I was recall 1 of my experience when I was 16 year old, I was travel to Singapore with my young cousin sister who just 14 year old that time. 2 of us travel there by train haha and we only using map shopping that time.Singapore was the place I travel very offend last few years, recently I was travel there just drop by Changi Airport and pass by my flavor place East Cost.
Every time if time is allow I will visit my aunts at "Ang Mo Kio"
Here have some picture and information would like to share about the beauty of Singapore.
Republic of Singapore, is an island city state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, lying 137 kilometers (85 mi) north of the equator, south of the Malaysia state of Johor and north of Indonesia Riau Islands. At 710.2 km2 (274.2 sq mi), Singapore, a micro state and the smallest nation in Southeast Asia, is by orders of magnitude larger than Monaco and Vatican City, the only other surviving sovereign city-states.
Since independence, Singapore's standard of living has risen dramatically. Foreign direct investment and a state-led drive to industrialization based on plans drawn up by the Dutch economist Albert Winsemius have created a modern economy focused on industry, education and urban planning. Singapore is the 5th wealthiest country in the world in terms of GDP (PPP) per capital.
In December 2008, the foreign exchange reserves of this small island nation stood at around USD 174.2 Billion. The Singapore government had for the first time in history tapped into her official reserves and withdrew some S$4.9 billion with the approval of the President. The funds were then used as part of the Singapore Dollar $ 20.5 billion resilience package unveiled by Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on 5 February 2009. As of January 2009, Singapore's official reserves stands at USD$170.3 billion.
The Orchard Road is an shopping haeven and district is one of Singapore's most well-known and popular tourist draws. To attract more tourists, the government decided to legalise gambling and to allow two casino resorts (euphemistically called Integrated Resort) to be developed at Marina South and Sentosa in 2005. To compete with regional rivals like Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shanghai, the government has announced that the city area would be transformed into a more exciting place by lighting up the civic and commercial buildings. Cuisine has also been heavily promoted as an attraction for tourists, with the Singapore Food Festival in July organised annually to celebrate Singapore's cuisine.
Singapore is fast positioning itself as a medical tourism hub about 200,000 foreigners seek medical care in the country each year and Singapore medical services aim to serve one million foreign patients annually by 2012 and generate USD 3 billion in revenue. The government expects that the initiative could create an estimated 13,000 new jobs within the health industries.
Singapore now is a true melting pot of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Arabic communities. Tourists will see women with Chinese features wear sarongs and Arabic dress, and this cultural aspects contribute to making Singapore one of the unique destinations to visit.
Under the Infocomm Development Authority Of Singapore (IDA), Wireless@SG is a government initiative to build Singapore's infocomm infrastructure. Working through IDA's Call forCollaboration, SingTel, iCell and QMax deploy a municipal wireless network throughout Singapore. Since late 2006, users have enjoyed free wireless access through Wi-Fi under the "basic-tier" package offered by all three operators for 3 years.
There are approximately 30,000 registered hotel rooms available
in Singapore, and average occupancy is around 85%. In 2009, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Singapore the tenth most expensive city in the world in which to live he third in Asia, after Tokyo and Osaka. Coming soon the next casino will be opening on end of the year 2009 by Genting Group and Sands Vegas, that will be a next hot topic for Asia country.
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