2008 has brought announcements of new or additional sales to Singapore, Finland, Morocco and South Korea ; in December 2010 the Swiss government requested 150 AIM-120C-7 missiles.

Brunei has a number of diplomatic missions abroad and has close relations with Singapore, sharing an interchangeable currency regime as well as close military relations with the latter island-state.

It also has development centers at Singapore, Santa Ana, California, and Linz, Austria.

Over the last several years, Chile has signed FTAs with the European Union, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei, China, and Japan.

To that end, it has signed trade agreements in recent years with New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei, India, China, and most recently Japan.

Singapore has also established a detailed National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.

Alan Marshall, in the Department of Social Sciences at Mahidol University, for example, reflects upon the way Gaia philosophy has been used and advocated by environmentalists, spiritualists, managers, economists, and scientists and engineers ( see The Unity of Nature, 2002, Imperial College Press: London and 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.

Singapore has passed numerous laws that prohibit speech that causes disharmony among various religious groups.

It has regional centres in Asia-Pacific ( Singapore ), Latin America ( São Paulo, Brazil ) and North America ( Boston, United States ).

This form of training has now spread to a number of other countries ( Canada, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Singapore, Scotland, England, Wales, United States ).

Jordan has FTA's with the United States, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, the European Union, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Algeria, Turkey and Syria.

It has a significant presence in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, and a growing presence in mainland China, India and Vietnam.

Latvia has a Consulate General in Russia ; Consulates in Belarus and Russia ; Honorary Consulates General in Australia, Cyprus, India, Israel, and Norway ; and Honorary Consulates in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, and Venezuela.

The Dutch contingent has been replaced by soldiers from the U. S., Australia, Slovakia, and Singapore.

The international corporate banking division has branches in Germany ( Frankfurt ), United Kingdom ( London ), Singapore, China ( Shanghai ) and in the United States ( New York ).

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.

It has been a supporter of East Timor since the latter's independence and has expanded trade links with its traditional allies Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

He has been awarded honorary doctorates in law from Keio University in Tokyo, the National University of Singapore, and the University of New South Wales

Singapore has attempted to boost the fertility rate for years to the replacement level of 2. 1 birth per woman.

The role of the president as the head of state has been, historically, largely ceremonial although the constitution was amended in 1991 to give the president some veto powers in a few key decisions such as the use of the national reserves and the appointment of key judiciary, Civil Service and Singapore Armed Forces posts.

Singapore has consistently been rated as the least-corrupt country in Asia and amongst the top ten cleanest in the world by Transparency International.

Amnesty International has criticised Singapore for having " possibly the highest execution rate in the world " per capita.

While this is four times less than the number of Mauritians travelling to Singapore, the trend remains highly positive.

The World Bank's governance indicators have also rated Singapore highly on rule of law, control of corruption and government effectiveness.

Singapore has a highly centralised, unitary government with a unicameral legislature ( the City Council and the Rural Board were abolished in the 1960s ).

The Four Asian Tigers or Asian Dragons is a term used in reference to the highly developed economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

Not only, highly respected in his country, but he was also highly appreciated in Malaysia and Singapore.

The grey market in photographic equipment is thriving in highly developed and heavily taxed states like Singapore with dealers importing directly from lower taxed states and selling at a lower price, creating competition against a local authorised distributor.

Tübingen has many highly renowned partner universities all over the world, inter alia University of Cambridge, University of St. Andrews, University of Edinburgh, University College London in Great Britain, National University of Singapore, University of Hong Kong, Peking University in Asia, McGill University in Canada, Yale University, University of Michigan, Georgetown University, University of Texas at Austin, University of California, Berkeley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Brown University, and Princeton Theological Seminary in the US.

The highly profitable company is controlled by the InTouch plc ( formerly Shin Corporation ), headed by Temasek Holdings, a Singapore government owned agency.

It is highly popular among the younger segment of the clubbing crowd in Singapore, and a Mambo experience is often regarded as an initiation ritual for many beginners into the local clubbing scene.

Soon afterward, A-mei began her 1998 Asia concert tour, performing in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, on top of the highly acclaimed initial show in Taipei.

Similar GMPs are used in other countries, with Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore and others having highly developed / sophisticated GMP requirements.

It is also highly encouraged in Singapore as living with parents is considered a cultural expectation, while living on one's own ( sometimes even if one is married with children ) is perceived as an act of insolence.

Despite highly decorated achievements during World War I, including at Gallipoli, Bennett is best remembered for his role in the Fall of Singapore in the Pacific War when, as commander of the 8th Division, he escaped while his men became prisoners of the Japanese.

In Singapore, and sometimes Malaysia, old utility bicycles are often seen with the windshields and engine covers of 125cc motorbikes and painted in highly attractive colors.

The Gifted Education Programme ( GEP ) is a highly selective academic programme in Singapore.

In addition, Singapore society is highly regulated through the criminalization of many activities which are considered as fairly harmless in other countries.

The resulting media and internet publicity attracted thousands of visitors, many unaware that such rich marine life could still be seen in a highly urbanised Singapore.

Similarly, a highly popular food blog, ieatishootipost, mainly reviews and photographs uniquely Singaporean food and features up-and-coming and popular eateries in Singapore.

It manages a varied, highly urbanised area of central Singapore, which includes the public housing towns of Bishan, Toa Payoh and parts of Kallang, large areas of private housing areas such as those in Bukit Timah and Novena, as well as key commercial areas such as Orchard Road and Clarke Quay.

The founding of Nanyang University was a highly significant act for the Singapore Chinese community.

The problem was 99th Brigade were highly skilled jungle fighters, urban Singapore was a foreign land, and internal security entirely new.