Singapore

The Republic of Singapore (Chinese: 新加坡共和国, Pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó, Malay: Republik Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு, Ciŋakappūr Kudiyarasu), is an island city-state in Southeast Asia, situated on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of the Indonesian Riau Islands. Its coordinates are 1°17.583′N 103°51.333′E, just 137 km north of the Equator. The name Singapore was derived from the Malay word singaIncluding:

Singapore: Encyclopedia II - Singapore - Geography Singapore is a diamond-shaped island with surrounding smaller islands. There are two connections from Singapore to the Malaysian state of Johor — a man-made causeway (known as the Causeway) to the north, crossing the Tebrau Straits, and Tuas Second Link (called Linkedua Expressway in Malaysia), a bridge in the western part of Singapore that connects to Johor. Of Singapore's dozens of smaller islands, Jurong Island, Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin and ...

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Chinese in Singapore - Dialect Groups

Chinese in Singapore - Religion

Chinese in Singapore - History

Singapore: Encyclopedia - Culture of Singapore

As Singapore is a small and relatively modern amalgam of Chinese, Malay and Indian immigrants. The culture of Singapore expresses the diversity of the population as the various ethnic groups continue to celebrate their own cultures while they intermingle with one another. For example, one can find a Malay wedding taking place beside a Chinese wedding at a void deck, on the ground floor of a HDB apartment block. This can be said to be due to the policies of the HDB which tried to make sure all public housing have a diverse mix of races. Howev ...

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Singapore: Encyclopedia - Beaches of Singapore

Although an nation composed of islands, the physical state and extent of Singapore's beaches today pales in comparison to their proliferation and quality two centuries ago. Rapid urbanisation and land use pressures necessitated the disappearance of most of these natural beaches as a result of land reclamation. Today, most of the beaches still in existence are man-made, formed at the edges of newly reclaimed land, the longest being the one along the East Coast Park. One of the oldest naturally existing ...

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Beaches of Singapore - Sentosa

Singapore: Encyclopedia - Capital punishment in Singapore

Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment in Singapore. The state has the highest per-capita execution rate, estimated by the United Nations to be 13.57 executions per one million population between 1994 to 1999. The next highest was Saudi Arabia with 4.65. All executions are carried out by hanging at Changi Prison at Fridays' dawn. All capital trials take place in public, before one High Court judge, and each person sentenced to death is automatically entitled to one appeal to the Court of Appeal. The transcripts ...

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Capital punishment in Singapore - Foreign nationals

Capital punishment in Singapore - Notes

Singapore: Encyclopedia II - Tourism in Singapore - Food in Singapore

The cuisine of Singapore is often viewed by her population as a prime example of the ethnic diversity of the culture of Singapore. In Singapore's hawker centres - a technical misnomer, to be precise - for example, traditionally Malay hawker stalls selling halal food may serve halal versions of traditionally Tamil or Chinese food. Chinese stalls may introduce Malay or Indian ingredients, cooking techniques or entire dishes into their range of catering. Some dishes introduce elements from all three cultures, while others incorporate inf ...

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