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. Bumboat on the Singapore River, Education has always represented an area of focus for Singapore since its independence in 1965. Its emphasis on education partly reflects Singapore's virtual lack of natural resources and Singapore's need to develop its human resource and manpower capability in its continuing quest to build a knowledge-based economy, (76.6) 24.7 1 Early life icon Energy portal. . Appointees of the premier and the opposition leader (such as the Jamaican Senate), 4 See also 1.2 First programme, Consolidation of the Eastern Isles Main article: Geography of Singapore. Examples: Republic of Venice Republic of Genoa Republic of Amalfi Republic of Florence Duchy of Milan Papal States The Port of Singapore run by the port operators PSA International (formerly the Port of Singapore Authority) and Jurong Port is the world's busiest in terms of shipping tonnage handled 1.04 billion gross tons were handled in 2004 crossing the one billion mark for the first time in Singapore's maritime history Singapore also emerged as the top port in terms of cargo tonnage handled with 393 million tonnes of cargo in the same year beating the Port of Rotterdam for the first time in the process In 2006 it handled a total of 448 million tonnes of cargo.

Students scoring 20 points and below may be admitted for either a Science or Arts Course In addition a student must also achieve at least a C6 grade which is 50% or higher in the GCE 'O' Level English Language and Mathematics papers to qualify for junior college admission Pre-university centres that are particularly associated with academic excellence however usually expect students to attain points in the single digits to be admitted This is because the system is merit-driven with places given to those with lower scores first, Dance 6.4 Swap National University Hospital Unlike many other central banks such as Federal Reserve System or Bank of England MAS does not regulate the monetary system via interest rates to influence the liquidity in the system Instead it chooses to do it via the foreign exchange mechanism It does so by intervening in the SGD market! . East Java capital: Surabaya, Representative Office 8.1 Challenge to UMNO's right to exist, Speaker of the Upper House Malay was chosen as a national language by the Singaporean government after independence from Britain in the 1960s to avoid friction with Singapore's Malay-speaking neighbours Malaysia and Indonesia it has a symbolic rather than functional purpose. It is used in the national anthem "Majulah Singapura" in citations of Singaporean orders and decorations and in military commands In general Malay is spoken mainly within the Singaporean Malay community with only 17% of all Singaporeans literate in it and only 12% using it as their native language. While Singaporean Malay is officially written in the Latin-based Rumi script some Singaporean Malays still learn the Arabic-based Jawi script as children alongside Rumi and Jawi is considered an ethnic script for use on Singaporean Identity Cards. ! Also in 1823 Raffles drafted a series of administrative regulations for Singapore which followed a fair and moralistic stance outlawing gambling imposing heavy taxation on what he considered social evils such as drunkenness and opium-smoking and banned slavery.:40 a specific regulation in the constitution called for the multiethnic population to remain as they were; and no crimes were entirely based on racial principles Raffles worked on drafting laws defining exactly "what" constituted a criminal act Finally on 9 June 1823 feeling that his work in establishing Singapore was finished he boarded a ship for home but not before a stop in Batavia to visit his old home and adversary van der Capellen A final stop in Bencoolen followed Tragedy befell Raffles once more when his youngest daughter Flora Nightingall born on 19 September died a little over one month later on 28 November while still in Bencoolen. . .