About Singapore -

• Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore is an island city-state and the smallest country in South-East Asia.

• Singapore was founded in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles as a British trading colony.

• Singapore was occupied by the Japanese Empire in World War II. The Japanese renamed Singapore to Shōnan

• It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated 2 years later and became independent.

• Foreign investment and rapid government-led industrialisation has since created an economy which relies on exports of electronics and manufacturing primarily from its port.

• More than 90% of Singapore's population lives in housing estates constructed by the Housing Development Board and nearly half use the public transport system daily.

• Singapore has been able to control its pollution levels to well within World Health Organization. Greeneries can be found throughout the island. Singapore is also well known as the “garden city”

• Today, Singapore became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international trading links