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. . 1.2 Southeast Asia 3 See also 7 Issues Singapore has a generally efficient healthcare system even though health expenditures are relatively low for developed countries the World Health Organisation ranks Singapore's healthcare system as 6th overall in the world in its World Health Report in general Singapore has had the lowest infant mortality rate in the world for the past two decades. Life expectancy in Singapore is 80 for males and 85 for females placing the country 4th in the world for life expectancy as almost the whole population has access to improved water and sanitation facilities, Music Ptolemy presented a useful tool for astronomical calculations in his Handy Tables which tabulated all the data needed to compute the positions of the Sun Moon and planets the rising and setting of the stars and eclipses of the Sun and Moon Ptolemy's Handy Tables provided the model for later astronomical tables or zijes In the Phaseis (Risings of the Fixed Stars) Ptolemy gave a parapegma a star calendar or almanac based on the appearances and disappearances of stars over the course of the solar year; House of Representatives Monarchy, Initially the economy of Java relied heavily on rice agriculture Ancient kingdoms such as the Tarumanagara Mataram and Majapahit were dependent on rice yields and tax Java was famous for rice surpluses and rice export since ancient times and rice agriculture contributed to the population growth of the island Trade with other parts of Asia such as ancient India and China flourished as early as the 4th century as evidenced by Chinese ceramics found on the island dated to that period Java also took part in the global trade of Maluku spice from ancient times in the Majapahit era until well into the Dutch East India Company (VOC) era. In the 2015 International Baccalaureate exams taken in 107 countries Singapore students fared best with more than half of the world's 81 perfect scorers and 98% passing rate in the 2016 EF English Proficiency Index taken in 72 countries Singapore place 6th and has been the only Asian country in the top ten. Singapore literature students have won the Angus Ross Prize by Cambridge Examinations every year since 1987 (except in 2000) awarded to the top A-level English literature student outside Britain with about 12,000 international candidates, Variations in solar activity during the last several centuries based on observations of sunspots and beryllium isotopes The period of extraordinarily few sunspots in the late 17th century was the Maunder minimum, His duties in this role included inventing new technical aids to assist with opposed landings. Noteworthy technical achievements of Mountbatten and his staff include the construction of "PLUTO" an underwater oil pipeline from the English coast to Normandy an artificial harbour constructed of concrete caissons and sunken ships and the development of amphibious tank-landing ships. Another project that Mountbatten proposed to Churchill was Project Habakkuk It was to be a massive and impregnable 600-metre aircraft carrier made from reinforced ice ("Pykrete"): Habakkuk was never carried out due to its enormous cost.

Throughout this period the Malayan Emergency had been on-going The Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA) supported by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) committed acts of terror such as tearing down farms disrupting transportation and communication networks attacking police stations and so forth Their stated goal was the end of colonialism in Malaya The British declared the MCP along with several left-wing political groups illegal in 1948 In 1955 the Alliance government together with the British High Commissioner declared an amnesty for the communist insurgents who surrendered Representatives from the Alliance government also met with leaders of the MCP in an attempt to resolve the conflict peacefully as their manifesto in the election stated Chin Peng the MCP Secretary-General insisted that the MCP be allowed to contest elections and be declared a legal political party as a pre-condition to laying down arms However the Tunku rejected this leading to an impasse, Speaker of the Lower House. 3.3 Eldershield Politics, Secondary 152,687 13,087 Hainanese chicken rice is considered one of the national dishes of Singapore, See also: Malay Islamic identity. PISA test documents on a school table (Neues Gymnasium Oldenburg Germany 2006); .