Singapore
Laurie S. 3rd period Mr. Masengill
Introduction
Flag of Singapore
This is our beautiful flag. It means statehood.
Singapore Skyline
This is the beautiful skyline of Singapore light up at night time.
Marina Bay Sands
This is one of the many tall structures Singapore has. It is three buildings connected at the very top. On the top there is a fun park and restaurants.
Slogan - Singapore "Our country may be small but our buildings are tall"
Geoghraphy & Climate
Timah Hill
This is Timah Hill, our highest elevation reaching 177 meters.
Singapore Animals
This is one of many Singapore's monkeys called a Cotton Top Tamarin.
Map of Singapore
This is a map of our country. It is very small therefore it is called an island country.
People & Culture
Our country’s constitution allows you to have freedom of religion. Some religions include Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Taoism, and Hinduism. Most of our Chinese practice Buddhism or Daoism and our Malays are mostly Muslim. As for the Indians they practice Hinduism and our Europeans are Christianity.
In 2003 all children at the age of six were required to enter school. Our students would attend six years of primary school and five years of secondary school. At school the children would learn new languages like English and the native language of their family. And now about half the people in our country can read two or more languages..
Many people in our country stick with Western-styled clothing but the Indians stick with their traditional dress wear.
Our restaurants serve Chinese, Malay, and Indian dishes. There are also some fast food places from America and other Western-styled foods. Bigger restaurants serve some food from around the world like Mexican, Thai, and Vietnamese.
Singapore’s art, music, and theatre reflect the cultures of the many groups. Some of our events include Chinese operas, Indian dancing, and Malay theatre. The annual Singapore Arts Festival bring many dancers, musicians, and artist from around the world.
Singapore Arts Festival
These are performers performing at the Singapore Arts Festival. Performers like these come from all around to perform at the Singapore Arts Festival.
Singapore Food
This is some of the food they have in Singapore including Chinese, Malay, and Indian dishes.
Kids of Singapore
These are kids going to school. This is what kids normal wear to school, a white shirt and a maroon skirt.
Singapore Religions
This is a pie chart of the religions in Singapore. As you can see many people are Buddhist and Muslim. But there are other religions like Christian, Daoist, and Hinduism.
Singapore Sign
This is a sign in Singapore written in Singapore's main languages English, Chinese, Tamil and Malay.
City of Singapore
With tall buildings like these, people in the city enjoy a high standard living.
Govenrment & Citizenship
The Constitution lays down the principles and framework for the three organs of state, the Executive, the Legislative and the Judiciary.
The Executive contain the Cabinet, which is responsible for the direction of the Government and countable to Parliament.
The Legislature contains the Parliament and is the legislative authority responsible for enacting legislation.
The Judiciary's job is to independently administer justice. The Judiciary is safeguarded by the Constitution.
The Prime Minister is selected by the President of Singapore under Article 25 of the Constitution. The President, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, also selects other Ministers from among the Members of Parliament.
The Prime Minister is the active head of the executive branch of government. He chairs the Cabinet.Singapore citizens have the right to vote and stand in elections. People of Singapore have a high degree of traveling freedom. Kids of Singapore can enjoy free primary level of school education. Smoking under the age of 18 in Singapore is not allowed.
Smoking is also not allowed in many indoor places in Singapore, however there are certain areas where smokers can smoke. In emergencies Singapore citizens are to call 995 for the fire department and ambulance and 999 for the police.Government of Singapore
This is the government "tree" of Singapore. Read above in the government passage to find out how their government works.
Smoking in Singapore
Singapore has strict rules on smoking. we have closed off areas like the one shown in the picture just for the people smoking. Read the passage above over citizenship to find out more about smoking restrictions in Singapore.
Prim Minister of Singapore
This is Singapore's Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is selected by the President of Singapore under Article 25 of the Constitution. Read in the government passage above to find out more of what the Prime Minister does.
Economy
The most contributors to the economy are electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, mechanical engineering, and biomedical sciences.
Singapore has one of the busiest ports in the world and is the world's fourth largest foreign-exchange trading center. Singapore has attracted investments from more than 3,000 multinational corporations from the United States, Japan, and Europe, across almost all parts of the economy.
Contruction
This is some construction of Singapore. These are going to be made into tall buildings and big companies with the owners in hopes of making big cash out of their companies.
Singapore Port
This port is one of the largest of them all and busiest of them all. Our economy depends on exports and refining imported raw materials and especially in manufacturing.
Investments
Singapore has attracted investments from more than 3,000 multinational corporations from the United States, Japan, and Europe.