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. As a result schools with an IP allow their students to skip the "O" levels at Secondary 4 and go straight into junior colleges (JCs) in Year 5/JC1 The Integrated Programme with the revised Singapore-Cambridge GCE "A" levels or the IB Diploma as a terminal qualification has become an increasingly popular alternative to the standard secondary education pathway This is because it is perceived as having moved away from the usually heavy emphasis on the sciences a phenomenon resulting from the post-independence need for quick and basic technical and industrial education; to subjects in the arts and humanities Such programmes are more project-based and students are expected to be independent learners. 1.0% British forces had planned to liberate Singapore in 1945; however the war ended before these operations could be carried out It was subsequently re-occupied by British Indian and Australian forces following the Japanese surrender in September. Meanwhile Tomoyuki Yamashita was tried by a US military commission for war crimes but not for crimes committed by his troops in Malaya or Singapore He was convicted and hanged in the Philippines on 23 February 1946, Other titles include First Minister Chief Executive President of the Council of Ministers. 7.1 Institute of Technical Education Flag of Singapore.svg 1970 US$1.919 Singapore is the pricing centre and leading oil trading hub in Asia The oil industry makes up 5 per cent of Singapore's GDP with Singapore being one of the top three export refining centres in the world In 2007 it exported 68.1 million tonnes of oil The oil industry has led to the promotion of the chemical industry as well as oil and gas equipment manufacturing. Singapore has 70 per cent of the world market for both jack-up rigs and for the conversion of Floating Production Storage Offloading units It has 20 per cent of the world market for ship repair and in 2008 the marine and offshore industry employed almost 70,000 workers. Technical Engineer Diploma (TED) (from 2007) 12 International rankings 6.4 Miscellaneous In 1998 Singapore began new negotiations with Malaysia to extend its water agreements beyond 2011 and 2061 respectively In return Malaysia initially asked to increase the raw water price to 60 sen per 1,000 imperial gallons (4,500 L) corresponding to 4 US cents per cubic meter. This price was still much lower than the cost of desalinated seawater or of NEWater However in 2002 Malaysia asked for a much higher price of 6.4 Malaysian Ringgit per 1,000 imperial gallons (4,500 L) (US$0.45 per cubic meter) arguing that Hong Kong paid the equivalent of 8 Malaysian Ringgit per 1,000 imperial gallons (4,500 L) for water from China. In a Westminster system some members of parliament are elected by popular vote while others are appointed Nearly all Westminster-based parliaments have a lower house with powers based on those of the House of Commons (under various names) comprising local elected representatives of the people (with the only exception being elected entirely by nationwide Proportional Representation) Most also have a smaller upper house which is made up of members chosen by various methods:; ZAR (R) Ethnic Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman 6.1 Transparency, 1 Etymology The SAF is being developed to respond to a wide range of issues in both conventional and unconventional warfare The Defence Science and Technology Agency is responsible for procuring resources for the military the geographic restrictions of Singapore mean that the SAF must plan to fully repulse an attack as they cannot fall back and re-group The small size of the population has also affected the way the SAF has been designed with a small active force but a large number of reserves.

. Career Farquhar's attempt to establish a more favorable treaty in Rhio (Riau) was met with greater challenge as the Dutch were present and made for a rather awkward position The Dutch were alarmed and sent a small contingent to the island Despite a covert offer of subterfuge against the Dutch offered by the Raja of Rhio (Riau) Farquhar returned and an official protest was sent by the Raja to Java regarding the matter. Personal tragedies also started for Raffles His eldest son Leopold Stamford (b 1818) died during an epidemic on 4 July 1821 The oldest daughter Charlotte (b 1818) was also sick with dysentery by the end of the year but it would be his youngest son Stamford Marsden (b 1820) who would perish first with the disease on 3 January 1822 with Charlotte to follow ten days later For the good part of four months the couple remained devastated The year would be eventful with the suicide of Castlereagh and the appointment of Lord Amherst as the Governor-General of India replacing Hastings As Raffles grew restless and depressed he decided to visit Singapore before heading home to England Accompanying him would be his wife Sophia and their only surviving child Ella. . Speakers' Corner in Chinatown provides a public demonstration and "free speech" area usually restricted in other parts of the island, 3 Ethnic areas 3 Singapore Treaty, On 8 June 2010 SGX announced it has opened an office in London. This is part of SGXs move to invest S$250 million into its Reach initiative by implementing this initiative SGX plans to create the world's fastest trading engine and a data centre as well as further connecting trading communities in the world to Singapore The new trading platform SGX Reach will be delivered to SGX by NASDAQ OMX Voltaire and HP. This platform is based on GENIUM a trading platform developed by NASDAQ OMX. Meritocracy is a fundamental ideology in Singapore and a fundamental principle in the education system which aims to identify and groom bright young students for positions of leadership The system places a great emphasis on academic performance in grading students and granting their admission to special programmes and universities though this has raised concerns about breeding elitism. Academic grades are considered as objective measures of the students' ability and effort irrespective of their social background. Having good academic credentials is seen as the most important factor for the students' career prospects in the job market and their future economic status. Main article: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 2 Career By end-2017 a draft ILS procedure for descending aircraft into Seletar airport for Runway 03 and Runway 21 had been presented by CAAS to the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia also known as the Civil Aviation Authority Of Malaysia (CAAM) for consultations and feedback Singapore needed CAAM's input for the ILS installation in Seletar as the ILS will covers Malaysian airspace over Pasir Gudang which was delegated to Singapore in 1973 by Malaysia with the approval of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).