The British first established the island nation of Singapore, which is located between Malaysia and Indonesia, in 1918. Unlike other colonies, Singapore was not established as an overflow center for excess people, but rather was strategically chosen due to its extremely beneficial location of being on two of the “mainline trading routes”. The East India Trading Company (EITC), which was British, were the first to found ports in Singapore. At the time, the EITC was facing considerable competition in the Asian market from the Dutch and saw the opportunity to assert their dominance over the Asian trading market through the establishment of ports in Singapore. The EITC continued to utilize Singaporean trading posts in this manner until the Company’s demise in 1874. After their British counterparts were no longer a force within Singapore, the government and native population of Singapore continued trading within the Asian market. The Singaporean government used both the location of the island nation and the preformed trading relations to boost Singapore’s world standing. This tactic proved fruitful and, in 1916, Singapore was “the seventh largest port in the world”. These many decades of prosperous trade has allowed Singapore to become exceptionally wealthy and, currently, a haven for foreigners. This influx of foreigners has put strain on the native population of Singapore as they feel that the foreigners are stripping away the ethnic identity of Singapore. This lack of identity has been prevalent at a lower level for quite some time and has plagued Singapore, and how the nation has formed, since its days as a colony. In addition, Singapore has also been largely affected by their tumultuous political landscape, namely the Peopl...
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...ngapore separated from the Malaysian Federation in 1965, Malaysia tried to ice out Singapore from trade. Malaysia believed by doing this Singapore would fail as a country and Malaysia would be better able to control the economy of Singapore. Singapore, a nation full of wealth and liberal policies, has endured scrutiny and pressure from the United States and Malaysia while maintaining one of the highest statuses in the world financial market.
Repeatedly, the idea that government shapes how a nation develops is verified. The case in Singapore is no different, and a rocky government torn between democracy and Communism has laid a foundation for disputes within the state itself. For many decades, the People’s Action Party, or PAP, has been the leading political party in Singapore. PAP was founded in 1954, but truly took control of the Singaporean government in 1959.
On the 15th of February in 1942 one of the biggest defeats of the British Empire was accomplished by the Japanese, Singapore was surrendered. The Fall of Singapore was relatively destructive to the relationship between Britain and Australia. Australia relied on Britain holding Singapore as it was the last defence against the Japanese and it was feared that Japan would go on and invade Australia if it fell, Australia openly showed that they could not rely on the British for defence by becoming a strong ally with America and asking them to help with the feared Japanese invasion. Australia feared the threat of invasion constantly throughout the war, when Singapore fell the Australian government predicted a certain attack by the Japanese.
Life is not always easy, at some point, people struggle in their life. People who are in the lower class have to struggle for a job every day and people who are in upper class also have their own problems to deal with. These ideas are very clear in Mary Oliver’s “Singapore”, Philip Schultz’s “Greed” and Philip Levine “What Work Is”. In "Singapore" a woman is likely lower class because she works at the airport and her job is to clean the bathroom. In both “Greed” and “What Work Is”, the speakers make the same conclusion about the struggle in the lower class. “Greed” furthermore discusses how Hispanics get a job first before whites and blacks because they take lower wages. All three poems deal with class in term of the society. The shared idea
101) these attention would later convert to protests being formed in the colonial Malaya and Singapore and are described by Blackburn(2001) as being “risen to high levels” (p. 101). Demonstrating that the effects of the White Australia policy were affecting Asian countries, not just by the prevention of immigration, but as well as affecting them at an emotional level. These protest were in response to a series of deportations and Blackburn(2001) ”mentions how the divided ethnic communities in Malaya and Singapore had become united in the subject of anti colonialism and the apparent “manifestation of the racism of European colonialism”(p. 104) Once again demonstrating the magnitude of the policy and how it was negatively
Panem as a whole has some very basic deep root expectations of its citizens, all of which are very similar to totalitarian dictatorships and set it apart from present day America. They instill in their citizens a sense of national accomplishment, they feel that the populous “owes” them for being “merciful” and “saving them from the chaotic rulings of their past.” The state and not so much the citizens feel this accomplishment ...
Harold A. Crouch. 1985. Economic change social structure and political systems in Southeast Asia: Philippine development compared with the other Asian countries. Institute of southeast Asian studies
Comparative advantage means that an industry, firm, country or individual are able to produce goods and services at a lower opportunity cost than others which are also producing the same goods and services. Also, in order to be profitable, the number in exports must be higher than the number in import. From the diagram we seen above, Singapore is seen to have a comparative advantage in some services. The services are Transport, Financial, business management, maintenance & Repair and Advertising & Market Research, etc. These export services to other countries improve the balance of payment. On the other side, Singapore is seen to have a comparative disadvantage in some services. The services are Travel, Telecommunications, Computer & Information,
The cultural difference between Canada is huge. Both the countries are multicultural but Canada is more western in culture whereas Singapore are mostly dominated by Chinese, Malay, and Indian culture. According to the Greet Hofstede Model,
Singapore’s education journey can be divided into three broad phases namely the Survival-Driven Education (1959 – 1978), Efficiency-Driven Education (1979 -1996) and the Ability-Based, Aspiration-Driven Education which Singapore has adopted since late 1990s. The education policies have evolved to address the context of the country’s stage of development and the challenges it faces at each point. More recently, we are transiting into a knowledge-based economy to face external challenges such as market volatility, increasing globalisation and rapid technological advancement. As Singapore does not have its own natural resources, it is a necessity to develop the people to their fullest to survive. And as the future becomes more volatile with rapid
Mark Fenn, T. (2014). Singapore’s Foreigner Problem. The Diplomat. Retrieved 18 April 2014, from http://thediplomat.com/2014/02/singapores-foreigner-problem/
... Despite the negative effects that had brought bad impact to the country, it was also one of the things that have strengthened the country. It has provided an acceleration of development for the country. Conclusions References Works Cited http://prezi.com/ko92evamttlo/colonial-rule-and-impacts-in-sea/ http://www.marxist.com/malaysia-fifty-years-independence-part-one.htm http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120320222600AAYZmN7 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090908024038AAH5Qw
Film critics and audiences have dubbed I Not Stupid an excellent commentary on the education system and government paternalism. The movie stars three school children who have been channelled into the undesirable EM3 stream, and shows the trials and tribulation of these children and their parents. I Not Stupid has been described as a "coming of age movie"1 for its rare ability to criticise the government and its policies and bring pertinent issues to light, so much so that many are surprised that it managed to get past the not-too-kind local board of censors. This presents us with an interesting question - with its explicit references to the government and its blatant criticisms of government policies, how did this political satire get past the censorship board? Was it a case of the censors deciding that this sort of criticism was acceptable once in a while? Or perhaps the censors just saw the movie differently. At first mention, the latter might sound very unlikely. However, if we ask ourselves what the real butt of the satire is, we might begin to realise that there is a possibility that this movie is not intended to be a political satire at all. In fact, it is my contention that the butt of the satire in this movie is the Singaporean mentality, and not the government.
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1. In 1810, Sir Stamford Raffles founded the island of Singapore and later claimed it in an attempt to create a trading post for the British. This trading post was located on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, which was important for trade from East Asia and India. In the early 19th century, Malays, Chinese, and Indians came to Singapore to begin trade. The language spoken by these ethnicities affected one another and resulted in a choppy, sing-song version of the Queen’s English with heavy accents from the Hokkien, Malay, Cantonese, Tamil, and more.
In conclusion, it is my belief that there is a bright future for Singapore and every other country that allows the freedom of choice for their people. After all it is the people that make a nation, not the governing-few. The governing-few work for us, we do not work for them. And in reality, that is not only true for countries, but states, cities, companies, and industries.
Philippine politics is the birthplace of promises of great guarantees and additionally the reason for huge dissatisfactions gainful of poverty, poor justice system and low quality of education, agriculture and economic rate.