Singapore is a city country, which originally meant "Lion City". According to the records of Malay history books, around 1 150, Prince Panna of Sri Lanka, the death country of Sumatra, arrived at the island by boat and saw a black beast, which was called a lion by the locals, hence the name "Lion City". Singapore is the homonym of the Sanskrit "Lion City". Because local residents are deeply influenced by Indian culture, they like to use Sanskrit as their place names. The lion is brave and vigorous, so it is natural to use it as a place name. In the past, many overseas Chinese called it "Silla", which means "Strait" in Malay, and some people called it "Sin Chau" and "Sing Tao" because of its small area. Population Profile As of June 2008, the total population of Singapore was 4.84 million, an increase of 1.03% over the previous year. Among them, Singapore citizens account for 3010.6 million, permanent residents account for 480,000 and non-residents account for 0/0.2 million. Singapore citizens are divided by major races: 2.72 million Chinese, accounting for 74.7%; 490,000 Malays, accounting for13.6%; 320,000 Indians, accounting for 8.9%; The rest are from other races. With more than 4,000 people per square kilometer, it is one of the countries with the largest population density in the world. Chinese in Singapore are basically from Chinese mainland, Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan, with Fujian being the majority, followed by Chaoshan, Guangfu, Hakka and Hainan. Physical Geography Singapore and China, located in Southeast Asia, are the southernmost tropical island cities in the Malaysian Peninsula. Covering an area of 699.4 square kilometers, it is adjacent to Malaysia across the Johor Strait in the north, connected to Johor Bahru in Malaysia across a long embankment, and facing Indonesia across the Singapore Strait in the south. Located at the entrance and exit of Malacca Strait, the shipping artery in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, it consists of more than 50 islands, and Singapore Island accounts for 9 1.6% of the national area. The terrain is low and flat, with an average elevation of15m, the highest elevation of163m and the coastline of193km. Water area ratio: 1.444%. It belongs to the tropical rainforest climate, with high temperature and rainy all the year round, and the annual average temperature is 24~27℃. The annual average precipitation is 2345 mm and the annual average humidity is 84.3%. economic development
Orchard Road is a famous commercial shopping area, which is traditionally dominated by commerce, including entrepot trade, processing and export, shipping and so on. It is the largest seaport, an important commercial city and entrepot trade center in Southeast Asia, as well as an international financial center and an important aviation center. After independence, Singapore's economy has developed remarkably, and it is known as one of the four little dragons in Asia. Tourism is one of the pillar industries of Singapore's economy (three pillar industries: international trade, processing industry and tourism).
After independence, the government adhered to a free economic policy, vigorously attracted foreign investment and developed a diversified economy. Since the early 1980s, we have accelerated the development of capital-intensive and high value-added emerging industries, invested heavily in infrastructure construction, and strived to attract foreign investment with the best business environment. Manufacturing and service industries have become the twin engines of economic growth, and the industrial structure has been continuously optimized. In the 1990s, the information industry was particularly valued, and the "Singapore Integrated Network" has been put into use all over the island. In order to further promote economic growth, we will vigorously promote the "regional economic development strategy", accelerate overseas investment and actively carry out foreign economic activities. The economy is dominated by five sectors: commerce, manufacturing, construction, finance, transportation and communication. Industry mainly includes manufacturing and construction. Manufacturing products mainly include electronic products, chemicals and chemical products, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment, petroleum products, oil refining and other departments. It is the third largest oil refining center in the world. Agriculture accounts for less than 1% of the national economy, mainly including poultry breeding and aquaculture. All the food is imported, only 5% of the vegetables are produced by ourselves, and most of them are imported from Malaysia, China, Indonesia and Australia. Service industry is the leading industry of economic growth. Including retail and wholesale trade, hotel tourism, transportation and telecommunications, financial services, business services and so on. Tourism is one of the main sources of foreign exchange income.
Education Singapore's education system is similar to that of the United Kingdom. Except for various language subjects, English is used as the medium. Generally, after finishing primary and secondary school 10 to1year, you can choose to study in junior college, high school or science and engineering, and more than half of the first two can be promoted to domestic universities. There are five polytechnics and three institutions of higher learning in Singapore, among which the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University are prestigious institutions in Asia.
Every year, Singapore attracts many international students from all over China and Malaysia to study here, making it a regional education center in Asia.
Singapore's education system is often criticized for relying too much on standard textbooks, not encouraging individuals to think independently, emphasizing the differences in students' quality through examinations (the supremacy of further studies) and belittling the contributions of other learning methods and occupations. The theme of Singapore's local film "Children Are Not Stupid" is to discuss that this system may stifle the development of other talents in Singapore, and individuals will be unable to meet the challenges of social change because they have no habit of independent thinking.