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; Java has been traditionally dominated by an elite class while the people in the lower classes were often involved in agriculture and fishing The elite class in Java has evolved over the course of history as cultural wave after cultural wave immigrated to the island There is evidence that South Asian emigres were among this elite as well as Arabian and Persian immigrants during the Islamic eras More recently Chinese immigrants have also become part of the economic elite of Java Although politically the Chinese generally remain sidelined there are notable exceptions such as the former governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama Though Java is increasingly becoming more modern and urban only 75% of the island has electricity Villages and their rice paddies are still a common sight Unlike the rest of Java the population growth in Central Java remains low Central Java however has a younger population than the national average the slow population growth can in part be attributed to the choice by many people to leave the more rural Central Java for better opportunities and higher incomes in the bigger cities. Java's population continues to rapidly increase despite many Javanese leaving the island This is somewhat due to the fact that Java is the business academic and cultural hub of Indonesia which attracts millions of non-Javanese people to its cities The population growth is most intense in the regions surrounding Jakarta and Bandung which is reflected through the demographic diversity in those areas. 90.3% of resident households (i.e households headed by a Singapore citizen or permanent resident) own the homes they live in and the average household size is 3.43 persons (which include dependants who are neither citizens nor permanent residents). However due to scarcity of land 80.4% of resident households live in subsidised high-rise public housing apartments known as "HDB flats" because of the government board (Housing and Development Board) responsible for public housing in the country Also 75.9% of resident households live in properties that are equal to or larger than a four-room (i.e three bedrooms plus one living room) HDB flat or in private housing. Live-in foreign domestic workers are quite common in Singapore with about 224,500 foreign domestic workers there as of December 2013. In the 1990s the Port became more well-known and overtook Yokohama and eventually became the busiest port in terms of shipping tonnage.[citation needed]. Small eruptions with injections of less than 0.1 Mt of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere affect the atmosphere only subtly as temperature changes are comparable with natural variability However because smaller eruptions occur at a much higher frequency they too significantly affect Earth's atmosphere, The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 sparked controversy over the use and flexibility of inflation nominal anchoring Many economists argued that inflation targets were set too low by many monetary regimes During the crisis many inflation-anchoring countries reached the lower bound of zero rates resulting in inflation rates decreasing to almost zero or even deflation. For an overview of the IEA study results and interpretation of information the IEA's "Data Visualizer" can come in handy, 12 See also 6.3 Water supply and sanitation. 5.2 Political conditions Personal project: MYP 5 Current countries Java is divided into four provinces and two special regions: Climate data for Singapore.

. Singapore business directory Festivals 7 State election results, Ingredients and types of food[show] Primary school (Children enter P1 upon the year they turn 7). 6 Maritime transport 6 Cuisine The policies of the Land Transport Authority are meant to encourage the use of public transport in Singapore The key aims are to provide an incentive to reside away from the Central district as well as to reduce air pollution Singapore has a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) rail system consisting of five lines There is also a system of bus routes throughout the island all of which have air conditioning units installed due to Singapore's tropical climate Besides cash a contactless smart card called the EZ-Link card can be used to pay bus and MRT fares.