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Singapore and multi-racial
Perhaps as an indication of the multi-racial mix in Singapore, a Muslim mosque and the Sri Mariamman Hindu Temple can also be found off the main street.
The aforementioned names are indicative of the colourful multi-racial society in Singapore.
This is especially important because Singapore is a multi-racial and multi-religious society.

Singapore and predominantly
Cultures and countries strongly influenced by Confucianism include mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Vietnam, as well as various territories settled predominantly by Chinese people, such as Singapore.
After managing to cover 700 km, predominantly by rowboat, escaping from Singapore, spent 3 years working on the Burma railway.
The airline had its roots as a regional air-charter company in the form of Tradewinds Charters, formed in 1976, and using planes predominantly leased from parent company Singapore Airlines serving leisure destinations.
In contrast to multi-cultural Singapore where English is the first language of 70 % of ethnic Chinese and 25 % of Malays and Indians, Hong Kong's population is 95 % ethnic Chinese ( Cantonese, Fukienese, Teochew, Fukchow, Hakka ) and is a predominantly Cantonese-speaking society.
Many of the Singaporean Chinese residents in Hougang speak the Teochew language, because they were originally from Kampong Ponggol, a predominantly Teochew community, before they were relocated to Hougang as Singapore began developing.
These buses served mainly the eastern parts of Singapore and were predominantly under the control of the Bedok North Depot, with a minority at Ang Mo Kio and Braddell depots.
The ship was sold to Greek interests in 1993, and rechristened Sailor 1, predominantly plying the waters off the west coast of the U. S. In 2004, the ship again traded hands and was sold to a Singapore firm.
With the large migration of Hokkien people to South-East Asia, predominantly Malaysia and Singapore, the term Ang Moh became more widespread and was used to refer to Caucasian.
The name is a reflection of the origins of Singapore having been built by immigrants from predominantly China, India, Malaysia, as wells as, other parts of the world.

Singapore and Chinese
** Han Chinese, the dominant ethnic group in mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore
** Standard Chinese, the standard form of the Chinese language in China, Taiwan and Singapore, and the variety most commonly taught as a foreign language
Southeast Asian English comprises Singapore English and Malaysian English ; it features some influence from Malay, Chinese languages and dialects, and Indian English.
( 2006 TV series ), a Singapore Mandarin Chinese TV series
* 1942 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.
Standard Chinese has official status as the standard spoken form of the Chinese language in the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), the Republic of China ( ROC ) and the Republic of Singapore.
:* UK: Hong Kong, Chinese treaty ports, Irish treaty ports, Singapore
Hakka cuisine, or Kejia cuisine, is the cooking style of the Hakka people, who originated in the southeastern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Fujian, but may also be found in other parts of China and in countries with significant overseas Chinese communities .< ref > Linda Lau Anusasananan, < i > The Hakka Cookbook: Chinese Soul Food from Around the World </ i > ( University of California Press, 2012 )</ ref > There are numerous restaurants in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore serving Hakka cuisine.
This balance was altered by the inclusion of the majority Chinese Singapore, upsetting many Malays.
The Malays felt unhappy with the wealth of the Chinese community, even after the expulsion of Singapore.
Although the Chinese and Indian communities could maintain their own Chinese and Tamil-language primary schools, all their students were required to learn Malay, and to study an agreed “ Malayan curriculum .” Most importantly, the entry exam to the University of Malaya ( which moved from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur in 1963 ) would be conducted in Malay, even though most teaching at the university was in English until the 1970s.
Chinese families therefore sent their children to universities in Singapore, Australia, Britain or the United States – by 2000, for example, 60, 000 Malaysians held degrees from Australian universities.
Examples include the German “ Blue Angel ”, European “ Daisy ” Eco label, Global Eco-Label “ GEN mark ”, Nordic, “ White Swan ”, Japanese “ Earth friendly mark ”; USA “ Green Seal ”, Canadian “ Environmental Choice ”, Chinese “ Huan ”, Singapore “ Green Label ” and the French “ NF Environment mark ”.
Standard Chinese or Standard Mandarin is the official language of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China and one of the four official languages of Singapore.
Chinese speakers refer to the modern standard language as Pǔtōnghuà 普通话 ( on the mainland ), Guóyǔ 國語 ( in Taiwan ) or Huáyǔ 华语 ( in Malaysia and Singapore ), but not as Guānhuà.
The written forms of Standard Chinese are also essentially equivalent, although simplified characters are used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore while people in Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong generally use traditional characters.
* 1954 – The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, take place.
In areas with large Chinese populations open to Western cultural influence, such as Hong Kong, Macao, Malaysia and Singapore, the local Chinese have adopted macaroni as an ingredient for Chinese-style Western cuisine.

Singapore and country
* 1965 – Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
The majority of Malaysia's tourists come from its bordering country, Singapore.
The main highway of the country extends over 800 km, reaching the Thai border from Singapore.
The longest highway of the country, the North-South Expressway, extends over between the Thai border and Singapore.
Free-market reforms of recent decades have removed many barriers to foreign investment, and the World Bank in 2005 praised New Zealand as being the most business-friendly country in the world, before Singapore.
Peru has signed a number of free trade agreements, including the 2007 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, and agreements with Chile, Canada, Singapore, Thailand and China. Under President Alan Garcia administration Peru achieved a bilateral Trade agreement with U. S. since 2010 to improve exports for its country and reach in August 2011 its pick in exports of more than 4, 700 MM.
Singapore is a multicultural country with a majority population of Chinese ( 74 percent ), with substantial Malay ( 13 percent ) and Indian minorities ( 9. 2 percent ).
The Economist Intelligence Unit classifies Singapore as a " hybrid " country, with authoritarian and democratic elements.
Freedom House does not consider Singapore an " electoral democracy " and ranks the country as " partly free ".
Singapore has consistently been rated as the least-corrupt country in Asia and amongst the top ten cleanest in the world by Transparency International.
Singapore as a small densely populated island nation is the pioneer, and continues to be one of the few countries in the World in which broadband internet access is readily available to just about any would-be user anywhere in the country, with connectivity over 99 %.
This assistance is valuable as Singapore is a land-scarce country consisting mainly of built-up areas.
However, Singapore soon leaves this new country,
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The book World on Fire, describing the Chinese as a " market-dominant minority ", notes that " Chinese market dominance and intense resentment amongst the indigenous majority is characteristic of virtually every country in Southeast Asia except Thailand and Singapore ".
Hence, Singapore became the only country to become independent against its own will.
Besides being a multilingual country, Singapore also acknowledges festivals celebrated by these three ethnic communities.
* SGP is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Singapore
About 5. 2 million people live and work within, making Singapore the 2nd-most-densely populated country in the world after Monaco, another city-state.
As a result, New Zealand, from having a reputation as an almost socialist country, is considered one of the most business-friendly countries of the world, next to Singapore.
In Singapore, travelers are prohibited from bringing pepper spray into the country, and it is illegal for the public to possess.
For example, a person who writes his name as 张伟 in a foreign country might be expected to come from mainland China or Singapore, while a 張偉the same name in traditional charactersmight be asked if he or his family is originally from Taiwan or Hong Kong.
Not only, highly respected in his country, but he was also highly appreciated in Malaysia and Singapore.
* Monaco, Singapore and the Vatican City are city-states, and thus do not have a capital city distinct from the country as a whole.
* Singapore, ISO 3166-1 country code

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