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  Hattrick - Singapore » Regions
When registering, you yourself may choose the region to which your team will belong.
It doesn't have to be the area you live in, or where you were born, but the idea is to "settle" in a region that you identify with.
The only actual effect the region has today is that it sets the weather conditions for your matches.
hattrick.org /common/regions.asp?leagueID=47   (84 words)

  
  Singapore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Singapore, formally the Republic of Singapore (Malay: Republik Singapura; Chinese: 新加坡共和国, Pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு, Ciŋkappūr Kudiyarasu), is an island city-state and the smallest country in Southeast Asia.
Singapore was expelled from the federation on 7 August 1965 after heated ideological conflict developed between the state government formed by PAP and the Federal government in Kuala Lumpur.
The taxable GST was increased to 4% in 2003 and to 5% in 2004.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Singapore   (4961 words)

  
 Singapore Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Singapore Airlines is one of only five airlines to receive a 'five-star' rating by Skytrax, and is widely regarded to be the world's best airline.
Singapore Airlines saw rapid growth during the 1970s, adding many cities in the Indian subcontinent and Asia to its 22-city network, and adding Boeing 747s to its fleet.
On 26 March 1991, Singapore Airlines Flight 117, on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, was hijacked in mid-flight by four Pakistanis who demanded that the plane be flown to Sydney.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Singapore_Airlines   (3306 words)

  
 Global Competition - Singapore
A number of years ago, Singapore’s leaders understood that for their nation to be on a par with the developed nations of the world, the country had to compete in the global marketplace.
Singapore’s public policy emphasis is now placed on developing the skill and knowledge of workers for both the high-tech manufacturing and service sectors as the twin engines of growth.
Singapore’s plan for future technological development can be traced to the late 1970s after the success of job creation programs of the 1960s.
sites.state.pa.us /PA_Exec/DCED/tech21/bg-singapore.htm   (1204 words)

  
 Singapore : The Regions in Brief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Singapore's geographical position, sitting approximately 137km (82 miles) north of the equator, means that its climate features uniform temperatures, plentiful rainfall, and high humidity.
The main focal point of the city is the Singapore River, which on a map is located at the southern point of the island, flowing west to east into a marina.
Indians were the original cattle hands and traders in Singapore, and this area's natural grasses and springs provided their cattle with food and water while bamboo groves supplied necessary lumber for their pens.
www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=77&catID=0077020814   (2328 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Trying to loosen up, Singapore eases laws on bars
SINGAPORESingapore, trying to ease its stuffy image, will allow hotel bars to stay open 24 hours from next week and has zoned three districts of the tightly controlled island-state for all-night revelling, police said on Friday.
Singapore has relaxed laws this year to allow dancing on bar tops, lifted a controversial 21-year-old ban on Cosmopolitan magazine and ended restrictions on hiring homosexuals in the civil service.
Other regions of Singapore – a densely populated island about half the size of metropolitan Los Angeles – eventually may be eligible for all-night bar licences but change would be gradual, a police statement said.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20031003-0353-singapore-bars.html   (331 words)

  
 Articles - Singapore Airlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Singapore Airlines actively cultivates and promotes the image of the ´Singapore Girl´ in its advertising, and aggressively recruits young women who fit the bill, though they do not have to be Singaporean.
Singapore Airlines and NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) received phone calls stating that a bomb will be carried by a seaman and will detonate the bomb 30 minutes after take-off.
Singapore Airlines is considered a trend-setter in aviation passenger service, and made a name for itself early in its infancy when it was the first airline to offer complimentary headsets and free drinks.
www.izeez.com /articles/Singapore_Airlines   (2924 words)

  
 Hong Kong and Singapore American Journal of Economics and Sociology, The - Find Articles
Singapore has been an independent republic since 1965; Hong Kong was returned to China on July 1, 1997.
While Hong Kong and Singapore are now the busiest ports in the world in terms of throughput, they have divested from their reliance on trade since the 1960s, climbed the industrial ladder, and are now important international financial centers as well.
Even though Singapore and Hong Kong depart from the method of land-value taxation that George advocated, they have accomplished to a significant degree the capture of land values for the public, along with the reduction of tax burdens upon industry--which together constitute George's key policy proposal.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0254/is_5_59/ai_70738932   (465 words)

  
 Singapore (09/05)
Singapore is one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
Although Singapore's history dates from the 11th century, the island was little known to the West until the 19th century, when in 1819, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles arrived as an agent of the British East India Company.
Singapore's efforts to maintain economic growth and political stability and its support for regional cooperation harmonize with U.S. policy in the region and form a solid basis for amicable relations between the two countries.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2798.htm   (3481 words)

  
 International venture capital: Singapore
According to Singapore's economic development board (EDB), the government estimated that roads were consuming 14 percent of the land - roughly equivalent to the area needed to house the entire population of the island.
Since then, Singapore has invested large pools of capital, hoping to get new technologies and businesses off the ground and reforming both the rules and the structure of what it means to be an enterpriser within the country.
Today, Singapore's streets feel like a hallowed tribute to where its government officials feel the country is heading, littered with more homage to the benefits of a consumer society than remembrances of the past.
www.altassets.com /casefor/countries/2002/nz2427.php   (2760 words)

  
 Singapore Airlines Information InsideAirports.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Singapore Airlines has developed a reputation for excellent service and amenities aboard any one of their many modern aircraft.
Singapore Airlines has transformed from a small island nation regional carrier to a worldwide transportation specialist transporting people and cargo around the world daily.
Singapore Airlines is a large owner of Air New Zealand.
www.insideairports.com /airlines/asia/sin.asp   (258 words)

  
 Best Practices - Greening Singapore: Concrete City to Garden City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The city of Singapore presents a best practice of how urban greening can be harnessed to improve the quality of the environment and create an aesthetically pleasing garden city that supports economic well being.
The greening of Singapore is the declared objective of the government in view of the rapid urbanisation, heightened activity in construction and large-scale landscape changes in the post-independence years.
The vision is to develop Singapore as a city with nature so as to give the population a notion of living in a tropical garden city.
database.bestpractices.org /bp_display_best_practice.php?best_practice_id=520   (233 words)

  
 Singapore
Downtown Singapore is one steel and glass skyscraper after another.
After all, Singapore is clean, with an ultra modern infrastructure and a major airport.
The nightlife in Singapore is great, and although no place is perfectly safe, I felt completely comfortable wandering the streets at night.
www.tompgalvin.com /places/sg/0_sg.htm   (512 words)

  
 WIPO/PR/2006/440: WIPO Director General Concludes Official Visit to Singapore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Both Singapore leaders and Dr. Idris expressed appreciation for the importance and strength of the WIPO-Singapore partnership, underscored by a commitment to promote an IP culture in Asia and globally.
Idris expressed his gratitude to the Singapore Government for the hospitality extended to him and pledged the Organization’s continued support in the further development of Singapore’s IP infrastructure.
Idris expressed WIPO's full support for Singapore's role as an IP hub, and affirmed that Singapore's commitment to IP was a model for the region and the developing world.
www.wipo.int /edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_pr_2006_440.html   (647 words)

  
 Singapore
Visitors from Singapore contributed NZ$73.9 million in the year to December 2004, down slightly from the NZ$77.4 million recorded in the 2003 calendar year.
In 2004 outbound resident departures from Singapore were 11.34 million, a 7.2% increase on 2003.
The economy in Singapore is uncertain with unemployment being relatively high for this market (5% in 2003) however overall the fundamentals of the market amongst our target market are strong.
www.nztb.org.nz /tourism_info/market-research/market-guides/singapore/singapore_home.cfm   (145 words)

  
 Accommodation in Singapore and Cheap Travel to Singapore :-) Hospitality Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Singapore is more than a clean city that prohibits chewing gum.
Singapore became part of the British Straits Settlements from 1826-1946 and was briefly under Japanese rule from 1942-1945.
The Crown Colony of Singapore was established from 1946-1959 and Singapore was a member in the Federation of Malaya from 1963 till her independence in 1965.
secure.hospitalityclub.org /hc/hcworld.php?country=171&language=eng   (601 words)

  
 No Place Like Home - Part One (text-only)
Regionally, Singapore has rights within three nautical miles of its shoreline, however, due to the close proximity of some parts of the coastline to our neighbours, the territorial rights of the Straits of Singapore are shared).
Another scenario of an unregulated agriculture in Singapore would be that in an effort to cut costs in order to compete, farmers might compromise on the quality of seed and fertilizer used, as well as on the proper disposal of sewage.
If this is true of agriculture in Singapore, it is also true of practically every other land-use, from financial services, to manufacturing industry, and even to the training areas for the Singapore Armed Forces [!].
homepage.mac.com /voyager/NoPlace/wildx.html   (2021 words)

  
 Singapore man deported from RP for alleged drug use - Oct. 20, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Wong Yok Chai, 44, appeared at the Singapore embassy on October 10, complaining of a lost passport and financial distress, the Immigration Bureau said in a statement.
It was later discovered that he had also failed to pay his hotel bills in the central island of Cebu.
The Singapore embassy issued Wong with travel documents for his repatriation on Monday, the bureau said, adding that he would be banned from re-entering the Philippines.
www.inq7.net /brk/2003/oct/20/brkoth_4-1.htm   (147 words)

  
 Up to 70% off Singapore Hotels at Wotif.com
Over 7000 multinational companies are located in Singapore and of these, more than 4000 have headquarters located in the city.
Singapore also has excellent air links and trade links with the world's key economies, which makes it a strategic gateway and launch pad to the Asian market and beyond.
Singapore's world class infrastructure and strategic location means that the city offers a truly international market for the exchange of business ideas, opportunities and products.
www.wotif.com /hotels/singapore-hotels.html   (142 words)

  
 Singapore Hotels. Discount hotels in Singapore. From Singapore Luxurious 5 Star to Cheap Budget Hotels
It is with great pleasure that the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) is bringing to you SITEX 2007.
With Singapore being the largest spenders on R&D in the ASEAN, the stage is set for industry leaders lookin...
Famous for its hawker stalls where street sellers offer a wide variety of different foods, Singapore is currently the business magnet of the regions with international class exhibition facilities and shopping centers that offers many experiences and enjoyments.
www.esingaporehotel.com   (189 words)

  
 NEWS FROM THE REGIONS: JAPAN-SINGAPORE; MIDDLE EAST; FTAA
The arrangement with Singapore would present a first-timer for Japan, which is the only major industrialised country not to have any FTAs with its trading partners.
In related news, Caribbean leaders on 26 January asked Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to help ensure that small countries in the Americas will not be at a disadvantage when the FTAA is created in 2-4 years.
Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Caribbean Community are concerned that the region's economies could be damaged if their integration into the new trading arrangement is not properly managed.
www.ictsd.org /html/weekly/story4.23-01-01.htm   (665 words)

  
 Study of Heavy Metals in Dredged Spoil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Engrg., Natl., Univ. of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore), and A.
There is a possibility that dredged sediments can be contaminated with heavy metals because of recent industrial development and rapid population increase along the coastal regions of the world.
In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to study the distribution of selected heavy metals in the dredged samples collected along such southern coastal regions of Singapore as Pasir Panjang Wharf, Marina Bay, and Empire Dock.
www.pubs.asce.org /WWWdisplay.cgi?0003602   (175 words)

  
 Market Research in Singapore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Singapore is one of Orient Pacific Century's most active regions, with our Singapore based field staff providing data collection for the retail, travel, telecommunications, aviation, educational and trade export industries.
Singapore has a relatively small population of consumers, though they are highly tech savvy, with high levels of real income and discretionary income.
Data collection and market research costs in Singapore are relatively high compared to Malaysia and Thailand, and almost as high as South Korea and Taiwan not counting translation costs, due to living and overhead operational costs.
www.orientpacific.com /dc/singapore.htm   (253 words)

  
 Singapore Map: Singapore | Singapore Google Satellite Maps
Browse the list of administrative regions below and follow the navigation through administrative regions to find populated place you are interested in.
Regions are sorted in alphabetical order from level 1 to level 2 and eventually up to level 3 regions.
If you would like to recommend this Singapore map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it.
www.maplandia.com /singapore   (668 words)

  
 E Payment System
Singapore is also committed to increasing the network bandwidth availability to facilitate electronic commerce.
Singapore also has five 45Mbps direct connections to the USA Internet backbone, a 2Mbps direct connection to the European Internet backbone and high-speed links to Australia and China.
In July 1998, Singapore enacted the Electronic Transactions Act (ETA) which laid the framework for the establishment of a PKI in Singapore.
www.american.edu /initeb/sm4801a/epayment7.htm   (1095 words)

  
 US Jesuit Conference - Who are the Jesuits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
All are in India, except the Region of Nepal and Province of Sri Lanka.
At the end of XVI century the Lithuanian Region comprising of the territory of Lithuania and Prussia was established.
The Wisconsin Province, formerly part of the Missouri Province, became a Region in 1954 and a separate Province in 1955.
www.jesuit.org /sections?SECTION_ID=192&SUBSECTION_ID=256   (2624 words)

  
 Singapore's safari night
So here we were, a few miles out of Singapore city, keen to see if the experience matched up to its reputation.
The Night Safari is a perfect example of the care and attention to detail for which Singapore has become internationally renowned.
It may not be a large area, providing the thrill and danger of the African Bush, but within its own parameters, it is a high-class family entertainment area, besides being an innovative idea in nature conservation.
www.thehindubusinessline.com /2000/12/11/stories/101172a5.htm   (917 words)

  
 No Place Like Home - Chapter Six (text-only)
] in the northern region in 1990 was 90.9 percent, compared to the national average of 90.0 percent.
Of the hydroponic farms in Singapore, one of the most well known is Singtai in Sembawang, which cost its owners $1.5 million to set up.
The seven major layer farms in Singapore produce 900000 eggs daily, or eighty percent of local consumption (the rest is imported from Malaysia).
homepage.mac.com /voyager/NoPlace/northx.html   (2158 words)

  
 Singapore Expat – Singapore Expatriate by Allo' Expat Singapore
Singapore Expat – Singapore Expatriate by Allo' Expat Singapore
The Sheraton Towers Singapore is a deluxe hotel located in the heart of the city along Scotts Road.
Allo’ Expat is a one stop information and service center for expatriates living in or moving to Singapore & Asia - Pacific.
www.singapore.alloexpat.com   (124 words)

  
 Regions / Cities: Singapore Group on Care2
A group that allows all who love or miss Singapore, to talk about nasi lemak and yong tau foo, Pulau Ubin and Orchard Road and all the stuff that we love...
Fookmeng Cheah is a member of this group and lives in Singapore.
Lay Ching Teo is a member of this group and lives in Singapore.
www.care2.com /c2c/group/singapore   (145 words)

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