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Singapore

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Find Singapore

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Singapore

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Singapore

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In 1965, Singapore gained its independence from which Country?

a) France

b) Spain

c) Great Britain

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Singapore is a city-state (224 square miles)

A city-state is an independent country whose territory consists solely of a single major city and the area immediately surrounding it.

Two other city-states are:• Vatican City• Monaco

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Singapore’s port is one the busiest in the

world

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Singapore does not produce this product, but its refining center is one of the largest.

What product is it?

a) Oil

b) Water

c) Bauxite

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Who lives in Singapore?

• Approx 4.86 million people

• Singapore is highly diverse; Chinese people form an ethnic majority, along with large populations of Malay, Indian and other people.

• Official Languages are: English, Malay, Tamil, and Chinese

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Singapore is an entrepot port

• Entrepot: an intermediary center of trade and transshipment.

• An entrepôt (from the French "warehouse") is a trading post where merchandise can be imported and exported without paying import duties, often at a profit.

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• Goods like circuits, computer, or communication equipment are imported to Singapore, and they are immediately re-exported to other countries

• Why do it? Reluctance of ships to travel the entire length of a long trading route, so they sell to the entrepôt instead. The entrepôt then sells at a higher price to ships travelling the other segment of the route.

Singapore is an entrepot port

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• Fourth largest foreign exchange trading centre in the world– after London, New York City and Tokyo.

• Singapore is considered to be one of the top centers of finance in the world and throughout the region.

• Singapore has been rated as the most business-friendly economy in the world with thousands of foreign expatriates working in multi-national corporations.