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Since the founding of Singapore in 1819, more than 95% of its estimated 590 square km of vegetation has been cleared. At first for short-term cash crops and later because of urbanization and industrialization. 61 of its original 91 bird species has been lost leading to many native forest plants not being able to reproduce because of loss of seed dispersal and pollination.
Citizens reacted to the PWP with shock and anger, [8] [9] and this has led to the largest public protest ever organized in Singapore's history. [10] [2] [11]Many Singaporeans have attributed the government's population and immigration policy as the cause of overcrowding and falling reliability of its public transportation system, increasing property prices for housing, suppressed wage level ...
This is the same year that it was indicated that Singapore has a significant trafficking problem. [7] In 2008, in an effort to curb prostitution in the country, law enforcement arrested many foreign women without taking the steps to properly identify possible victims of trafficking. [ 8 ]
The Singapore Strait is roughly 113 km long with an average width of 19 km. [2] The Singapore Strait was the location of 65% (55 out of 84) of all incidents of piracy and armed robbery which occurred in Asia in 2022, [1] marking a seven year high in recorded incidents of piracy and armed robbery in the area.
Secret societies in Singapore have been largely eradicated as a security issue in the city-state. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] However many smaller groups remain today which attempt to mimic societies of the past. The membership of these societies is largely adolescent.
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]
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However, Singapore claimed that this price comparison is not fair because while Hong Kong has borne the cost of constructing the infrastructure and China has borne the cost of maintaining to provide water to Hong Kong, Singapore paid for all the costs of the reservoirs in Johor, the dams, pipelines, plant, equipment, etc., and Singapore paid ...