Singapore ebook - country ebook- shubham parsekar

• SHUBHAM PARSEKAR• PGDM2/1539• 07/03/2016

CAPITAL : SINGAPORE

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE : ENGLISH , MANDARIN,TAMIL,MALAY

AREA : 719.1KM

POPULATION : 5,535,000

GDP : 452 Billion

CURRENCY :SINGAPORE DOLLAR (SGD)

POPULATION : 5,535,000

PRESIDENT: TONY TAN

Republic of Singapore

PRIME MINISTER : LEE LOONG

RELIGION : BUDDHISM

2011

1959

1993

19451941

19901963

18191299

1965

SANG UTAMA, a prince from

Palembang, saw an animal,

he founded a city , naming it

“THE LION CITY” or

“SINGAPURA”

MODERN SINGAPORE :- 29 JAN 1819

Raffles, Lieutenant – Governor of

Bengkulu, helped negotiate a Treaty

with the Local Rulers and established

Singapore as a Trading Station

THE LION CITY

NEW

PRESIDENT

LEE KUAN YEW

STEPS DOWN AS PM

SEPERATION

MERGER WITH

MALAYA

JAPANESE

SURRENDER

1941 : WW2 &

JAPAN INVASION

JAN 1819 :- MODERN

SINGPORE

POLITICAL HISTORY -

SINGAPORE

L15 August1945,Island

was handed over to the

British Military, which

remain in power until

dissolution of straits

settlement comprising

of Penang , Melaka &

Singapore

FULL INTERNAL

SELF-GOVERNMENT

The People’s Action Party won

the elections held for the New

Legislative Assembly

A young Cambridge-Educated

Lawyer LEE KUAN YEW

became first Prime minister of

Singapore.

PM LEE campaigned for the

merger with MALAYA, due to

lack of Natural Resources.

On 16 SEP,1963,MALAYSIA

was formed

Parliament of Malaysia

voted 126-0 in favor of a

constitutional amendment

expelling Singapore from the

federation. Singapore

became an Independ state

ONG TENG

CHEONG , elected

as first President

2015LEE KUAN

DEATH

LEE KUAN

YEW STEPS

DOWN FROM

CABINET

SINGAPORE INDIA SINGAPORE INDIA

ECONOMY DEMOGRAPHIC

TRADE MILITARY

Singapore is the 8th largest source of investment in India and the largest amongst ASEAN member nations.

Singapore is India's 9th biggest trading partner. India and Singapore signed a bilateral agreement on expanding

military cooperation, conducting joint military training, developing military technology .

In 2005, both nations signed the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) and have organised the India-Singapore Parliamentary Forum .

Singapore has invested in projects to upgrade India's ports, airports and developing information parks and a SEZ.

India has become Singapore's 4th biggest tourist destination. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of India and the

Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) of Singapore also signed an MoU on cooperation to combat illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substance and their precursors.

SINGAPORE FUN FACTS

Singapore consists only of one main island and 63 other tiny islands. Most of these islands are uninhabited.

The Merlion, a half-fish, half-lion beast, is a fitting symbol of Singapore. The “Singa” or lion represents the animal that a Sumatran prince saw which resembled a lion, and the fish is a tribute to Singapore’s history as “Temasek”, the ancient sea town.

The world’s first night zoo, The Night Safari, is located in Singapore.

Singapore is 1 of the 20 smallest countries in the world , yet 2nd most densely populated

The Largest TROPICAL ORCHID GARDEN in the world is found in Singapore

Although English is the official working language and the most widely used language in Singapore, the national anthem ‘Majulah Singapura’ is actually sung in Malay

Singaporean’s has biggest percentage of millionaires in world. 1 out of 4 people in Singapore has 1 million dollar or more