To Singapore with Love It was with sleepy eyes that I first got off the airplane and into the city of Singapore. All of a sudden, however, I was jolted awake. Colorful signs and exhibits flashed the words, "Welcome to Singapura!" At that moment, a thrill rushed through me. I had arrived in the City of the Lion, an exotic and mysterious city in the orient, about to start on an exciting journey of learning and adventure. From our first day of arrival, the delegates were treated
Should Zoos be banned is a huge topic on which millions of people have been debating on all over the world. The reason why I choose to work on this issue is because I personally feel that keeping animals in Zoos isn’t a bad idea as they provide shelter, food and Hygienic conditions for the animals to live in. Especially for the young ones, like the Turtles who leave their babies in a pond before the break out of their shell to protect them from being eaten up. However, in this process they don’t
Where is Singapore Singapore is a small island in southeast Asia. It lies at the tip of Malay peninsula, surrounded by some sixty islets. Singapore is a city-state. That means the country contains only its capital city and the area around it. The capital is also Singapore. The country of Singapore is nestled between Malaysia and Indonesia. West Malaysia lies to the north across the narrow Johor strait. Off Singapore’s southern and western coasts are Indonesian islands. Parts of Malaysia
years of unremitting efforts since independence, Singapore is not only known for its clean and beautiful country. In addition to being modern and civilized, it is also known as one of Asia’s largest financial center. Singapore is the country that have multiple nationalities. More than seventy percent are Chinese, the rests are Malay and Indian. It is also a country with a very diverse culture. Singaporean attach seriously in communication culture. Singapore has four official languages, those are Hyphenation
Introduction In the early years, Singapore was a small fishing village back then, but now, it has grown into a metropolitan city with world-class infrastructure. Today, Singapore also became the world most visited tourist attraction for foreigner due the fun and exciting activities, high end shopping mall, luxury hotel and fine dining. Moving around in Singapore is easy and convenient for tourist as the country has an excellent public transport system. Apart from attracting tourist, the country
2.0 Malaysian Culture Malaysia is a multi-ethnic society. The main ethnic groups in Malaysia are the Malays as well as large populations of Chinese, and Indians. In addition to, the Sabah and Sarawak located at the north Borneo has a lot of indigenous ethnic groups for example like Kadazan, Iban, Bidayuh and etc. All of these ethnic groups contributed a multi-ethnic society in Malaysia. Besides that, the mixed of Malaysian society have a different culture there is a Malay culture, a Chinese culture
National identity in a country and nations was represented by national culture. Culture has been defined in the simplest form as the way of life of a person. A country’s culture which including some of the knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, customs and traditions of local with the changing of the way of thinking and accumulate over years to agree upon and pass on to the next generation . After gaining the independence in 1957, the demographic landscape of Malaya changed from an ethnically homogenous
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (1999) in his National Day Rally speech. As a small country in Asia with limited natural resources, Singapore government’s plan to turn their economy from labor-based economy into a knowledge-based economy has been a success. The government focused on improving the education system and aimed to become Asia’s education hub (Lee, 1999). Today, Singapore is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and its economy is considered one of the greatest, ranking second after Switzerland
INTRODUCTION Singapore Officially known as the Republic of Singapore, is the world's only sovereign city-state that is also an island country. It lies in Southeast Asia off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula and 137 kilometres north of the equator. Made up of the lozenge-shaped main island (widely known as Singapore Island, but also as Pulau Ujong, its native Malay name) and over 60 much smaller islets, it is separated from Peninsular Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's
Brief Description Singapore started off as a multiracial country and its population was made up of a melting pot of different immigrants from different countries. Over the years, our medium of communication between the different races has been modified and peppered with numerous phrases from different languages from different dialects such as Hokkien and Malay. These phrases include “lah”, “waliao”, and “makan”. This Singaporean Slang is known as Singlish. Singlish is widely recognized by both local
Malaysia and Singapore, which in the year 2000 and 2001 respectively (OECD, 2014). In contrast, Hong Kong has become the first Asian country that produced the Code of Best Practice, which was officially released in 1993 (ACGA, 2012). By having the Code before 1997 Asian financial crisis, Hong Kong became a top-ranked country with strong corporate governance practice in early 2000s. However, as the development of corporate governance practices were actively took place in Asia, Singapore replaces Hong
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Singapore, or the Republic of Singapore, is an island nation located just off the southern coast of Malaysia. This southeastern city-state is separated from its northern neighbor by the Johore Strait. Singapore is separated from Indonesia on the south side by the Singapore Strait (Ho, Winstedt, Leinbach, & Kenndard, 2016). The advanced logistics infrastructure of Singapore supports continued business growth and attraction to the developing country (“Comparing Logistics Infrastructure of Countries
The ECommerce Environment of Singapore Geography The Republic of Singapore is located in southeast Asia, south of Malaysia and northwest of Indonesia. The island measures a total of 637 square kilometers with a coastline 193 kilometers long. Singapore is generally comprised of lowland areas with a central plateau in the middle of the island. Its elevation ranges from the Bukit Timah, (166 m.), to the Singapore Strait which is at sea level. Its climate is tropical and wet. Precipitation
Until about forty years ago, Singapore was colonized by the British. It seems strange but then again the British would have colonized a tea bag, given the chance. England also had colonized Hong Kong but was afraid of losing this major business and financial center to communism, a legitimate fear because that’s eventually what happened. Fortunately they had already created a clone Hong Kong on a tiny island off the tip of Malaysia. That island was called Singapore. In an effort to keep the business
run, more revenue. Singapore is well known in Asia for delivering personalized business travel experiences. Their MICE industry is under the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in conjunction with the Singapore Exhibition and Convention Bureau (SECB). The bureau works with the relevant parties to attract and develop business events as well as ensuring personalized delivery of these services. The bureau also develops alliance with international organizations and alliances with Singapore being a member of
“Bilingual Education looks pretty on the surface but it’s cracking up underneath,” Jill smirked as she took a spoonful of the salmon brioche. Seated at the corner of a quaint café, Jill was dressed formally as she was from her workplace. Being one of the few Eurasians who interns at an international law firm, she has definitely proven herself to be an outstanding candidate for the firm due to her impeccable command of English. However, on that day, Jill reverted to speaking conversational English
Is Standard English Causing Deculturation in Singapore? According to the Singapore Department of Statistics, the literacy rates in Singapore have improved drastically over the past decades, in tandem with the creation of compulsory education children in Singapore for primary level and the increase in courses available for Singapore citizens to enroll in to upgrade their education level (2014). The increase in literate citizens of Singapore can be seen among the resident population aged fifteen years
Mainland-Island Malaysia, an insular region, is considered a part of the Southeast Asia's realm. It is categorized as mainland-island Malaysia because one portion of its territory lies on a continent, and another portion is an island. Recent tragic news comes out from mainland Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur International Airport announced on March 8, 2014 that flight MH370 disappeared with 239 people on board. It was traveling from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China. The causes of the lost jetliner
2. Culture and Identity: Chinese ethnic in Malaysia Culture is defined as “the way of life of a people” (Hall, 1996; Mathews, 2000). Culture will be developed over period of time as society keeps learning their culture; they will silhouette their behaviours and characters (Mathews, 2000). Culture is profound, common, un-stated experiences which group members of a given culture share. The member communicates with one another without knowing, and which form the surroundings against which all other