Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Straits of Malacca to the west, the Riau Islands (Indonesia) to the south, and the South China Sea to the east. The country's territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet, the combined area of which has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the second greatest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities, Singapore has four official languages; English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. English is the lingua franca. Multiracialism is enshrined in the constitution and continues to shape national policies in education, housing, and politics.
Singapore maintains diplomatic relations with 189 countries although it does not maintain a high commission or embassy in many of those countries. It is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth, ASEAN and the Non-Aligned Movement.
ASEAN, officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is an economic union comprising 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and sociocultural integration between its members and other countries in Asia. ASEAN's primary objective was to accelerate economic growth and through that social progress and cultural development. A secondary objective was to promote regional peace and stability based on the rule of law and the principle of United Nations charter. With some of the fastest growing economies in the world, ASEAN has broadened its objective beyond the economic and social spheres. In 2003, ASEAN moved along the path of the European Union by agreeing to establish an ASEAN community comprising three pillars: the ASEAN security community, the ASEAN economic community, and the ASEAN socio-cultural community. The ten stalks of rice in the ASEAN flag and insignia represent the ten southeast Asian countries bound together in solidarity.
Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) is a military airbase of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) located at Airport Road in Paya Lebar, in the central-eastern part of Singapore. The airbase goes by the motto of Strength Through Readiness.
CNA is a 24-hour multinational news television channel headquartered at the Mediacorp Campus in Queenstown, Singapore. It broadcasts free-to-air domestically and as a pay television channel to 29 territories across Asia and Oceania.
Eunice Elizabeth Olsen is a Singaporean actress, host, communications trainer, producer and business woman. She is a former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) in Singapore for two terms, a speaker, and an advocate for women's empowerment.
The Ministry of Law is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for regulating and reviewing legal policies including but not limited to intellectual property, land, insolvency, public trustee, moneylending, pawnbroking, supervision of precious stones and metal dealers, licensing of all law practice entities, legal aid, and community mediation. MinLaw sees itself as a legal services hub which cooperates with international and regional organisations on legal policy issues, providing support most notably within the ASEAN region.
The S.E.A. Write Award, or Southeast Asian Writers Award, is an award that is presented annually since 1979 to poets and writers of Southeast Asia.
The Third East Asia Summit was held in Singapore on November 21, 2007. The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a pan-Asia forum held annually by the leaders of 16 countries in the East Asian region. EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders' meetings.
Tay Kewei is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. She has released songs in English, Chinese, and Japanese.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is a free trade agreement among the Asia-Pacific nations of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The 15 member countries account for about 30% of the world's population, 30% of global GDP, and 53% of the world's exports as of 2020, making it the largest trade bloc in history. It is the first free trade agreement among the East Asian China, Japan, and South Korea, three of the four largest economies in Asia. As of 2 November 2021, six of the ten ASEAN and four of the five non-ASEAN signatories have deposited their instruments of ratification of the RCEP with the Secretary General of the ASEAN. The trade pact is projected to enter force on 1 January 2022.
North Korea–Singapore relations are bilateral relations between North Korea and Singapore.
Jason Pomeroy is an architect, academic, author He is the founder of sustainable design firm Pomeroy Studio and sustainable educator Pomeroy Academy.
Dover Court International School is an international school in Singapore. Founded in 1972, the school delivers the English National Curriculum and International Baccalaureate Diploma Program to 1850 students between the ages of 3 and 18. Over 60 nationalities are represented in the school, with the majority of teachers coming from the United Kingdom. In 2015, Dover Court International School registered with the Committee for Private Education of Singapore and since April 2014 has been part of the Nord Anglia Education group of schools. It is a member of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA), and accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
The 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, commonly known as the Singapore Summit, was a summit meeting between North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump, held at the Capella Hotel, Sentosa, Singapore, on June 12, 2018. It was the first-ever meeting between leaders of North Korea and the United States. They signed a joint statement, agreeing to security guarantees for North Korea, new peaceful relations, the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, recovery of soldiers' remains, and follow-up negotiations between high-level officials. Both leaders also met separately with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
UnPAY is a one-stop aggregation payment platform. It made its official launch in Singapore in April 2018.
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore in 2020.
Carrie Tan Huimin is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she is a Member of the 14th Parliament and has been representing the Nee Soon South ward of Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2020.
Dato' SeriDouglas Foo Peow Yong is a Singaporean business executive and former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP). He is the founder and Chairman of Sakae Holdings Ltd; as well as Singapore’s Non Resident High Commissioner to Tanzania and appointed representative to the ASEAN Business Advisory Council. He is also the President of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF), Vice-President of the Singapore National Employers’ Federation (SNEF) and Vice-Chairman of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF).
