Objectives 16 6.7. Key Issues Identified 17 7. Development Strategies 17 7.1. Strategies base on SAVED 17 7.1.1. Strategy One: 17 Venture into tourism by providing two-way transport services to Johor Premium Outlets, Legoland and Hello Kitty Land from Singapore for families and schools 17 7.1.2. Strategy Two: 19 SMRT to provide transport services mainly for tourists to send them to their hotels from airport and partnership with budget hotels chains and hostels. 19 8. Selection of alternatives 21 8
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about cultural differences in workplace, the impact, and the preventions in the context of Singapore. The focus will be employees on Singapore work environment. Cullen & Praveen (2014) explains culture as the characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts etc. Nick (2012) points out that in Southeast Asia, Singapore has become a newly industrialized nation, which was hailed as a great economic success during
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I. INTRODUCTION Singapore has always taken pride in being a meritocracy and its embrace of meritocracy has been the cornerstone of the nation’s success story. Over the years, Singapore’s meritocracy has emphasised on “equality of opportunity” over “equality of outcomes”; shaping a relatively level playing field where the most capable and hardworking individuals regardless of ethnicity or social classes have an equal opportunity to rise to the top. While the State has always
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GEK2003 Politics and Governance in Singapore Name: Toh Zhi Qi Matrix no: A0111368 L Tutorial Group: E2 ESSAY QUESTION Q2: Of the many issues facing Singapore’s politics, which, in your view, is the most fatal for the PAP and if unresolved, could severely affect the PAP in the coming general elections? During the 2011 General elections, the PAP lost a GRC for the first time and the election was described as a watershed election by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. In the past 7 years,
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took part and voted for the Singapore General Election on 11 September 2015. Election results were surprising. The incumbent, People’s Action Party (PAP) returned to power, won its best results since 2001, and regained its electoral dominance from the previous election in 2011. It was an unexpected blown away for the opposition parties as it was expected for the opposition’s presence in parliament to improve. Worker’s Party, the most successful opposition party in Singapore suffered too as many voters
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argues that Yee should be taken more seriously and that the Singapore government should not try to suppress the thoughts of her citizens. However, Heller’s arguments are hindered due to the fact that he displays a biasness in favour of Yee and his ignorance and prejudice regarding Singapore and Singaporeans. Throughout Heller’s article, he displays a severe biasness in favour of Yee and frames the situation such that it looks like Singapore is trying to terrorize Yee. The tone he uses to describe
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Expatriate Interview Introduction 100 This interview is talked about an China migrant worker’s experiences in Singapore. Through recording the cultural shock faced by the interviewee, the purpose of the report is to analyze cross-cultural problems between foreign workers and Singapore. In the first part, the content of the report is related to the interview. For the second part, the report presents the author’s personal reflective opinions which related to the aspects of Cross cultural
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Oyetoro Professor John A. Beckman PS 1113 June 28, 2016 BIOGRAPHY ON LEE KUAN YEW Born in Singapore on September 16, 1923, Lee Kuan Yew became the longest-serving prime minister in world history. Lee rose through the ranks of his country's political system before becoming the first prime minister of Singapore on June 5, 1959. In 1962, Lee led Singapore into a merger with Malaysia, but three years later, Singapore left the union for good. Lee resigned as prime minister in 1990, and his son became prime
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their healthcare expenses. Pioneer Generation Package is good scheme to take care of pioneers’ health. Pioneer Generation Package is for the first generation of Singaporean working and living in Singapore during Singapore independent. The pioneer generation has contributed a lot in building Singapore as a nation. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that it is to “sincere expression of our gratitude” (2014, p. 1) to the pioneers. $8 billion funds have been pumped into the package by the government
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2015 is an expected year for Vietnamese people and for ASEAN community in general as The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is founded in this year. AEC shall promote the ties of ASEAN members and also expand the route to globalization of many developing countries. Besides the immense advantages AEC offers, there are undeniably threats and issues that face ASEAN members, Vietnam is not the exception. Many researchers concern AEC may have substantial consequences on Vietnam economy, especially employment
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