Tuesday 14 April 2015

SINGAPORE VISIT

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south. The country is highly urbanised with very little primary rainforest remaining, although more land is being created for development through land reclamation.

In terms of purchasing power parity, Singapore has the third highest per capita income in the world. There are slightly over 5 million people in Singapore, of which 2.91 million were born locally. The population is highly diverse; the majority are Chinese, with Malays and Indians forming significant minorities. Reflecting this diversity, the country has four official languages: English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil. One of the five founding members of the Association of South East Asian Nations, the country is also the host of the APEC Secretariat, and a member of the East Asia Summit, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Commonwealth.

Buddhism is the most widely practised religion in Singapore, with 33% of the resident population declaring themselves adherents at the most recent census. The next most practised religion is Christianity, followed by Islam, Taoism and Hinduism. 17% of the population did not have a religious affiliation. The proportion of Christians, Taoists and non-religious people increased between 2000 and 2010 by about 3% each, whilst the proportion of Buddhists decreased. Other faiths remained largely stable in their share of the population.

This post is part of the Our World Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Trees & Bushes meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.












6 comments:

  1. Wonderful photos!
    Thanks for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/04/cat-on-ladder.html

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  2. Very interesting information,Nick and I am especially glad to hear that they are making an effort to reclaim land and plant trees. I hope that is going to be a world wide trend in our future. The pictures are beautiful and that little (or not so little) spider looks interesting. She looks like she is actually silver or metatlic ... like a robot (yikes). Great post, Nick ...

    Andrea @ From The Sol

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  3. Your photos show the diversity that you can see in Singapore. Such beautiful flowers.

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  4. There is obviously NO shortage of Ruby Red in Singapore. I really like that fifth image. Very nicely done.

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  5. What a beautiful place to get to visit!

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  6. lots of trees in that city. That is great :) And, what a spider?

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