Which country is this?
This country is just 50 years in the making having gained her formal independence on August 9, 1965.
Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 assesses this country to be #2 out of 144 countries of the world. This country is the "easiest place to do business" for nine consecutive years ranked by the World Bank.
This place has population of 5,469,000 (2014 est.); land size: 718 sq. km. Official languages are English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil.
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| Standards BEFORE 1965. |
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| AFTER Modern Singapore.
This country now has the world's highest percentage of millionaires, with one out of every six households having at least one million US dollars in disposable wealth. This is not hard to fathom considering GDP - per capita went from $77,000 in 2012, to $80,400 in 2013, to $82,800 2014. Yet, 90% of the citizens of this state live in HTB's - social housing projects. Acute poverty is rare in this country; the unemployment rate has not exceeded 4% in the past decade, hitting a high of 3% during the 2009 global financial crisis and falling to 1.9% in 2011.
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Products and services through this country are based on international compliance and acceptance of increasingly higher quality standards. This country has "no orchards, no great prairies of wheat, no great fishing grounds, no deposits of ore or oil, exotic wood or precious metals to export". Ninety-three percent of agricultural products are imported.
This country has no water table; this means there is no accumulation of ground water, and so, must rely on 10% of annual water needs from rainfall runoff to its 15 reservoirs; 20% of this consumption from desalination, 30% from water treatment, and 40% imported water from Malaysia.
This country considers the greatest resource is its people; the educated and well-trained workforce. Students in this country were ranked in the top five in the world in terms of mathematics, science, and reading in 2009. Males 18-21 years of age military service is compulsory.
This country has had the lowest infant mortality rate in the world for the past two decades. Life expectancy is 80 for males and 84 for females, placing this country 4th in the world for life expectancy. There are fewer than 10 annual deaths from HIV per 100,000 people. There is a high level of immunization. Adult obesity is below 10%.
This country further boasts...
Its national Airlines Fly's more passengers every year than its entire population of over 5 million people. World Airline Awards:
National Day Parade (2014).
This place-country-city-state
is unquestionably Singapore!
~4realchange.
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| The water wheel. |
This country considers the greatest resource is its people; the educated and well-trained workforce. Students in this country were ranked in the top five in the world in terms of mathematics, science, and reading in 2009. Males 18-21 years of age military service is compulsory.
This country has had the lowest infant mortality rate in the world for the past two decades. Life expectancy is 80 for males and 84 for females, placing this country 4th in the world for life expectancy. There are fewer than 10 annual deaths from HIV per 100,000 people. There is a high level of immunization. Adult obesity is below 10%.
This country further boasts...
The most efficient Healthcare in the world (2014)
(having the least expenditure per capita).
This country is biophilic with over 150 km of accessible park connectors. Converting rooftops & parks for edible food production is in the works.
This country has the 2nd busiest Port in the World (2013).
This country has the World's most expensive built Vegas-like entertainment.
(At a cost of $8 Billion dollars)
This country has its own Mass Rapid Transit rail system that spans the entire state with an average daily ridership of 2.899 million from 113 stations.
(At a cost of $8 Billion dollars)
Its Airport was awarded the World's Best Airport (2014).
Asia's first airline hub.
Asia's first airline hub.
- 2009 Airline Awards Cathay Pacific Airways, Singapore Airlines, Asiana Airlines. (2nd)
- 2010 Airline Awards Asiana Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airlines. (2nd)
- 2011 Airline Awards Qatar Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Asiana Airlines. (2nd)
- 2012 Airline Awards Qatar Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Singapore Airlines. (3rd)
- 2013 Airline Awards Emirates, Qatar Airlines, Singapore Airlines. (3rd)
- 2014 Airline Awards Cathay Pacific Airlines, Qatar Airlines, Singapore Airlines. (3rd)
This Airline awarded the World's 3rd Best Airline (2013).
This place-country-city-state
is unquestionably Singapore!
"Countries that are agricultural can, at a low standard of living, sustain themselves. You can be self-sufficient; the money economy is a relatively insignificant part of the total economy. Singapore never was an agricultural country." ~ Lee Kuan Yew.
~4realchange.
