3. Introduction
• Location: Off Southern tip of Malay Peninsular
• Singapore is an island country made up by 63
islands
• The area is 710 km2 (a little bit more than
Jakarta, 661.5 km2)
• Population 5.18 million people (half of Jakarta
population)
• Singapore was previously part of Malaysia before
separated on 9 August 1965
• Currency: SGD (Singapore Dollar)
• Language: English, Malay, Chinese, Tamil
• Religion:
Buddhism, Christian, Islam, Taoism, Hinduism
5. What do they do for
living?
Singapore is very small for a country. No forest, no oils, no
mines. Unlike Indonesia who has everything.
But, Singaporeans have more diverse in economy and
achieve more success than Indonesia.
HOW?
• Manufacturing
• Export and importing / trading
• Tourism
• Meeting Incentive Convention Exhibition (MICE)
• Medical Tourism
The key is to deliver the best with best quality and best
service!
6. The Red Dot
• Even though Singapore is a small country, but it
becomes a very important port and act as busiest
business hub in Asia Pacific region
• Singapore is a world leader in several economic
areas:
o The country is the world's fourth leading financial center
o The world's second-biggest casino gambling market
o One of the world's top three oil refining centers
o The world's largest oil-rig producer, and a major ship-repairer
o The port is one of the five busiest ports in the world
o The easiest place in the world to do business (given by the World Bank)
o The world's top logistics hub
o The world's fourth largest foreign-exchange trading centre after
London, New York and Tokyo.
7. The busy Singapore port
• Singapore relies on export and import
• Singapore port is currently the world busiest port in the world, competing with
Hong Kong & Shanghai, China
• The port is a necessity because Singapore lacks on land and natural resources
• The port is considered as Mega-structure by National Geographic
• More than 10,000 people work in Singapore port today
8. Education in Singapore
• English is the language of instruction in all public schools
and all subjects are taught and examined in English
• Education takes place in three stages:
o Primary education (compulsory – 6 years)
o Secondary education (4 – 5 years)
o Pre-university education / junior college(2 – 3 years)
• There are four standard subjects taught to all students:
o English
o The mother tongue
o Mathematics
o Science
• Singaporeans students are consistently the top five
students in the world
• Singapore government offers many scholarships for
bright students in South East Asia region & also China
mainland
10. Do You Know?
• You can easily go to Singapore from Batam by Ferry, 50
minutes ride that costs USD 43 per person
• Singapore is one of Four Asian Tigers, along with Hong
Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea
• Singaporean considered as very rich. It has the biggest
percentage of millionaires in the world. 1 out of six people in
Singapore has 1 million dollar or more
• Although English is the official working language and the most
widely used language in Singapore, the national anthem
‘Majulah Singapura‘ is actually sung in Malay.
• Sing-lish, a Singaporean patois mixing English with the odd
phrase of Chinese, Malay and even Tamil, has two entries –
lah and sinseh
• Every Singaporean boy has to go for Military draft when they
reach 18 years of age and re-service before reach 40 years of
age
• 37% of Singaporeans are not Singaporeans! They are foreign
workers or permanent resident from other countries
11. Singapore Landmarks
Merlion Park
Location: Fullerton Road
It is a statue of half lion, half fish.
The park is a tourism spot where tourists like
to take picture there
Esplanade
Location: Esplanade Theater
The building looks like durian,
Singaporeans love it!
It is a theater, and an art exhibition
12. Singapore Flyer
Location: Marina bay
The world’s largest observation wheel
You can see 3 countries:
Singapore, Indonesia & Malaysia
Helix Bridge
Location: Marina Bay
Pedestrian bridge linking Marina Centre
and Marina South
'World's Best Transport Building' award
at the World Architecture Festival
Awards
Marina Bay Sands SkyPark
Location: 10 Bayfront Avenue
Comprises three 55-storey towers,
connected to the 200-metre-high SkyPark
