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Revision as of 01:02, 23 October 2016
 Singapore    | |
|---|---|
| Location | Asia |
| Type |  nation state |
| Member of | APEC, ASEAN, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Commonwealth of Nations, UN |
| Subpage | •Singapore/Member of Parliament •Singapore/Prime Minister |
Contents
History
After the British acquired Singapore in 1824 its population swelled from about 1,000 to over 80,000 by 1860.
It became a large UK naval base. It was captured by the Japanese during WWII on 15 February 1942.
Politics
The People's Action Party has won every election since self-government in 1959.
Economy
In 2014, Singapore had a remarkable GDP of over $50,000, which generally ranks above the world's top 10.[1] Singapore topped the World Bank Group's annual ease of doing business measurement for 10 years in a row.[2]
The combination of low rights of individuals, high rights for corporations is termed the "Singapore Model", which Naomi Wolf states arises from the observation that "democracy is bad for business". She summarises the Singapore model as corporate capitalism without even a pretense of democracy: "it has media, it has fashion, it has youth culture, it has consumerism, it just doesn't have any civil rights whatsoever."[3]
Territorial expansion
In the past 40 years Singapore has created an extra 130km2 (about 20% of its area) by importing sand and building into the sea. It continues to do so, making it by far the world’s largest sand importer. The collateral environmental damage has been so extreme that Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam have all banned exports of sand to Singapore. Sand mining has erased two dozen Indonesian islands since 2005.[4]
An event carried out
| Event | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evacuation from Afghanistan | Afghanistan | The evacuation of foreigners from Afghanistan, one of the largest airlifts in history |
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stef Blok | “Singapore is indeed a small mini-country, extremely selective in their migration.... they don't allow poor migrants in. Yes, maybe for cleaning.” | Stef Blok | 2018 |
Groups Headquartered Here
| Group | Start | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nanyang Business School | Singapore business school based at the Nanyang Technological University. | |
| Nanyang Technological University | 1981 | Significant ties to deep state and military-security complex |
| National University of Singapore | National public research university in Singapore. |
Citizens of Singapore on Wikispooks
| Title | Born | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ng Eng Hen | 10 December 1958 | Singaporean with a heavy MSC habit |
| Lim Hng Kiang | 9 April 1954 | WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1994, then various ministerial posts in the Singaporean government, including for Health and Trade. |
| Lee Hsien Loong | 10 February 1952 | Singapore Prime Minister. Son of Singapore founder Lee Kuan Yew. Introduced hard law against false news. PM during COVID-19 with lockdowns, RNA-vaccines and vaccine passports |
| Tharman Shanmugaratnam | 25 February 1957 | Singaporean politician. Member of the World Economic Forum's Board of Trustees. As Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, he sent his subordinate Lavan Thiru to the infamous COVID-19 dry run Event 201 pandemic exercise. |
| Lavan Thiru | Event 201 "player". Took part as representative of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. His boss Tharman Shanmugaratnam is a member of the World Economic Forum's Board of Trustees. | |
| George Yeo | 13 September 1954 | Former Singaporean politician and brigadier-general who sat on the World Economic Forum Board of Trustees |
