. IB History Culture As the volume of its maritime trade increased in the 19th century Singapore became a key port of call for sailing and steam vessels in their passage along Asian sea routes From the 1840s Singapore became an important coaling station for steam shipping networks that were beginning to form Towards the late 19th century Singapore became a staple port servicing the geographical hinterland of the Malay Peninsula Following the institution of the British Forward Movement Singapore became the administrative capital of British Malaya Roads and railways were developed to transport primary materials such as crude oil rubber and tin from the Malay Peninsula to Singapore to be processed into staple products and then shipped to Britain and other international markets During the colonial period this was the most important role of the port of Singapore, (12.54) 2,165.9 Speaker of the Lower House, Singapore's healthcare system uses a mixed financing system that includes nationalised life insurance schemes and deductions from the compulsory savings plan or the Central Provident Fund (CPF) for working Singaporeans and permanent residents. This mechanism is intended to reduce the overuse of healthcare services. Main articles: Founding of modern Singapore and Singapore in the Straits Settlements Healthcare providers MammalsSingapore workforce. . Public transport for tourists Overseas cuisine[show] Singapore business directory, Cooperation and merger talks with LSE. The Constitution of Singapore and all laws are written in English and interpreters are required if one wishes to address the Singaporean Courts in a language other than English. English is the native tongue for only one-third of all Singaporeans with roughly a quarter of all Singaporean Malays a third of all Singaporean Chinese and half of all Singaporean Indians speaking it as their native tongue Twenty percent of Singaporeans cannot read or write in English, Primary school (Children enter P1 upon the year they turn 7). Singaporean cuisine has been promoted as a tourist attraction by the Singapore Tourism Board The Singapore Food Festival held every year in July is a celebration of Singapore's cuisine The Overseas Singaporean Unit also organises Singapore Day in major cities around the world as a platform for Singaporeans living abroad. One of Singapore Day's major draws is the local Singaporean hawker food which is prepared on-site by well-known hawkers specially flown in for the event. Operators As a source of reference the Tetrabiblos is said to have "enjoyed almost the authority of a Bible among the astrological writers of a thousand years or more" it was first translated from Arabic into Latin by Plato of Tivoli (Tiburtinus) in 1138 while he was in Spain the Tetrabiblos is an extensive and continually reprinted treatise on the ancient principles of horoscopic astrology That it did not quite attain the unrivaled status of the Almagest was perhaps because it did not cover some popular areas of the subject particularly electional astrology (interpreting astrological charts for a particular moment to determine the outcome of a course of action to be initiated at that time) and medical astrology which were later adoptions, Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong portal, 10.1 Arts 3.1.2 Price level targeting 6.1 Climate of the deep past.
S$351.765 S$66,216 US$259.307 S$1.2498 As of February 2017 there were 754 listed companies (excluding GDRs Hedge Funds and Debt Securities) on the Singapore Exchange with a market capitalisation of SGD 977.097 billion (roughly USD 700 billion). . Geology Other popular tropical fruits include mangosteen jackfruit longan lychee rambutan soursoup pineapple and mango Some of these fruits also are used as ingredients for other dishes: iced desserts sweet-and-sour pork and certain types of salad such as rojak!
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