Centralised Institute Government 11 1869: On 17 November 1869 the Suez Canal opens connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea This allowed for an increase speed of travel time which resulted in a rise in trade volume The nation saw a $32 million dollar rise just a year after its opening, Previously Berjaya Air operated scheduled flights to Tioman and Redang The Berjaya Air service ended on 31 October 2010 and relocated to Changi Airport. During World War Two many students in Singapore dropped out of school causing a huge backlog of students after the war in 1947 the Ten Years Programme for Education Policy in the Colony of Singapore was formulated. This called for a universal education system that would prepare for self-governance. During the 1950s and 1960s when Singapore started to develop its own economy Singapore adapted a "survival-driven education" system to provide a skilled workforce for Singapore's industrialisation programme as well to as to lower unemployment. Apart from being an economic necessity education also helped to integrate the new nation together the bilingualism policy in schools was officially introduced in 1960 making English the official language for both national integration and utilitarian purposes. Universal education for children of all races and background started to take shape and more children started to attend schools. However the quality of schools set up during this time varied considerably the first Junior College was opened in 1969.

3.1 Foreign relations Nominal Administration Service learning When the results were released it emerged that the Alliance had won 51 of the 52 seats contested with the other seat going to PAS (the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party a group of Islamists that split from UMNO) The Tunku became the first Chief Minister of Malaya. Main article: Culture of Singapore This section needs to be updated Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information (July 2013). Wafer ice cream sandwiches are a popular dish sold by street vendors operating carts on busy street corners These carts carry a variety of flavours including but not limited to vanilla chocolate strawberry coffee sweet corn coconut and durian While some vendors sell their ice cream in cups or cones as is common in the West the more popular variant is on slices of bread or between wafers The ice cream consists of sealed blocks which are sliced to order and then placed on a single slice of over-sized often multicolored bread This can be either white bread or a slice of multicolored slightly sweetened bread (dyed with food colouring and flavoured with pandan leaf extract) A sandwich costs around S$1 but may cost up to S$2 or more in downtown areas and tourist spots! ; 14.2% The Port of Singapore is not a mere economic boon but an economic necessity because Singapore is lacking in land and natural resources The Port is critical for importing natural resources and then later re-exporting products after they have been refined and shaped in some manner for example wafer fabrication or oil refining to generate revenue The service industries such as hospitality services typical of a port of call restock the food and water supplies on ships Ships pass between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean through the Singapore Strait The Straits of Johor on the country's north are impassable for ships due to the Johor-Singapore Causeway built in 1923 which links the town of Woodlands Singapore to the city of Johor Bahru in Malaysia. Year GDP SMRT-owned Chevrolet Epica sedan taxi (81.7) 27.0, Foreign exchange trading increased by 20% between April 2007 and April 2010 and has more than doubled since 2004 the increase in turnover is due to a number of factors: the growing importance of foreign exchange as an asset class the increased trading activity of high-frequency traders and the emergence of retail investors as an important market segment The growth of electronic execution and the diverse selection of execution venues has lowered transaction costs increased market liquidity and attracted greater participation from many customer types In particular electronic trading via online portals has made it easier for retail traders to trade in the foreign exchange market By 2010 retail trading was estimated to account for up to 10% of spot turnover or $150 billion per day (see below: Retail foreign exchange traders).