Singapore Information

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Links to Singapore Information

Singapore InfoMAP: The official country information guide to Singapore, the government, local scene and other information servers.
SunSITE Singapore: SunSITE Singapore joins the ranks of the other reknown SunSITEs in the world to provide information focused on South-East Asia.
National Computer Board: This server run by the Digital Media Centre at NCB provides a variety of information about Singapore's IT plan.
Technet Unit: Technet provides information relating to computing, information technology and includes many intersting web projects.
Singapore Online (TM): Singapore Online (TM) serves to provide a one-stop link for all businesses interested in Singapore.
Singapore Photo Album: Pictures of Singapore scenes.

The soc.culture.singapore newsgroups discusses the past, present and future of Singapore.

Jump to the Annotated List of Singapore Web Servers to find out about all the major web servers located in Singapore.

About Singapore

Geography

Singapore is located in south-east Asia at the southern tip of the Malaysian Peninsula, between Malaysia and Indonesia. It has a total area of 632.6 sq km of which 622.6 sq km is land. Singapore is an island with 193 km of coastline. The country is a focal point for south-east Asian sea routes. A map of Singapore is available.

The climate in Singapore is tropical - hot, humid and rainy with no pronounced rainy or dry seasons. Thunderstorms occur on 40% of all days (67% of days in April). The terrain consists of lowland with gently undulating central plateau. Natural resources include fish and deepwater ports.

People

Singapore has a population of 2,826,331 (July 1993 est.). Nationals in Singapore are known as Singaporean(s). The population consists primarily of 76.4% Chinese, 14.9% Malay and 6.4% Indians. There are many religous groups: Buddhist, Atheist, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Taoist and Confucianist. The offical languages are Chinese, Malay (also national language), Tamil and English.

Government

The country is a republic within Commonwealth and is known officially as Republic of Singapore and in short, Singapore. The capital is Singapore. Independence was gained on 9 August 1965 from Malaysia.

The Singapore flag consists of two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near the hoist side of the red band, there is a vertical, white crescent (closed portion is toward the hoist side) partially enclosing five white five-pointed stars arranged in a circle.

Economy

Singapore has an open entrepreneurial economy with strong service and manufacturing sectors and excellent international trading links derived from its entrepot history. The economy appears to have pulled off a soft landing from the 9% growth rate of the late 1980s, registering higher than expected growth in 1992 while stemming inflation. Economic activity slowed early in 1992, primarily as a result of slackened demand in Singapore's export markets. But after bottoming out in the second quarter, the economy picked up in line with a gradual recovery in the United States. The year's best performers were the construction and financial services industries and manufacturers of computer-related components. Rising labor costs continue to be a threat to Singapore's competitiveness, but there are indications that productivity is catching up. Government surpluses and the rate of gross national savings remain high. In technology, per capita output, and labor discipline, Singapore is well on its way toward its goal of becoming a developed country.

Communications

Singapore has of 38 km of railroads and 2,644 km of highways. There are a few ports around the island. There are 6 airports.

There are good domestic telecommunication facilities and good international service. Radio and television broadcast coverage is good.