Singapore, formally the Republic of Singapore (; Chinese: , Pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó; , ), is an island city-state and the smallest country in Southeast Asia. It is located on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, south of the Malaysian state of Johor, and north of the Indonesian Riau Islands. Its coordinates are , just 137 kilometres (85 miles) north of the Equator.

The site of several ancient port cities and a possession of several empires in its history, Singapore was a Malay fishing village when it was colonised by the United Kingdom in the 19th century. It was further occupied by the Japanese Empire in World War II, and was later part of the merger which established the Federation of Malaysia. When Singapore acquired independence, having few natural resources, it was sociopolitically volatile and economically undeveloped. 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 uses the public transport system daily . As a result of public transport and environmental initiatives by government ministries, Singapore's pollution is mostly confined within the heavy industry area on Jurong Island. The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore established the city-state as a representative democracy. Singapore initially undertook a democratic socialist policy shortly after its independence, adopting a welfare system. However, the government has since become more conservative than it was at the founding of the republic. Singapore faces criticism for being a reduced democracy because of its dominant-party system and has attracted controversy for some of its policies.

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Will shortly be introducing some work from @OMIDemetrius Singapore Sling/Get Happy and @OMIRodregras SS/Red Hot Series
ommodel (jay tavarez) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:20:30 -0000
Will shortly be introducing some work from @OMIDemetrius Singapore Sling/Get Happy and @OMIRodregras SS/Red Hot Series
agghh im so jealous of lucy and her life in singapore
lauuwood (Laura wood) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:20:11 -0000
agghh im so jealous of lucy and her life in singapore
[News] StarHub, SingTel spice up pay-TV offer with free channels: THE scuffle between Singapore's two pay.. http://bit.ly/4FFlQ8
mola284 (PohLeng) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:18:05 -0000
[News] StarHub, SingTel spice up pay-TV offer with free channels: THE scuffle between Singapore's two pay.. http://bit.ly/4FFlQ8
[News] Good showing by Singapore banks: ALL three Singapore banks exceeded analysts' expectations in the .. http://bit.ly/3WUehP
mola284 (PohLeng) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:18:03 -0000
[News] Good showing by Singapore banks: ALL three Singapore banks exceeded analysts' expectations in the .. http://bit.ly/3WUehP
Singapore to popularize Chinese domain names (People's Daily): A report, aiming at making Chinese domain na.. http://bit.ly/1Y3wTS
DomainsDomains (PaulK) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:17:22 -0000
Singapore to popularize Chinese domain names (People's Daily): A report, aiming at making Chinese domain na.. http://bit.ly/1Y3wTS
saw cute and quirky frilly dresses from Cotton On Kids Singapore!
shinnpark (Gin Oh) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:16:48 -0000
saw cute and quirky frilly dresses from Cotton On Kids Singapore!

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