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rileysamm
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Life in Singapore
« Thread Started on Aug 3, 2008, 9:30am »

I haven't really posted up anything proper yet so I decided why not start here.

Well, as you can tell, I'm from Singapore -- it's a small country just below Malaysia (which we are not a part of btw, a lot of people mix that up). Most of the country's population is made up of 4 different races -- Chinese, Malay, Indian & Eurasian. Recently, however, there have been a rise in the number of expats living here. Anyways, because of the different races & cultures, the government strives to uphold racial harmony here in Singapore. We even have Racial Harmony Day, 21st of July, to remember the horrible racial riots we had here in the 60s. Our small country has developed quickly from a small port to a large metropolitan city, so to speak.

An ever present issue we have here mainly concerns the population. After WW2, singaporeans went through the whole "post-war baby boom" which resulted in a huge amount of babies. Thus, the government decided to start nation-wide campaigns to stop families from having too many children. One of the main reasons was that we were still in the midst of rebuilding the city and there wasn't enough space for that many people. Now, however, the tables have turned -- the government is currently asking couples to have 2 or more children. This is a major cause for concern cause in the years to come, we will have very little people helping to support a large amount of the baby-boomers.

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Primary education in Singapore is compulsory. After Primary school (7 - 12 years old), we move on to Secondary school (13 - 16/17 years old). We sit for our 'N' and/or 'O' Level Examinations (we follow the british education system so we take GCSE 'O' levels) in Secondary school. After which, we can choose whether to go into Junior Colleges (students sit for 'A' levels), Polytechnics (diplomas), or ITEs (vocational training schools). From what I've heard, Singapore has a very strict and demanding education system. I have had friends who went overseas to finish up their studies and was not used to the "slack" life there.

Other than that, Singapore's famous for its food (or so everyone says). I don't know what's all the hype about but foreigners seem to lavish in the different kinds of food you can find here.

Ahh, hope this wasn't too long.
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Re: Life in Singapore
« Reply #1 on Feb 4, 2009, 2:35am »

I think, Singapore is a business country, that's why your government doesn't allow to have many babies, besides it's the small country..

I'm from Indonesia, and I've known that some rich people from my country go there for shopping or doing business...

I just wanna ask, is there some technology university here? ^^

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Re: Life in Singapore
« Reply #2 on May 20, 2009, 7:47am »

I like Singapore. I'm from Malaysia and I go there often to shop.

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Re: Life in Singapore
« Reply #3 on May 20, 2009, 12:40pm »

Hi kittykat! Thanks for joining the discussion, have a karma

I'm Victoria, another YFCI member. Maybe you could tell us about Malaysia in another thread!

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Re: Life in Singapore
« Reply #4 on May 25, 2009, 11:42pm »

Feb 4, 2009, 2:35am, yoseboy wrote:

I just wanna ask, is there some technology university here? ^^

I just realized I didn't reply this.

A university soley focusing on technology, no. But there is a university called the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). 1 of the 3 major universities here.

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Re: Life in Singapore
« Reply #5 on May 28, 2009, 4:49am »

May 25, 2009, 11:42pm, rileysamm wrote:

Feb 4, 2009, 2:35am, yoseboy wrote:

I just wanna ask, is there some technology university here? ^^

I just realized I didn't reply this.

A university soley focusing on technology, no. But there is a university called the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). 1 of the 3 major universities here.

Yupz, there isn't any solely technology-focused university in Singapore, but in the two main universities here (namely NUS and NTU) you can find technology-related falcuties. At NUS we have Faculty of Engineering (with Bioengineering, Electric/Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, etc.) and School of Computing (with Computer Science, Information System, Communications and Media, etc.).

Btw, I'm from NUS (=.

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