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The major public holidays reflect the mentioned racial diversity including Chinese New Year Buddhist Vesak Day Muslim Eid ul-Fitr (known locally by its Malay name Hari Raya Puasa) and Hindu Diwali (known locally by its Tamil name Deepavali) Christians constitute a large and rapidly growing minority and Christmas Day Good Friday and New Year's Day are also public holidays. Malay was chosen as a national language by the Singaporean government after independence from Britain in the 1960s to avoid friction with Singapore's Malay-speaking neighbours Malaysia and Indonesia it has a symbolic rather than functional purpose. It is used in the national anthem "Majulah Singapura" in citations of Singaporean orders and decorations and in military commands In general Malay is spoken mainly within the Singaporean Malay community with only 17% of all Singaporeans literate in it and only 12% using it as their native language. While Singaporean Malay is officially written in the Latin-based Rumi script some Singaporean Malays still learn the Arabic-based Jawi script as children alongside Rumi and Jawi is considered an ethnic script for use on Singaporean Identity Cards. . British nurses taking a trishaw ride during their time off circa 1946 5 Ranking results 11 Allegations of plagiarism. First Sino-Japanese War: the IJA suffered 1,132 dead and 3,758 wounded, glaciation 2.3 billion years ago triggered by the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis which depleted the atmosphere of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and introduced free oxygen, The development of private sports and recreation clubs began in the 19th century colonial Singapore such as the Cricket Club Singapore Recreation Club Singapore Swimming Club Hollandse Club and others.

. . There are two connections to the state of Johor Malaysia In the north there is a causeway for both rail and road traffic which connects to the city of Johor Bahru In the west there is a road bridge (Tuas Second Link) which connects to Johor for road traffic only The connections are an important economic link to Malaysia which can be seen as a hinterland, Main article: Public holidays in Singapore. Struggles to form a centralized army 2.5 Merger with Malaysia Reacting to Singapore's releases of the correspondences Loke said on 10 December 2018 that Singapore was being partial and selective in the choice of correspondences it published and he challenged Singapore to release four other letters dated 9 October 2018 15 21 and 28 November 2018 which Singapore failed to do so.