). He found a Malay settlement at the mouth of the Singapore River headed by Temenggong Abdul Rahman for the Sultan of Johor The Temenggong had originally moved to Singapore from Johor in 1811 with a group of Malays and when Raffles arrived there were an estimated 150 people governed by the Temenggong mostly of them Malays with around 30 Chinese. Although the island was nominally ruled by Johor the political situation was precarious for the Sultan of Johor at the time The incumbent Sultan of Johor Tengku Abdul Rahman was controlled by the Dutch and the Bugis and would never agree to a British base in Singapore However Abdul Rahman was Sultan only because his older brother Tengku Hussein also known as Tengku Long had been away in Pahang getting married when their father died Hussein was then living in exile in the Riau Islands. Contents Singapore business directory, The Integrated Programme also known as the "Through-Train Programme" (???) is a scheme which allows the most able secondary students in Singapore to bypass "O" levels and take "A" levels International Baccalaureate or an equivalent examination directly at the age of 18 after six years of secondary education, Control tower of Singapore Changi Airport Legacy; (Billion) Avg Buddhism is the most widely practised religion in Singapore with 33% of the resident population declaring themselves adherents at the most recent census The next-most practised religion is Christianity followed by Islam Taoism and Hinduism 17% of the population did not have a religious affiliation The proportion of Christians Taoists and non-religious people increased between 2000 and 2010 by about 3 percentage points each whilst the proportion of Buddhists decreased Other faiths remained largely stable in their share of the population an analysis by the Pew Research Center found Singapore to be the world's most religiously diverse nation. 10 External links Japanese artillery unit at the Koishikawa arsenal Tokyo in 1882 Photographed by Hugues Krafft International parity conditions: Relative purchasing power parity interest rate parity Domestic Fisher effect International Fisher effect Though to some extent the above theories provide logical explanation for the fluctuations in exchange rates yet these theories falter as they are based on challengeable assumptions [e.g free flow of goods services and capital] which seldom hold true in the real world. 5 Boxer Rebellion The Singapore government runs two investment companies GIC Private Limited and Temasek Holdings which manage Singapore's reserves Both operate as commercial investment holding companies independently of the Singapore government but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife Ho Ching serve as chairman and CEO of these corporations respectively. While GIC invests abroad Temasek holds 31% of its portfolio in Singapore holding majority stakes in several of the nation's largest companies such as Singapore Airlines SingTel ST Engineering and MediaCorp as of 2014 Temasek holds S$69 billion of assets in Singapore accounting for 7% of the total capitalisation of Singapore-listed companies. .

The Dutch claim on the Sultanate of Johore and hence Rhio and the diplomatic exchanges between Baron Godert van der Capellen and Calcutta continued throughout this time The legitimacy of the British treaties was also questioned once again but finally as Singapore grew at an exponential rate the Dutch gave up their claim on the island allowing the colony to continue as a British possession However the pressures put upon Calcutta ensured that no single governor of all British possessions in the Strait or on Sumatra was appointed and Raffles whose health was slowly ailing returned to Bencoolen. 5.4 Independence Participating in a Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) is mandatory at the primary and secondary levels meaning that all pupils must participate in at least one activity CCAs offered at the secondary level are usually categorised as Uniformed Groups Performing Arts Clubs & Societies and Sports & Games Competitions There are many CCAs offered at the secondary school level however different schools may choose to offer different CCAs Students may choose to participate in more than 1 CCA! ; .