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Country name:
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conventional long form: Republic of Singapore
conventional short form: Singapore |
Government type:
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parliamentary republic
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Capital:
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Singapore |
Independence
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9 August 1965 (from Malaysia) |
National holiday:
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Independence Day, 9 August (1965) |
Constitution:
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3 June 1959, amended 1965 (based on pre
independence State of
Singapore Constitution)
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Legal system:
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based on English common
law; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
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Suffrage:
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21 years of age; universal and compulsory |
chief of state :
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President Sellapan Rama (S. R.) NATHAN
(since 1 September 1999)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president,
responsible to
Parliament
elections: president
elected by popular vote for a
six-year term;
election last held 28 August 1999
(next to be held NA
August 2005); following
legislative elections,
the leader of the majority party
or the leader of a
majority coalition is usually
appointed prime
minister by the president; deputy
prime ministers
appointed by the president |
Legislative branch:
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unicameral Parliament (83
seats; members elected
by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 2 January 1997 (next to be held
by 26 August
2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - PAP
65% (in contested
constituencies), other 35%;
seats by party - PAP 81, WP 1, SPP 1;
note -
subsequent to the election, there was a change in
the
distribution of seats, the new distribution is as
follows: PAP 80,
WP 1, SPP 1, vacant 1
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court (chief
justice is appointed by the
president with the
advice of the prime minister,
other judges are
appointed by the president with
the advice of the
chief justice); Court of Appeals
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Political parties and leaders:
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People's Action Party or
PAP [Chok Tong GOH, secretary general] -
the governing party; Singapore
Democratic Party or SDP [CHEE Soon
Juan];
Singapore People's Party or SPP
[CHIAM See Tong]; Workers'
Party or
WP [J. B.JEYARETNAM]
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International organization participation:
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APEC, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, Australia Group
(observer), BIS, C, CCC,
CP, ESCAP, G-77,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IFC,
IFRCS,
IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat,
Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU,
NAM, OPCW, PCA,
UN, UN Security Council (temporary),
UNCTAD,
UNIKOM, UNMEE, UNTAET,
UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO |
Flag description:
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two equal horizontal
bands of red (top) and white;
near the hoist side of
the red band, there is a
vertical, white
crescent (closed portion is toward
the hoist side)
partially enclosing five white five-
pointed stars arranged
in a circle |
GDP:
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purchasing power parity -
$109.8 billion
(2000 est.) |
GDP - real growth rate:
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10.1% (2000 est.) |
GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $26,500 (2000 est.) |
Labor force:
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2.1 million (2000) |
Labor force - by occupation:
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financial, business, and
other services 35%,
manufacturing 21%, construction 13%,
transportation and
communication 9% |
Budget revenues:
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$18.1 billion
expenditures: $17.1 billion, including
capital expenditures of
$9.5 billion (FY99/00 est.)
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Industries:
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electronics, chemicals,
financial services, oil drilling
equipment, petroleum
refining, rubber processing
and rubber products,
processed food and
beverages, ship
repair, entrepot trade,
biotechnology |
Industrial production growth rate:
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14% (2000 est.) |
Electricity - production:
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27.381 billion kWh
(1999) |
Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1999)
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Electricity - consumption:
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25.464 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
rubber, copra, fruit,
orchids, vegetables; poultry,
eggs, fish, ornamental
fish |
Exports:
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$137 billion (f.o.b.,
2000) |
Exports - commodities:
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machinery and equipment
(including electronics),
chemicals, mineral fuels
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Exports - partners:
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US 19%, Malaysia 17%,
Hong Kong 8%,
Japan 7%, Taiwan 5%,
Thailand 4%, UK 4%,
Netherlands 3.8%,
China 3%, South Korea 3%,
Germany 3% (1999)
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Imports:
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$127 billion (f.o.b., 2000) |
Imports - commodities:
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machinery and equipment,
mineral fuels, chemicals,
foodstuffs |
Imports - partners:
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US 17%, Japan 17%,
Malaysia 16%,
Thailand 5%, China 5%,
Taiwan 4%,
Germany 3%, Saudi
Arabia 3% (1999)
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Currency:
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Singapore dollar (SGD) |
Currency code:
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SGD |
Exchange rates:
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Singapore dollars per US
dollar - 1.7365
(January 2001), 1.7240
(2000), 1.6950 (1999),
1.6736 (1998), 1.4848
(1997), 1.4100 (1996)
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Fiscal year:
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1 April - 31 March |
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