The independent country, Singapore or officially named, the Republic of Singapore is an Island located at the southern part of the Malay Peninsula. It is opposite a Malaysia’s city, typically known as Johor Bahru, and near the southern part of Johor. That city is connected with Singapore’s Woodlands town by a stone-causeway across the narrow Johor Strait. In addition, she is also near to the north of Indonesia’s Batam Island. To know where is Singapore located on the globe, you can search it with Google Earth at the latitude of 1°21′7.50″N, and longitude of 103°49′11.41″E.
Singapore is the smallest country in Southeast Asia with an estimated population of 4 million citizens formed up by multi-races. Majored by around 70 percent of Chinese ethnic with the rest of Malays, Indians and other races. She is also unofficially known as Merlion City, Garden City, or Singapura in Malay.
The national day of Singapore lies in the 09th of Aug every year since she gained independency on 1965 from British rules and federation merging with Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak after had being occupied by Japanese during World War II as a British Colony.
After her independent, Singapore had been going through a hard period of survival due to the small population and the lack of natural resources. Leading by the Prime Minister at that time, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew from the political People’s Action Party, she slowly but yet miracle-like arisen from a defeated swampy island to one of the world’s known prosperous nations!
English is used as the first official and administrative language in the Republic of Singapore, while other languages like Malay, Tamil and especially Chinese (Mandarin) serves as the second official language. Even though English has greatly adopted since after the independency, elderly folks who have taken part to develop the Singapore nation initially, might not being able to speak it fluently due to the lack of good educational at their early time.
When travel to Singapore however, you should find a good English interaction or communication with youngsters or teenagers nowadays, while most elderly folks are keen to learn more for what they couldn’t in the past. Singapore’s Ministry of Education has never stop improving their education structures and systems for a better tomorrows. Especially when Chinese (Mandarin) is considered the second most important language in Singpaore after the open of China trading.
Although Singapore is a small Island Country, she too, has many fun places and activities for everyone, and not a boring arsenal for holidays. For example, Orchard Road – one of those beautiful streets with shopping centers, hotels, activities, and night life etc. for both locals and tourists; Geylang – the sophisticated night-never-ending district which you can find everything for adults.
To visit Singapore by air, you will find yourself landing on the Changi International Airport with great appraisal. Flights to Singapore may also be enquired via the Changi Airport online website. Life in Singapore can be amazing, yet too much to say hereby. Hence awaiting you to explore them. Welcome to Singapore!
Read more for history of Singapore in Wikipedia.
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