An island country and city located in the Malaysian Peninsula, Singapore is a modern city in south east Asia region. The roads are wide, the communities are well designed and city transportation is efficient by train or by bus networks. Singapore has achieved high economic growth and status since the 1980's until today.
Singapore has a lot of attractions in the heart of the central business district such as Clark Quay, Resorts World Sentosa, Gardens by the Bay, Marina Bay Sands Hotel, The Singapore Flyer and the international symbol of Singapore which is the Merlion Park. There are also famous shopping districts such as Orchard Road, Bugis and Chinatown.
How to get there
Singapore has flights from almost every major city in the world by its world class Changi Airport.
Singapore is also connected to the Malaysian City of Johor Baru by bridge. Ferry services in Singapore are also bound to some islands in Indonesia.
Singapore Transportation
One can take a Taxi ( Which runs really fast ), by Bus or by Train. There five Singapore MRT Train lines. This includes the East-West Line ( Green ), North-South Line ( Red ), North-East Line ( Purple ), Circle Line ( Yellow ), and the new Downtown Line ( Blue ) Which opened stage one last December 22, 2013
People of Singapore
In history, Singapore was part of Malaysia, then gained its Independence as a separate country during 1965. Singapore was also a British trading post during 1819 which attracted foreign trading vessels from China, India, Indonesia and Middle East. So until this day, local Singaporeans are mostly composed of Chinese-Decent, Malay-Decent and Indian-Decent. Due to its high economy, Singapore today has attracted a lot of foreign workers ( called foreign talents ) from all over the world, but most people came from India, Bangladesh, Mainland China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and from all other countries in the South East Asia. Indeed Singapore is a multicultural city of Asia.
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