 ASIAN COUNTRY

 CULTURAL RESEMBLANCE WITH PAKISTAN

 MUSLIMS 14.9%
(THIRD MAJOR RELIGION)
 SOCIAL SET UP (EDUCATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE) IS WELL DEVELOPED
 HIGH GDP
 Gross Domestic Nominal Per
US Dollar
Year Product Capita GDP
Exchange
($ millions) (as % of USA)

1980 25,117 2.14 S. Dollars 39.65

1985 39,036 2.20 S. Dollars 36.63

1990 66,778 1.81 S. Dollars 52.09

1995 119,470 1.41 S. Dollars 86.14

2000 159,840 1.72 S. Dollars 66.19

2005 194,360 1.64 S. Dollars 67.54

2007 224,412 1.42 S. Dollars 74.61

2008 235,632 1.37 S. Dollars 73.71

2009 268,900 1.50 S. Dollars 78.53

2010 309,400 1.32 S. Dollars 82.13

 It lies just north of the Equator, between Malaysia and
Indonesia.
 It consists of one large island and around 60 islets.
 FOUNDED ON FEBRUARY 16, 1819
 IN 1824, THE ENTIRE STATE BECAME A BRITISH
POSSESSION TRANSFERRED TO EAST INDIA COMPANY
 SELF GOVERNMENT JUNE 03, 1959
 INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITISH AUGUST 31, 1963
 MERGER WITH MALAYSIA SEPTEMBER 16, 1963
 SEPARATION FROM MALAYSIA AUGUST 09, 1965
 The climate is hot and very humid, with two monsoon
periods: from December to March (north-eastern
monsoon), and from June to September (the south-
western monsoon).
 As it consists of islands so it is less fertile.
 Greeters slide their palm together back towards their
own chests, then end with the hand over their heart
 The study of non verbal communication in various cultures
focuses at personal space, language including gestures, eye
contact, smiling and other facial expressions. It
demonstrates that how the same gesture can be interpreted
in different ways. In Singapore,
 Rather than say NO they say I WILL SEE WHAT CAN I DO
 They tend to be subtle, indirect and implicit in their
communication
 They trust on non verbal messages then spoken
 They avoid to gift flowers as they pretend it as the symbol of
death
 They don’t give scissors and knives as this is the symbol to
cut the relationship
 As it is a secular country and there is no involvement of
anyone in religious issues so everyone is free
Most common festivals are as follows
 Independence Day (most important)
 Christmas
 Buddist’s festivals
 Eid
 Moon Cake- September
 Good Friday
 Chinese New Year
 Emphasis on loyalty and respect for elders
 Singaporeans are very sensitive to retaining face in all
aspects of life
 The concept of group harmony and mutual security is
more important than that of individual family
 85.4% of the people (surveyed in 2005) live in at least one
family nucleus
 Average family size is 4
 Food Trading Pte Ltd
One of the leading Singapore’s trading food company
 Importing and trading in quality foods from all over the
world
FOOD ITEMS
 Hams, sausages, frozen food, chicken, pock, beef, lamb
 Dairy Food: Cheese and butter
 Dry Food: Canned tomato, olive oil, etc
 Frozen processed products: seafood
 Mother Tongue: Chinese
 According to the 2000 census, languages include
Mandarin (35%), English (23%), Malay (14.1%), Hokkein
(11.4%), Cantonese (5.7%), Teochew (4.9%) and Tamil
(3.2%).
 English is the language most used for business
purposes.
 Capital: Singapore
 Currency Singapore Dollar (SGD)
 Fiscal Year 1 April - 31 March
 Trade Organizations WTO, APEC, IOR-ARC, ASEAN
 Like most financial centers, Singapore was hit badly by the
recent recession.
 Port of Singapore is one of the five busiest ports of world.
 Inflation Rate 2.8% (2010 est.)
 Unemployment Rate 2.2% (2010)
 Labour Force 3.1 million (2010)
 Banks & Offices generally open at 9:00 or 9:30 in
the morning and remain open till 5:00 or 5:30 in the
evening.
 A few open on Saturday morning.
 Electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling
MAIN INDUSTRIES equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing
and rubber products, processed food and
beverages, ship repair, offshore platform
construction, life sciences, entrepot trade
EXPORTS $358.4 billion (2010 est.)
machinery and equipment (including electronics),
EXPORT GOODS consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and other
chemicals, mineral fuels
Malaysia 11.9%, Hong Kong 11.7%, China 10.4%,
MAIN EXPORT
Indonesia 9.4%, United States 6.5%, Japan 4.7%,
PARTNERS
South Korea 4.1% (2010 est.)
IMPORTS $310.4 billion (2010 est.)
machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals,
IMPORT GOODS
foodstuffs, consumer goods
Malaysia 11.7%, United States 11.5%, China 10.8%,
MAIN IMPORT
Japan 7.9%, South Korea 5.8%, Indonesia 5.4%
PARTNERS
(2010 est)
FDI STOCK $298.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
 According to 2011 census 5183700 (of whom 3257000 are
Singapore citizens)
 Density 7315/km2
 The main ethnic groups are Chinese (74%), Malay (13%)
and Indian (9.2%)
 Education takes place in three stages.
 Institutions are registered to the Ministry of Education
whether private or public.
 Education for primary, secondary and tertiary levels is
supported by the state.
 All subjects are taught in English except the Mother
Tongue.
 Nanyyang Technological University, one of the five
public universities in Singapore also in top hundred
universities of the world.
 Literacy rate is almost 99%
 PERCENTAGE IN SINGAPORE
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