Singapore
City
APEC summit sees US-China reversalAPEC comprises Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, United States, China, Barack Obama, Lee Hsien Loong, Asia, Singapore, and Charles Morrison |
-
Washington Times | 2 days ago
Vision of American decline
...flows. But the United States refuses to play. So Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and others are forced to desperately buy sinking dollars in order to protect their export industries. But this only creates inflationary money...
In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Tax, Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Japan, China, and Capitalism
-
New Kerala | November 12, 2009
APEC warns of fragile recovery, sees unemployment as challenge
The forum consists of Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Peru, Russia, the US and Vietnam. The...
In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Unemployment, Sustainable development, Climate change, Facing the World, Barack Obama, US, Taiwan, and Japan
-
Taipei Times | November 13, 2009
Taipei home-price gains to beat China, CLSA says
...at the central bank, said on Oct. 29. Taiwan joined Singapore, Hong Kong, India and China in moving to prevent excessive property-market swings, after falling interest rates drove prices higher. Hong Kong on Oct. 23 tightened down-payment...
In this article: Taipei, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Land Bank of Taiwan, and Bank of Taiwan
-
Telegraph.co.uk - International news | November 09, 2009
Pandas separated to encourage procreation
...was the offer accepted. China and Taiwan are expected to discuss a trade agreement at the forthcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Singapore next week, as a prelude to a partial Free Trade Agreement. Sponsored Features
In this article: China, Taiwan, Taipei, Giant Panda, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Ma Ying-jeou, and Chen Shui-bian
-
Reuters | November 12, 2009
Obama says has strategy to boost U.S. exports to Asia
...and Mexico -- as well as Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has urged Obama to...
In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Asia, APEC, Thomson Reuters, OPEC, South Korea, and Small business
Trends
Loading...
More on Singapore
Description from Wikipedia:
Singapore (; Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர், Cingkappūr), officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, lying 137 km north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At 710.2 km2, Singapore, a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast Asia, is by orders of magnitude larger than Monaco, San Marino, Andorra and Vatican City, the only other surviving sovereign city-states.
Before European settlement, the island now known as Singapore was the site of a Malay fishing village at the mouth of the Singapore River. Several hundred indigenous Orang Laut people also lived along the nearby coast, rivers and on smaller islands. In 1819, the British East India Company, led by Sir Stamford Raffles, established a trading post on the island, which was used as a port along the spice route. Singapore became one of the most important commercial and military centres of the British Empire, and the hub of British power in Southeast Asia.
During the Second World War, the British colony was occupied by the Japanese after the Battle of Singapore, which Winston Churchill called "Britain's greatest defeat". Singapore reverted to British rule in 1945, immediately after the war. Eighteen years later, in 1963, the city, having achieved independence from Britain, merged with Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak to form Malaysia. However, the merger proved unsuccessful, and, less than two years later, it seceded from the federation and became an independent republic within the Commonwealth of Nations on August 9, 1965. Singapore was admitted to the United Nations on September 21 of that year.
- Name:
- Singapore
- Capital:
- City of Singapore
- Motto:
- "Onward, Singapore"
- Government type:
- Parliamentary republic
- Legislature:
- Parliament
- Founding Date:
- September 16, 1963
- Formations:
- Merger with Malaysia
- Area:
- 710.2
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $238.755 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 4th
- GDP (nominal):
- $181.939 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 22nd
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $38,972
- Time Zone:
- SST
- Currency:
- Singapore dollar
- Demonym:
- Singaporean
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- SGD
- Country Calling Code:
- +65
- ccTLD:
- .sg
- Anthem:
- Majulah Singapura
Explore everything named Singapore...
