Singapore, an island country located in the Asia-Pacific region, is a developed economy. It is a global shipping hub for all kinds of trades being carried out via the sea route all across the world.It's population comprises majorly of the Chinese, followed by Malay, Indian (Tamil) and others in that order in terms of population size.
Earlier it was a British colony and gained independence from British rule in 1963. It subsequently became part of the Malaysian state briefly for two years and then finally became an Independent country in 1965. Since then Singapore has never looked back and developed its Infra in leaps and bounds to become the developed country it is today.
1. Live Healthier, Better And Longer
Average life expectancy for males in Singapore has grown from 73 to 80 and for females from 78 to 84 between 1990 and 2011. The health risks are also greater and Cancer, Heart Disease and Pneumonia form the top three causes of death. The average cost of treating these three diseases is SGD 12,538, SGD 27,309 and SGD 7000 respectively.
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2. A Singaporean Guide To Home Buying Fees And Charges
For transferring ownership title, stamp duty to be paid is 1% for the first SGD 180k, 2% on the next SGD 180k and 3% on the next amount. Legal fee for transferring ownership title is 0.4% of property price up to SGD 3k. Then there is stamping for mortgage agreement which is up to 0.5% of secured amount up to SGD 0.5k and bank processing fee of SGD 0.1k or less. Insuring the home loan costs around SGD 1k per year and stamp duty for loan is 2% to 4% of loan amount up to SGD 0.5k.
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3. Retirement Planning In Singapore – Key Facts And Figures
Lots of Vacations and being able to spend time with family and friends is the top retirement aspirations. While below average healthcare and financial problems are the most feared aspects in retirement. While 31% of Singaporeans believe they are preparing suitably, 44% say that they are not.
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4. The World’s Best Airlines 2013
Worldairlineawards.com has named Emirates as the number one airline globally followed by Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines at the second and third spot respectively.
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5. Singapore vs. United States
Doing Business Report 2012 for 183 countries puts Singapore at number one and US at number 4. On taxes that a mid-sized venture must pay and the resources invested in paying taxes – Singapore is at number 4 and US is at number 72.
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6. Ten Things You Did Not Know About Singapore
Singapore is made up of 63 islands and reclamation has resulted in Singapore becoming 25% bigger in size than it was during its independence. Buildings in Singapore cannot be taller than 280 meters and the Singapore Flyer at 165 meters is the tallest observation wheel in the world. Singaporeans walk the fastest on the planet and Singapore should actually be in GMT+7.5 time zone than the GMT+8 in which it is now. Wold’s seven iconic dishes contain Chilli Crab originally created in Singapore, in their list as well. The Bukit Timah nature reserve of Singapore contains more kinds of trees than in all of North America.
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7 . Who Visits PropertyGuru.com.sg
Singaporeans at 73% visit it the most followed by PRs at 21% and Expat’s at 6%.
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8. Home Networking In Singapore
Wireless connection quality is considered as average or worse by more than 50% of respondents.
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9. Singapore And India – Online And Loving It
46% of the people who are online belong to the Asia Pacific region. Around 95% of online populations in Singapore as well as India spend time on social networking.
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10. Running Scene In Singapore
The East Coast Park is the top location used for major running events, followed by The Float. On an average, four running events are held per month in Singapore.
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11. Travelmob 1st Anniversary
Travel Mobwas launched in 2012 and in 2013, it turned one. It supports 9 languages and 13 currencies and has listings in 511 cities globally and the website has seen 100% Q-o-Q growth since its inception.
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12. Nine New Faces Of Singapore Consumer
The average monthly income in Singapore has risen from S$ 2337 in 2007 to S$2925 in 2011. The income gap has also narrowed from 0.426 to 0.418 during the same period. While influential families who are globally mobile and extremely wealthy are residing mostly in the Bukit Timah or Tanglin areas of Singapore.
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13. Climbing The Career Ladder – Singapore Attitudes And Insights
81% of working professionals believe that they should spend more than 30 minutes per day to work on enhancing their careers. In addition, 95% of respondents believe that making tea for their boss is better than working on updating their job profiles or CVs. While 53% believe that networking is important from career perspective, only 11% have done it online.
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14. Learning Landscape In Singapore
2012 Jobs Central Learning rankings and survey report suggests that while in 2011, 69.6% were looking to enhance their education, the number has risen to 71.5% in 2012. Moving up the career ladder at 90.1% is the prime reason for furthering education, followed by personal interests at 64.5% and requirements on the Job at 47.7%. Kaplan Singapore is the top private education institute.
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15. You know A Not?
As per news of June 2012, the Worker’s Party’s Hougang by-election win was most read by Singaporeans apart from the news of a fatal accident involving a Ferrari at Rochor Road. The 4G launch of SingTel and StarHub also attracted some attention apart from the story of a proposed nursing home being opposed by residents of Bishan.
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16. Food App In Singapore
Smartphone is used by 65% when they are looking to eat out and 21% access Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media Apps for the same. The Open Rice Singapore iOS App is one of the most used Apps.
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17. SG Budget In Numbers
There was a budget surplus of SGD 3.9 billion in FY 2012 against an initial estimate of SGD 1.3 billion – attributed to increase in stamp duties and taxes on motor vehicles.
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18. Marriages In Singapore
Number of marriages in 2010 was 24,363 in 2010 as compared to 22,992 in 2005, while the number of divorces also increased to 7,405 from 6,904 during the same period. Among grooms, the median age at first marriage also saw an increase from 29.8 to 30 during this time, while for brides the age rose from 26.9 to 27.7.
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19. Ten Best Adrenaline Pumping Activities In Singapore
The G-Max reverse Bungee at Clarke Quay tops the charts, followed by GX-5 Xtreme Swing at Clarke Quay, Wake Boarding at East Coast Parkway, BattlestarGalacticaat Universal Studios, Sentosaand Zorbing at West Coast Way Hong Leon – are some of the best heart racing activities to enjoy.
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20. Top Ten Unique Birds In Jurong Bird Park
The Pelicans, Sun Conure, Crowned Pigeon, Night Heron, Lesser Bird-of-Paradise, Rainbow Lorikeet, Emu, Viduidae, Toco Toucan and Turaco are the top ten birds which you can feast your eyes on in Jurong Bird Park.
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