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The presence of foreigners remains a Immigration and foreign workers Official language: Malay, Mandarin, Tamil, English sensitive issue, PM Lee acknowledged in were hot topics in the last GE, with Country: Singapore his Rally speech on Sunday, noting that many Singaporeans complaining they Government:Parliamental there were no painless solutions to this were crowding locals out of jobs, Population: 5.399 million challenge of immigration. The country MRT trains and buses. While the needs foreign workers to keep the Government has taken steps to stem economy humming, but had to manage the flow of foreigners and address the flow carefully to address public housing and transport woes, this unease over the inflow. issue remains.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdb_O91d92 Majulah Singapura is the national anthem of Singapore. Composed by Zubir Said in 1958 as a theme song for the City Council of Singapore. The song was selected in 1959 as the island's anthem. Upon full independence in 1965, Majulah Singapura
was formally adopted as Singapore's national
anthem. It has been sung with malay lyrics.
Leader
Tony Tan is the seventh president of Singapore in office since 2011. He served as a member of the Singapore parliament from 1979 to 2006. He was born on 7th February 1940 in Singapore. He held various ministreal Portfolios including defence, finance, arts, trade and industry. Tony Tan has Three sons and a daughter. Tony Tan was sworn as a president on 1st September 2011
Environmental Sustainability
Singapore has already lost most of its natural environment due to rapid development in the last 30 years.
AIR POLLUTION: Seasonal smoke resulting from forest fires in Indonesia bring a lot of haze in the environment of Singapore in health hazards and visibility issues.
WATER POLLUTION IN SINGAPORE: Water in Singapore is polluted by unwanted materials contributed by industrial facilities,coupled by oil from both incoming and outgoing trading vessels Corrective measures are taken, and affected
water is taken for treatment at specialisedcentres. Plants such as NEWater treat unwanted water into drinkable
water. One major water body in Singapore which used to be polluted is the Singapore River.
DEFORESTRATION: From around 1980 to 2010, Singapore lost approximately 90 percent of its natural forests as a result of urbanization. SOLUTIONS: Singapore works closely with ASEAN to manage the haze issue. Two desalination plants in Singapore can produce 100 Million gallons of water a day enough to meet 25% of the nationsrequirments. 24-HOUR AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORK Has been started to resolve the problem of air pollution.
Learning from the past and present for the future
There was a water agreement signed between the Malaysian and the Singaporean government on 5 December 1927 that stated that water would be supplies from malaysian rivers to singapore at 3 malaysianringets per 1000 imperial gallons until 2011. Singapore paid for all the costs of the reservoirs in Johor, the dams, pipelines, plant, equipment, etc., and Singapore paid all costs of operating and maintaining the infrastructure. On 31 August 2011, the 1961 water agreement expired, and the waterworks and facilities were handed over to the Johor state government.
The Malaysian government has stated that the agreements were signed in a different time and that the price should increase. Malaysia was a provider of water to Singapore but has used threats of cutting off the water supply to pressure Singapore politically
As of 2003, about 40% of Singapore's water came from Malaysia. By 2010, Singapore had constructed five Newater plants, a desalination plant and a new water barrage to increase rainwater supply. The Newater/desalination plants have the capability to supply 40% of Singapore's water needs as at 2010.
Singapore's water needs are anticipated to double in the next 50 years. Planned Newater output will triple to meet 50% of needs by year 2060.