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This is a list of islands of Singapore. Massive land reclamation works over the past centuries has merged many of Singapore 's former islands and islets and has created a few larger ones. At present, Singapore has about 64 islands, with 7 of them belonging to the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).
HDB residences in Bishan town. Public housing in Singapore is subsidised, built, and managed by the Government of Singapore.Starting in the 1930s, the country's first public housing was built by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) in a similar fashion to contemporaneous British public housing projects, and housing for the resettlement of squatters was built from the late 1950s.
Singaporeans are the citizens and nationals of the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. [3] Singapore is home to a people of a variety of ethno-racial-religious origins, with the city-state itself being a multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-religious, multi-denominational, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic country.
The names of Singapore include the various historical appellations as well as contemporary names and nicknames in different languages used to describe the island, city or country of Singapore. A number of different names have been given to the settlement or the island of Singapore all through history, the earliest record may have been from the ...
Crescent and stars in a red field on the top left, with the remaining 3/4 of the flag in yellow, and the emblem of the Singapore Armed Forces on the lower right. 1990 –. Service flag of the Republic of Singapore Air Force. Crescent and stars in a red field on the top left, with the remaining 3/4 of the flag in blue, and the Lion Head symbol ...
The Port of Singapore is the collection of facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade and handle Singapore 's harbours and shipping. It has been ranked as the top maritime capital of the world, since 2015. [2] Currently the world's second-busiest port in terms of total shipping tonnage, it also transships a fifth [3] of the world's ...
Temasek Foundation International. Temasek Foundation International is a Singapore-based non-profit organisation under the philanthropic arm of the Singapore state sovereign fund Temasek Holdings. Temasek has established 17 endowments since 1974, focused on promoting social and cultural interaction, education, and aid for the disadvantaged in Asia.
Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay (also known as the Esplanade Theatres ( Malay: Teater di Persisiran) or simply The Esplanade) is a performing arts centre located in the Downtown Core of Singapore near the mouth of the Singapore River. Named after the nearby Esplanade Park, it consists of two rounded ...