...the process of nation-building in Singapore Xing Siyuan As a “young” country established in 1965, Singapore has been beyond success over the last 20 years in both economic and educational field. However, there seems less to be thought as local history in Singaporean school due to its short past. Knowing about the past of one’s own country is a really important part of nation-building for any country. Singapore is no exception. It can work at the very beginning that Singaporean without knowing the past can develope their country fast and good. But for a country to have continues vitality and vigilance. “Knowing this history(how Singapore succeeded against the odds to become a nation) is part of becoming a Singaporean. It is the backdrop which maks sense of our present, it shows what external dangers to watch out for, and where our domestic fault lines lie...our young must understand Singapore’s unique challenge, constraints and vulnerabilities.”[1] As the prime minister Lee Hsien Loong said, not knowing Singapore’s history make people apathy and lack of willingness to meet challenges, especially for the young generation that had never go though the hard time. “I thought our people should understand how vulnerable Singapore was and is, the dangers that beset us, and how we nearly did not make it.”[2] Lee Kuan Yew, regard as father of Singapore, also state the importance of knowing the past to the future of national building of Singapore. Learning the history of our country...
Words: 871 - Pages: 4
...Singapore Singapore, a country with mixed nationalities and mixed cultures, attracts numerous culture experts and enthusiasts to study on it. Here in this article, the writers would like to discuss Singapore and introduce Singapore to you from the aspects of the general knowledge of Singapore, the factors that influence the Singaporean culture, Lewis’s theory about cultural categories, Hofstede’s theory about cultural dimensions and Edward’s theory about communication styles. Brief Introduction of Singapore Singapore, officially called the Republic of Singapore, the world's busiest port, though physically small, is an economic giant. It has been Southeast Asia's most modern city for over a century. The name of Singapore comes from Malay language, which can be directly translated into the lion city. Frist of all, Singapore is located in Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia. The main island is about 42kilometres from east to west and 23 kilometers from north to south. Singapore’s total land area, including that of the smaller islands, is 697.1 square kilometers. Singapore's strategic location at the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula has ensured its importance, which is greater than its size might seem to justify. Singapore consists of the island of Singapore and some 63 islets within its territorial waters. Like most of Southeast Asia, Singapore is generally hot and humid. It's warm and humid year round, with the temperature almost never dropping...
Words: 6699 - Pages: 27
...Singapore’s Healthcare System Singapore is an island country located in Southeast Asia, between Indonesia and Malaysia with a population of 5.3 million. Recognized and praised for their electrical manufacturing industry, finance and healthcare, Singapore was named the third wealthiest nation in the world by Forbes Magazine for 2012. Singapore has established and received acclaim for a remarkable healthcare system. With government intervention, private sectors and programs that promote healthy living and prevention for citizens, Singapore’s Healthcare System has set a standard and model for the world to rival. While Singapore’s population is only 5.3 million people, a small country compared to others, citizens have a longer life expectancy, on average 84 years. In Mercer’s 2011 Quality of Life survey, Singapore placed 25th in the world. In determining quality of life rankings, focus is brought to political and social environment, housing, education, health and sanitation. There are three government branches that govern Singapore’s healthcare system, Minister of Health (MOH), which promotes health education and prevention, monitors accessibility and the quality of healthcare services. Second, Central Provident Fund (CPF) is responsible for Singapore’s social security savings plan. CPF safeguards working Singaporeans in their retirement, making sure they are able to sustain themselves after retirement. Workers are required to make contributions into three separate...
Words: 1448 - Pages: 6
...Singapore Culture Vera Brickey Anthropogist 101 September 20.2011 Instructor:Michael King This report will therefore bring you through the changes that had taken place in Singapore’s labor market from the past to present. I will touch on a few crucial aspects leading to these changes, namely, globalization, technology advancement, and education. Last but not least, I will also comment on the strategies some employers had adopt on ensuring their continuing success. Singapore is a small island country in Southeast Asia. It lies at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula near the meeting of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. Singapore consists of a large island and more than 50 smaller islands. The large island, which is also called Singapore, covers about 250 square miles (650 square kilometers). The other islands have a combined area of about 20 square miles (50 square kilometers). About half are uninhabited. Singapore was originally settled by Great Britain in 1819 as a port of call. The British used Singapore to extend their territories in Indonesia. It remained under British rule until 1941 when Japan bombed and captured Singapore. After three years of Japanese rule, British forces returned to the island. By this time Singapore was longing for self-government. Singapore realized its need for independence in 1959 holding its first general election. The new, independent Singapore was voted into the United Nations in 1965. On December...
Words: 1218 - Pages: 5
...Singapore – Country Analysis Vineet Khattar; Group Work 9/29/2012 Contents Country Background: .......................................................................................................................... 3 Cultural Aspects of Singapore: ............................................................................................................ 3 Political context................................................................................................................................... 3 Economic policies of Singapore .......................................................................................................... 4 Institutional Framework ..................................................................................................................... 5 Labor Policies of Singapore ................................................................................................................. 7 Objectives of the country: .................................................................................................................. 8 Corresponding Policies Implemented by the Government ................................................................ 8 Performance ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Opportunities, Challenges and Risks......................................................................................................
Words: 3564 - Pages: 15
...Opinion Essay The first time we are introduced to formal education is in school. School years are the grounding years of a person’s education. Schools are institutions that lay the foundation of a child's development. They play a key role in developing children into responsible citizens and good human beings. However, the amount of the government’s budget that is invested in education varies according to the country. This is why education is much more developed in other countries. To begin with, let’s take as an example Peru, which currently invests 3% of its government’s budget towards the education system, and Singapore, which currently invests about the 20% of its government’s budget. It is important to state these facts, due to its big role in the development of education in a country. And this explains why Singapore occupies the 2nd spot in worldwide education, while Peru occupied the 65th spot out of 65 participant countries in the standings of the PISA 2012 exams. In my opinion, Peru’s government invests that small amount of money in education, in order to maintain the population ignorant, so they can commit their felonies, for this reason, the government does not do anything when it comes to banning trash TV programs, that are aired on the primetime lineups of every channel in Peru, and clearly are damaging intellectually the future generation. In fact, they let the programs be promoted; therefore they use it as a smoke screen by diverting the attention of the population...
Words: 407 - Pages: 2
...1. Introduction The Night Safari was introduced to Singapore in 1994 by the Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS). First of its kind, the night safari is home to over 1050 animals of 120 nocturnal species. Night Safari focuses on areas such as service quality, experiential dining and Wildlife Conservation. Its world class service quality, award winning Gourmet Safari Express, and constant efforts in promoting biodiversity in the conservation sector has effectively brought in visitors from all over the world (Night Safari, 2007). 2. Realizing Vision and Goal To be able to realize Night Safari’s vision and current goal, accessing the organisation itself is vital. 2.1 SWOT Analysis A SWOT analysis is carried out to determine Night Safari’s strength and how they can make use of it to grasp their opportunities and also determine their weaknesses and threats to take note of them and overcome them. STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES World Class Service Quality - E-ticketing - Refurbished Facilities - Maps, Information(on website) and Commentary in various languages - Offers something different and unique Strong Marketing - Constant introducing of new events - Innovative ideas - Brand Wildlife Conservation - Breeding Programmes o Acquisition o Endangered/Threatened Species - Funding - Education Activities - Events Customer Service - Language Skills - Ability to help guests to their best Global Brand Awareness - Known widely mainly in Asia-Pacific - Less known...
Words: 2048 - Pages: 9
...1.1 Economic background of Singapore Singapore had established a much stronger and diversified economy in the early 1980’s, and which gave it an economic importance in South-east Asia. Government plan the realigning industrial activities from the traditional labour-intensive, low-wage activities to capital-intensive, high-wage and high-technology activities during the first half of the 1980s. However, Singapore’s economy declined in year 1895 and this is the first time in 20 years. One of the reasons for decline was high-wage, which cause the product of Singapore less competitive on the world market. By the late 1980s, Singapore had to focus on diversify its economic, making it able to provide the manufacturing, financial, and communications facilities for multinational firms. Government take the action to emphasis on the manpower development through the education and training to improve competitive. It also can be shift toward the higher value-add and skill of intensive investment promotion policy. Economic growth averaged 7.7% per annum during this period. In the 1990s productivity increased as did labour cost. Singapore had success in shifting to the higher value-added production signalled by the export growth in high-technology manufactured goods.In year 1997, Singapore economy was affect by the regional crisis by the devaluation of the Thai Baht. Although Singapore’s financial and economic fundamental were sound, the rapidly deteriorating...
Words: 296 - Pages: 2
...10, Ministry of Home Affairs directed REACH to present a report on the underlying issues for the lack of sense of belonging in Singaporean youths. REACH sought NYC’s inputs as we have direct dealings with youths. Our Prime Minister highlighted the importance of the Singapore spirit to maintain a Singaporean core in our society. It needed to be instilled in the next generation of youths to sustain the core into the future. Losing the Singapore spirit could translate into individuals not knowing the cause, the community and the country to defend or die for. This discernment is becoming a concern as more Singaporeans are studying or working abroad. Data for this report was obtained from: (1) the Census of Population 2010, to study the trends of the Singapore Population so as to better understand the characteristics of the evolving generations; (2) the Youth Study by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), to analyse the changing aspirations of young Singaporeans. The key findings on the cause of the dilution of the Singaporean spirit in youths, causing them to feel uncomfortable in their own home-land were: (1) Low receptiveness to the inundation of foreign talents and (2) Educational barriers to engagement with Singapore. RECEPTIVENESS problemS The...
Words: 1204 - Pages: 5
...Since the conception of the Exemplary Character Award (ECHA) by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2012, there has been much controversy and discussion surrounding this issue by both students and parents alike. While some Singaporeans have lauded this movement, many critics have slammed this award as being too ostentatious, and plain hypocritical. This harsh criticism is not without valid reason as giving monetary awards for good behaviour can indeed result in a wrong perception on the importance of good character, encourage pretentious behaviour from students as well as place a financial burden on the Singapore government. Advocates of this award argue that the award helps to educate school students on the importance of good values and character. This is in light of the recent complaints from parents who say that too much emphasis is placed on academic achievements in our education system and too little attention is placed on the character development of their children. Thus the advocates of this award feel that the Ministry of Education is justified in their plans to award certificates and money to well behaved children. However, is this really the right way to raise the importance of good character and values? I do not think so. In fact, there is a major flaw in the logic behind this ECHA award. By handing out certificates and monetary cheques to these well behaved children, the school is placing a value on good character, and not actually encouraging students to display good...
Words: 824 - Pages: 4
...Executive Summary Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong(2012) said “Singapore’s ideal population size? We can afford six million”. Today’s Singapore population is over 5 million; heading into 6 million in the near future should not be a problem. Assurance from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that Singapore can handle with such a rapid increase of population over decades. Singapore, a country area of 693 sq km (268 sq mi) is one of the world’ most densely populated states. A country with no natural resources but with a strategic port, strong government and its people. Ooverpopulation had been a great concern throughout the world at this stage, with population has crossed the size billion mark, so what effects overpopulation will have on a country’s economy? Acting Prime Minister Teo Chee Hea (2012) said, “The country's population growth is key to achieving this vision. The vision is to build a better and brighter nation for all citizens. If we don't have a sustainable core Singapore population, we won't be able to sustain the kind of Singapore that we want in the future. That is a critical element of the Singapore in the future. The current birth rate is not enough for us to sustain our population or even maintain it at its current level. We want to be able to raise the population through encouraging births," he said. This paper focuses on whether Singapore population growth can contribute to its economic development. And the impact on its GDP if population expected to exceeds 6 million...
Words: 3777 - Pages: 16
...GLOBAL DESTINATION COMPETITIVENESS TOURISM POLICY REVIEW SINGAPORE CARAN MORE 13036630 ABSTRACT The tourism management of Singapore has changed a lot over the period of time. The implementation of different policies and methods of promoting tourism in Singapore at domestic and international levels has brought the social and economical changes to the country. The issues of tourism development in Singapore need to be reviewed as they relate to the socio economic conditions of the country. This policy review paper will look at the different tourism policies of Singapore after the independence of the country. It will also look at the different responses the country received with applications of these policies over the period of time. Lastly it will look at the future of Singapore with regards to the future prospects, opportunities and challenges related to the tourism development of the nation. INTRODUCTION The management of Singapore has to be able to blend in with the social and economic environment of the world. Thus the policies and strategies of the country has been largely been co related to the global trends and also to the changing domestic factors. After Singapore attained its independence in 1965 there was a great growth in its tourism caused by the introduction of new technologies in the country, which improved transportation and communication (Teo, 1994). It became cheaper...
Words: 2402 - Pages: 10
...CARE SYSTEM IN SINGAPORE CASE STUDY PARKWAY HEALTH XXXXXXXX College University of Wales STUDENT ID- Anonymous (XXXX- XXXXX) INDEX 1. Introduction 3 2. Education system 4 3. Healthcare status 5 4. Health care system 5 5. PESTEL analysis 12 6. SWOT analysis 14 7. References 15 INTRODUCTION One of the most prosperous countries in the world was founded just 200 years back. Singapore was founded as a colony by British Empire in 1819. In 1963 it was under Malaysian federation for 2 years but it detached itself from that identity and now is an independent country. Known for the conservatism of its leaders and strong discipline in social controls, Singapore has grown to be one of the most important trading links in the world. Singapore’s port is one of the busiest ports in the world in terms of amount of cargo it handles. The country comprises of Main Island along with 50 small islands and they are linked to Malaysia by bridge and causeway. The location of Singapore is around south eastern Asia, an island between Indonesia and Malaysia. The latitude and longitude coordinates for Singapore are 1 22 N, 103 48 E. With covering a total of 697 sq km, it has land of more than 687sq km and water of somewhere over 10 sq km. It also enjoys a strip of 193 kms of coastline. On the comparison of countries in the world, it lies at 192 rank. The prosperity and the economic importance of this country...
Words: 3664 - Pages: 15
...Summary of article The central bank of Singapore; Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has reported slowing down the pace of the Singapore dollar's appreciation to stimulate the economic growth. During the beginning of the 4th quarter this year, it was reported that Singapore's core inflation had reached a six-month high record of 0.6 per cent in the year, but the possible issue of deflation due to the slow global growth is still the primary concern for most. One of the other reason that why MAS wants to use a more aggressive easing approach to slow the local dollar’s gain against its trading partners could be the need of guarding against the import inflation. Due to high demand, Singapore yearly imports around S$464 billion of goods and major of them are the fruits and vegetables, the weakening of Singapore dollar compared to US dollar makes the prices of most imported perishable items more expensive. The secondary reason could be coming up with fiscal expansionary policy measures to revive the growth mainly because the government’s spending on building infrastructure over the past years have shown positive effects. Lastly, the estimation of unexpectedly stronger advance Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the third quarter could be the reason for slowing the pace of local dollar appreciation. Introduction Due to the scarcity of land and labor, Singapore is facing not enough manpower and at the same time underemployment and...
Words: 2319 - Pages: 10
...defined motivation as the force or forces that arouse enthusiasm and persistence to pursue a certain course of action. Rewards motivate people both intrinsically and extrinsically. Extrinsic rewards consist of monetary gains and job promotions, whereas intrinsic rewards comprise of meaningful work and work-life balance. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Alderfer's ERG theory suggests that one will be motivated to be able to satisfy personal needs. Additionally, the Trinity Model is another method of classifying people’s needs –namely, into biological, psychological and spiritual aspects (Dahlgaard-Park, 2010). 2. Literature Gap and Importance of Study Much research conducted in various studies in the past has established the relationship between rewards and motivation. However, very few studies have been conducted with age as a moderator despite the importance of understanding age-related variation in relation to work motivation (Kanfer & Ackerman, 2004). Those few studies that have, however, had limitations which our group wishes to address in this research proposal. A study conducted on the intelligence community in the US was not...
Words: 1242 - Pages: 5
