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A symbol of Singapore the Merlion was erected in 1964, Contents Main article: Music of Singapore Increase in atmospheric CO. . Singapore business directory A small hastily assembled vanguard force of about 2,000 troops under the command of British Admiral Edward Seymour departed by rail from Tianjin for the legations in early June. On June 12 mixed Boxer and Chinese regular army forces halted the advance some 30 miles from the capital The road-bound and badly outnumbered allies withdrew to the vicinity of Tianjin having suffered more than 300 casualties the army general staff in Tokyo became aware of the worsening conditions in China and had drafted ambitious contingency plans, but the government in light of the Triple Intervention refused to deploy large forces unless requested by the western powers. However three days later the general staff did dispatch a provisional force of 1,300 troops commanded by Major General Fukushima Yasumasa to northern China Fukushima was chosen because his ability to speak fluent English which enabled him to communicate with the British commander The force landed near Tianjin on July 5; . Shortly afterward advance units of the 5th Division departed for China bringing Japanese strength to 3,800 personnel of the then-17,000 allied force the commander of the 5th Division Lt General Yamaguchi Motoomi had taken operational control from Fukushima A second stronger allied expeditionary army stormed Tianjin on July 14 and occupied the city the allies then consolidated and awaited the remainder of the 5th Division and other coalition reinforcements In early August the expedition pushed towards the capital where on August 14 it lifted the Boxer siege By that time the 13,000-strong Japanese force was the largest single contingent making up about 40 percent of the approximately 33,000 strong allied expeditionary force. Japanese troops involved in the fighting had acquitted themselves well although a British military observer felt their aggressiveness densely packed formations and over-willingness to attack cost them excessive casualties for example during the Tianjin fighting the Japanese while comprising less than one quarter (3,800) of the total allied force of 17,000 suffered more than half of the casualties 400 out of 730. Similarly at Beijing the Japanese constituting slightly less than half of the assault force accounted for almost two-thirds of the losses 280 of 453. 7 Organization Much of the content of the Tetrabiblos was collected from earlier sources; Ptolemy's achievement was to order his material in a systematic way showing how the subject could in his view be rationalized It is indeed presented as the second part of the study of astronomy of which the Almagest was the first concerned with the influences of the celestial bodies in the sublunary sphere Thus explanations of a sort are provided for the astrological effects of the planets based upon their combined effects of heating cooling moistening and drying, 2.5 Alleged plots against Harold Wilson. All Singaporeans study English as their first language in schools under the compulsory local education system and their mother-tongue language as their second language Thus most Singaporeans are effectively bilingual especially the youths in today's society There are four main languages in usage in Singapore The 'national' language of Singapore is Bahasa Melayu This is in recognition of the Malay people as the indigenous community in Singapore 85% of Singaporeans do not speak Malay Malay is used in the national anthem national motto and military parade drill commands Tamil is an official language as a majority of South Asians in Singapore are ethnic Tamils from India and Sri Lanka While most Chinese Singaporeans are descendants of southern Chinese migrants who spoke a variety of regional languages it is the northern Chinese language of Mandarin that is official in Singapore though dialects such as Hokkien and Cantonese are still prevalent in the older generation of Chinese. The economy of Singapore is a highly developed free-market economy. Singapore's economy has been ranked as the most open in the world, 3rd least corrupt, most pro-business, with low tax rates (14.2% of Gross Domestic Product GDP) and has the third highest per-capita GDP in the world in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) APEC is headquartered in Singapore, PISA and similar international standardised assessments of educational attainment are increasingly used in the process of education policymaking at both national and international levels, Service learning 7.3 Ports and harbours Seletar Airport now operates as a general aviation airport mainly for chartered flights private aircraft operations and training purposes The airport is open 24 hours a day It has a single runway with 27 aircraft stands 100 square metres of warehouse space and can handle 840 tons of freight per day In 1998 the airport recorded receiving a total of 7,945 scheduled flights handled 23,919 passengers and 6,025 tons of cargo.