IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST BENEFICENT AND THE MOST MERCIFUL

GROUP MEMBERS

JAWWAD HASSAN JASKANI 12

MARIA SHAHID 19

NIDA AZHAR 27

SUMAIRA TABASSUM 38

ZOHAIB KHAN BABAR 44

TOPIC:THE STUDY OF THE CULTURE OF A COUNTRY

SINGAPORE

INSTRUCTOR:MADAM ABEER HASHMI

ASIAN COUNTRY CULTURAL RESEMBLANCE WITH PAKISTAN MUSLIMS 14.9%

(THIRD MAJOR RELIGION) SOCIAL SET UP (EDUCATION AND

INFRASTRUCTURE) IS WELL DEVELOPED HIGH GDP

WHY WE CHOOSE THE TOPIC

MACRO ECONOMIC TREND

YearGross Domestic

Product($ millions)

US Dollar Exchange

Nominal Per Capita GDP

(as % of USA)

1980 25,117 2.14 S. Dollars 39.65

1985 39,036 2.20 S. Dollars 36.63

1990 66,778 1.81 S. Dollars 52.09

1995 119,470 1.41 S. Dollars 86.14

2000 159,840 1.72 S. Dollars 66.19

2005 194,360 1.64 S. Dollars 67.54

2007 224,412 1.42 S. Dollars 74.61

2008 235,632 1.37 S. Dollars 73.71

2009 268,900 1.50 S. Dollars 78.53

2010 309,400 1.32 S. Dollars 82.13

It lies just north of the Equator, between Malaysia and Indonesia.

It consists of one large island and around 60 islets.

GEOGRAPHY

FOUNDED ON FEBRUARY 16, 1819 IN 1824, THE ENTIRE STATE BECAME A BRITISH

POSSESSION TRANSFERRED TO EAST INDIA COMPANY SELF GOVERNMENT JUNE 03, 1959 INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITISH AUGUST 31, 1963 MERGER WITH MALAYSIA SEPTEMBER 16, 1963 SEPARATION FROM MALAYSIA AUGUST 09, 1965

HISTORY

The climate is hot and very humid, with two monsoon periods: from December to March (north-eastern monsoon), and from June to September (the south-western monsoon).

As it consists of islands so it is less fertile.

LAND & CLIMATE

Greeters slide their palm together back towards their own chests, then end with the hand over their heart

METHOD OF GREETING

The study of non verbal communication in various cultures focuses at personal space, language including gestures, eye contact, smiling and other facial expressions. It demonstrates that how the same gesture can be interpreted in different ways. In Singapore,

Rather than say NO they say I WILL SEE WHAT CAN I DO They tend to be subtle, indirect and implicit in their

communication They trust on non verbal messages then spoken They avoid to gift flowers as they pretend it as the symbol of

death They don’t give scissors and knives as this is the symbol to

cut the relationship

NON VERBAL BEHAVIOURS

As it is a secular country and there is no involvement of anyone in religious issues so everyone is freeMost common festivals are as follows

Independence Day (most important) Christmas Buddist’s festivals Eid Moon Cake- September Good Friday Chinese New Year

FESTIVALS

FESTIVALS

FESTIVALS

Emphasis on loyalty and respect for elders Singaporeans are very sensitive to retaining face in all

aspects of life The concept of group harmony and mutual security is

more important than that of individual family 85.4% of the people (surveyed in 2005) live in at least one

family nucleus Average family size is 4

FAMILY POSITION

Food Trading Pte Ltd One of the leading Singapore’s trading food company

Importing and trading in quality foods from all over the world FOOD ITEMS

Hams, sausages, frozen food, chicken, pock, beef, lamb Dairy Food: Cheese and butter Dry Food: Canned tomato, olive oil, etc Frozen processed products: seafood

FOOD

FOOD

Mother Tongue: Chinese According to the 2000 census, languages include

Mandarin (35%), English (23%), Malay (14.1%), Hokkein (11.4%), Cantonese (5.7%), Teochew (4.9%) and Tamil (3.2%).

English is the language most used for business purposes.

LANGUAGE

Capital: Singapore Currency Singapore Dollar (SGD) Fiscal Year 1 April - 31 March Trade Organizations WTO, APEC, IOR-ARC, ASEAN Like most financial centers, Singapore was hit badly by

the recent recession. Port of Singapore is one of the five busiest ports of world. Inflation Rate 2.8% (2010 est.) Unemployment Rate 2.2% (2010) Labour Force 3.1 million (2010)

ECONOMY

Banks & Offices generally open at 9:00 or 9:30 in the morning and remain open till 5:00 or 5:30 in the evening.

A few open on Saturday morning.

BUSINESS HOURS

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

MAIN INDUSTRIES

Electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore platform construction, life sciences, entrepot trade

EXPORTS $358.4 billion (2010 est.)

EXPORT GOODSmachinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, mineral fuels

MAIN EXPORT PARTNERS

Malaysia 11.9%, Hong Kong 11.7%, China 10.4%, Indonesia 9.4%, United States 6.5%, Japan 4.7%, South Korea 4.1% (2010 est.)

IMPORTS $310.4 billion (2010 est.)

IMPORT GOODS machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs, consumer goods

MAIN IMPORT PARTNERS

Malaysia 11.7%, United States 11.5%, China 10.8%, Japan 7.9%, South Korea 5.8%, Indonesia 5.4% (2010 est)

FDI STOCK $298.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

According to 2011 census 5183700 (of whom 3257000 are Singapore citizens)

Density 7315/km2

The main ethnic groups are Chinese (74%), Malay (13%) and Indian (9.2%)

POPULATION

Education takes place in three stages. Institutions are registered to the Ministry of Education

whether private or public. Education for primary, secondary and tertiary levels is

supported by the state. All subjects are taught in English except the Mother

Tongue. Nanyyang Technological University, one of the five public

universities in Singapore also in top hundred universities of the world.

Literacy rate is almost 99%

EDUCATION

RELIGION (2011 census)

Buddhism Christanity Confusiousism Islam Taoism Hinduism Other

33.3

18.317

14.7

10.9

5.1

0.700000000000001

PERCENTAGE IN SINGAPORE

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