Singapore: A Multicultural and Economically Strong Nation

This presentation provides an overview of Singapore, a multicultural nation with a strong economy. It covers various aspects such as geography, history, culture, economy, and politics.

Singapore
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Introduction
 Situated at the Malay Peninsula end
 Singapore is about 85 miles north of the equator
 Singapore populace is diverse
 Chinese is predominant
 Malays are the other biggest ethical group and Indians is the third
 Linguistic diversity is less evident among the Malays
 Indian are most varied groups (Andaya & Andaya, 2016).

Geographical
 Country comprises of 63 islands (Frost & Balasingamchow, 2013)
 Tekong, Jurong Island, Pulau Tekong, Sentosa and Pulau Ubin are
smaller islands.
 Cocos and Christmas Islands were part of Singapore
 But, were later moved over to Australia

Continuation
 Country’s land mass is721.5 km2 in 2018 (Vickers, 2013)
 Projected to develop to 766 km2 by 2030 (International Monetary
Fund, Singapore, 2017)
 In 2010, country imported about 15 million tons of sand
 Vietnam and Indonesia block the export of sand
 Singapore use Polders from Netherlands (Andaya & Andaya, 2016)

History
 Initially, Singapore Island was occupied by pirates and fisherman
 Javanese king Kertanagara is alleged to have invaded Temasek
 Rajendra may have called the town Singapura
 Sejarah Melavu, the city was established by the Srīvijayan
 Anglo-Dutch accord in 1824
 Singapore Island was surrendered to the British
 Malaka, Penang, and Singapore joined as Straits Settlements (Andaya
& Andaya, 2016)

Continuation
 In 1946, made constitutional development (Vickers, 2013)
 In 1955, legislative assembly assumed the government responsibility
 In 1959, the nominated and official elements were eradicated
 In 1959, PAP refused to create a regime (Frost & Balasingamchow,
2013)
 In 1964, PAP party encountered new threats
 The conflict ended in 1966

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Continuation
 British military presence came to an end in October 1971
 In 1970s, State followed an aggressive plan of economic develop
 Singapore was caught in the global slump of 2008 and 2009
 In 2010, significant recovery (Chiu, 2018)
 Treaty was reached with Malaysia on boundary disputes
 In 2010, agreement was signed between China and six ASEAN
nations (Frost & Balasingamchow, 2013)

Cultural
 Country has a diversity of dialects, cultures, and religions
 English speaking incline towards the western beliefs (Bravo-Bhasin,
2017)
 Malay-speaking inclines towards Malay
 Cultural communities perform Indian music, traditional Chinese
(Kong, 2017)

Continuation
 Malay song has embraced the western orchestra’s beats
 Favorite music films are Tamil and Hindi songs (Bravo-Bhasin, 2017)
 English, Malay, Chinese and Indian media serve educated populace
 Publications printed in Hong Kong, Japan and west
 Authority regulates the press
 Singapore Broadcasting Corporation regulates all media (Bravo-
Bhasin, 2017)

Economy
 Singapore faced economic growth since 1960 (Chiu, 2018)
 Grown active in industrial and financial sectors
 Country has the most improved economy in South Asia
 Economy never relied on manufacture and export (World Economic
Forum, 2017)
 Singaporean regime has controlled economic growth

continuation
 Regime has tried to improve the value and the labor output
 Robust assurance to health and education
 Rising wages and shortage of labor (McKay, 2013)
 Formal plan depends on enterprise sale, market forces, and local
private trades (Singapore Economic Development Board 2017)

Politics
 Nation is a lawmaking state (Hill & Lian, 2013)
 Executive power rests with the Cabinet of Singapore
 Head of state is voted through a popular vote
 He has veto authority over a particular set of executive decision
 Members of parliament- non-constituency, elected and nominated
participants (Singh, 2017)
 Self-governance was held in 1959

Continuation
 PAP party has won the influence of parliament
 Multiracialism, an essential reason for its split-up from Malaysia
 Legal structure grounded on English common law (Hill & Lian, 2013)
 Abolishment of trial by jury in 1970 (Tremewan, 2016)
 Country penalties comprise legal corporal punishment
 Capital punishment: firearms offense and aggravated drug-trafficking
 Country's legal structure is most reliable in Asia (Hill & Lian, 2013)

Conclusion
 Singapore has a strong production base
 Consistently ranked among the least corrupt nations globally
 Robust and almost authoritarian regime
 Good governance and meritocracy well-known as Singapore model
 Model behind the nation's economic development, political stability,
and harmonious society

References
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