(2001 est. pop. 4.3 million). The republic of Singapore, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, is strategically located at the convergence of the world's major sea-lanes. The Chinese-dominated multiethnic country is politically stable and...

Republic of Singapore CAPITAL: Singapore FLAG: The flag consists of a red stripe at the top and a white stripe on the bottom. On the red stripe, at the hoist, are a white crescent opening to the fly and five white stars. ANTHEM: Long Live Singapore....

Singapore Singapore is a small island state in Southeast Asia that is situated along the strategic Straits of Malacca, key to the shipping trade between Europe and East Asia. Situated between Malaysia and Indonesia, two large predominantly Muslim...

Small states, like small businesses, often serve as the incubators of new forms of government. Perhaps no state has been so carefully and deliberately managed as Singapore, a multi-ethnic island city-state of 4 million inhabitants in an area of 250...

Singapore (Malay: Singapura; Chinese: 新加坡; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர், Ciŋkappūr), officially the Republic of Singapore (Malay: Republik Singapura; Chinese: 新加坡共和国; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó;...

U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera shot a 1-under 70 to double his lead to four strokes after the third round of the Singapore Open on Saturday.Cabrera, of Argentina, fired three birdies and two bogeys to finish with a three-day total of 9-under 204 at the...

Authorities in Singapore on Friday banned a gay rights forum at which a retired Canadian law professor was to speak, the second time in a week the city-state has forbidden an event that touches on gay issues.The forum was to feature Douglas Sanders, a professor...

Singapore has banned an Xbox video game because it contains a sex scene between a woman and a female alien, the city-state's censors said Thursday."Mass Effect," a futuristic space adventure published by Microsoft Corp., has been banned because of "lesbian intimacy," Chetra S., deputy director...

Clad in military-style pants, bright T-shirts and dangling chains, 12 Singapore lawmakers grooved to hip-hop music in the city-state's largest annual street parade Saturday, part of the ruling party's efforts to ditch its authoritarian and conservative image.The ministers, most of whom won parliament seats in...

Signapore belongs to the economic community of ASEAN, which consists of the Southeast Asia nations of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Laos and Myanmar. Singapore is the financial hub of Southeast Asia, and through ASEAN, it has enhanced the commercial prospects of other member nations because it needs to do so to ensure its own financial health.

Examines the needs and desires of modern women in Singapore. Discusses the conflict between modern lifestyles and traditional expectations. Explores the struggle to have it all.

The aged are citizens of the country and many had assist in sustaining Singapore as a 1st world county. Therefore they deserve to be appreciated and taken care by the government. However, it is impossible to help the aged if they, the community and their families do not support the government actions and assist in providing a comfortable environment for the ageing population.