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United Overseas Bank Limited (simplified Chinese: 大华银行有限公司; traditional Chinese: 大華銀行有限公司; pinyin: Dàhuá Yínháng Yǒuxìan Gōngsī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-hôa Gûn-hâng Iú-hān Kong-si), often known as UOB, is a Singaporean regional bank headquartered at Raffles Place, Singapore, with branches mostly found in Southeast Asia countries.
The main facade of Images of Singapore. See also: Media related to Images of Singapore (museum) at Wikimedia Commons Images of Singapore, at , is an historical museum in that exhibits the culture and history of Singapore using multi-media displays, multi-screen theatre presentations and lifesize tableaus depicting major events in Singapore's history
Singapore is also an education hub, with more than 80,000 international students in 2006. [460] 5,000 Malaysian students cross the Johor–Singapore Causeway daily to attend schools in Singapore. [461] In 2009, 20% of all students in Singaporean universities were international students—the maximum cap allowed, a majority from ASEAN, China and ...
Subsequently, political acrimony between Singapore and Malaysia led to the split of Malaysia-Singapore Airlines. MSA ceased operations on 1 October 1972 and Singapore Airlines took over as its successor in Singapore. Initially when Singapore Airlines was created, its advertising and branding was handled by the start-up Batey Inc, of Ian Batey.
The Amazon rainforest does not provide 20% of Earth's oxygen. This is a misinterpretation of a 2010 study which found that approximately 34% of photosynthesis by terrestrial plants occurs in tropical rainforests (so the Amazon rainforest would account for approximately half of this).
In 1959, Holy Innocents’ English School was renamed Montfort School in honour of St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, the founder of the religious institute, Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel, because of the confusion which resulted due to three other schools in Singapore using the name Holy Innocents', namely Holy Innocents' Boys School, Holy Innocents' High School, and Holy Innocents ...
In preparation for the dissolution of Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA), the Singaporean division was established on 28 January 1972, under the name Mercury Singapore Airlines. This led to tensions with Malaysia, as both entities shared the MSA acronym. Malaysia threatened legal action unless Singapore paid S$72.7 million in compensation. The ...
The referendum and adoption of Thailand's current constitution happened under the junta's rule. [vi] The junta also bound future governments to a 20-year national strategy 'road map' it laid down, effectively locking the country into military-guided democracy. [113] In 2019, the junta agreed to schedule a general election in March. [110]