(77.0) 24.8 8.2 1MDB 8 See also Polytechnics and arts institutions (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LASALLE College of the Arts) in Singapore provide 3-year diploma courses They accept students based on their GCE "O" level GCE "A" level or Institute of Technical Education (ITE) results. The Titiwangsa Mountains are part of the Tenasserim Hills system and form the backbone of the Peninsula They form the southernmost section of the central cordillera which runs from Tibet through the Kra Isthmus (the Peninsula's narrowest point) into the Malay Peninsula the Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra while the south coast is separated from the island of Singapore by the Straits of Johor. . .

Raffles was pleased with the fact that Singapore had grown exponentially in such a short period of time The colony was a bustling hub of trade and economic activity Even so Farquhar's administration was deemed unsatisfactory for example allowing merchants to encroach on government areas permitted vices such as gambling and toleration of the slave trade.:38 in response Raffles instituted new policies and set up a committee headed by the colony's engineer Philip Jackson to draw up a plan now known as the Jackson Plan or Raffles Town Plan based on instructions by Raffles, The public sector is used both as an investor and as a catalyst for economic development and innovation The government of Singapore has two sovereign wealth funds Temasek Holdings and GIC Private Limited which are used to manage the country's reserves. Initially the state's role was oriented more toward managing industries for economic development but in recent decades the objectives of Singapore's sovereign wealth funds have shifted to a commercial basis, 4 Geography 1 Pre-colonial Singapore An aerial view of Seletar airfield Singapore with RAF Mosquito and Dakota I aircraft parked up. 4 First Sino-Japanese War Main article: Culture of Singapore, 1995 US$87.891 4 See also 6.3 Behavioral monetary policy In 1818 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the British colony at Bencoolen Raffles believed that the British should find a way to challenge the dominance of the Dutch in the area The trade route between China and British India passed through the Malacca Strait and with the growing trade with China that route would become increasingly important However the Dutch had tight control over the trade in the region and intended to enforce the exclusive rights of its company ships to trade and that trade should be conducted at its entrepot Batavia British trading ships were heavily taxed at Dutch ports stifling British trade in the region. Special Capital Region of Jakarta S$14,921 US$19.220 Tandoori chicken chicken marinated in a mixture of spices and yogurt and cooked in a clay oven. (93.6) 33.8 Main article: Foreign relations of Singapore Its current Managing Director is Robin Bew formerly the company's Editorial Director and Chief Economist. Contents IB Geography Early life S$15,045 US$12.860 S$2.1213 Mountbatten was posted as midshipman to the battlecruiser HMS Lion in July 1916 and after seeing action in August 1916 transferred to the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth during the closing phases of the First World War in June 1917 when the royal family stopped using their German names and titles and adopted the more British-sounding "Windsor" Prince Louis of Battenberg became Louis Mountbatten and was created Marquess of Milford Haven His second son acquired the courtesy title Lord Louis Mountbatten and was known as Lord Louis until he was created a peer in 1946. He paid a visit of ten days to the Western Front in July 1918! . . 2.3 Vatican City 1985 US$18.555 11 Sources Return to Britain and death, Main article: Indonesian National Awakening!