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National examinations are standardised across all schools with a test taken after each stage After the first six years of education students take the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), which determines their placement at secondary school At the end of the secondary stage GCE "O"-Level or "N"-level exams are taken; at the end of the following pre-university stage the GCE "A"-Level exams are taken. Some schools have a degree of freedom in their curriculum and are known as autonomous schools for secondary education level and above. 6.5 Seafood The ninth-century Persian astronomer Abu Ma?shar presents Ptolemy as a member of Egypt's royal lineage stating that the descendants of Alexander's general Ptolemy I who ruled Egypt were wise "and included Ptolemy the Wise who composed the book of the Almagest" Abu Ma?shar recorded a belief that a different member of this royal line "composed the book on astrology and attributed it to Ptolemy" We can evidence historical confusion on this point from Abu Ma?shar's subsequent remark "It is sometimes said that the very learned man who wrote the book of astrology also wrote the book of the Almagest The correct answer is not known." There is little evidence on the subject of Ptolemy's ancestry apart from what can be drawn from the details of his name (see above); however modern scholars refer to Abu Ma?shar's account as erroneous and it is no longer doubted that the astronomer who wrote the Almagest also wrote the Tetrabiblos as its astrological counterpart, 1995 US$87.891 5.5 Ice cores, Mixed Level[c] 36,153 2,966 House of Representatives Monarchy Federated Nation meaning that the power to govern the country and its people is shared and divided between national and state governments.

. ? Nominal ?United States dollar Ice cream sandwich The People's Action Party which has governed Singapore since 1957 runs over 370 kindergartens through its charitable arm the PAP Community Foundation; 11 See also, Confident that Farquhar would follow his instructions well Raffles sailed for Bencoolen once again on 28 June, 2 divisions in Korea Poverty and economic inequality 3.2 Military Beginning with New Zealand in 1990 central banks began adopting formal public inflation targets with the goal of making the outcomes if not the process of monetary policy more transparent In other words a central bank may have an inflation target of 2% for a given year and if inflation turns out to be 5% then the central bank will typically have to submit an explanation The Bank of England exemplifies both these trends It became independent of government through the Bank of England Act 1998 and adopted an inflation target of 2.5% RPI revised to 2% of CPI in 2003 the success of inflation targeting in the United Kingdom has been attributed to the Bank of England's focus on transparency the Bank of England has been a leader in producing innovative ways of communicating information to the public especially through its Inflation Report which have been emulated by many other central banks. ; Forward Dendeng paru a dish of dried beef lung cooked in spices Satay stalls along Boon Tat Street next to Telok Ayer Market better known as Lau Pa Sat; Tea plantation in Java during Dutch colonial period in or before 1926 Speaker of the Upper House National University Health System 2015 145,013,583 +6.2%; Bakso also Ba'so meatballs served with noodles, 4.1 Current office bearer Despite its small size Singapore has a diversity of languages religions and cultures. Former Prime Ministers of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong have stated that Singapore does not fit the traditional description of a nation calling it a society-in-transition pointing out the fact that Singaporeans do not all speak the same language share the same religion or have the same customs. Even though English is the first language of the nation according to the 2010 census 20% of Singaporeans are illiterate in English This is however an improvement from 1990 when 40% of Singaporeans were illiterate in English. 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, (CurrencyExchange rate) Constant market transactions by the monetary authority modify the supply of currency and this impacts other market variables such as short-term interest rates and the exchange rate.