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Wacom Co., Ltd. (株式会社ワコム, Kabushiki gaisha Wakomu, / ˈwɑːkəm /) is a Japanese company headquartered in Kazo, Saitama, Japan, that specializes in manufacturing graphics tablets and related products. [ 3] As of 2012 Wacom generated sales of approximately 40.7 billion yen with 785 employees. [ 4] The company's shares are listed ...
Singapore's education system has been consistently ranked as one of the highest in the world by the OECD. It is believed that this comes from the style of teaching that is implemented in Singapore. Teachers focus on making sure that each of their students thoroughly move through the syllabus before moving on.
In addition to Singapore's official languages, Singaporean directional signs at various tourist attractions and Singapore Changi Airport include the Japanese language. A likely reason for this is the high percentage of Japanese tourists. For every year from 1978 to 2000, at least 10% of the tourists that entered Singapore are from Japan. [74]
Lee and his son each purchased a unit at the 39-unit Nassim Jade in April 1995; Lee Kuan Yew received a 7 per cent discount and paid S$ 3.57 million (US$2.53 million), whereas Lee Hsien Loong received a 12 per cent discount and paid S$3.64 million. [5] They purchased another two units at the 136-unit [6] [7] Scotts 28 in October 1995, [1] each ...
Malay Singaporeans ( Malay: Orang Melayu Singapura) are Singaporeans with general ancestry from the Malay world. [ 4] They constitute approximately 13.5% of the country's residents, making them the second largest ethnic group in Singapore. [ 5] Under the Constitution of Singapore, they are recognised by the government as the indigenous people ...
The school attracts the top 10% of Singapore's national cohort of primary school students. Annually, it receives around 2000 applications from both local and international students for its Year 1 admissions but only enrols up to 170 students, giving an admissions rate of below 8.5%. [6]
Goods and Services Tax ( GST) in Singapore is a value added tax (VAT) of 9% levied on import of goods, as well as most supplies of goods and services. Exemptions are given for the sales and leases of residential properties, importation and local supply of investment precious metals and most financial services. [ 1]
This is a list of places in Singapore based on the planning areas and their constituent subzones as designated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Based on the latest URA Master Plan in 2019, the country is divided into 5 regions , which are further subdivided into 55 planning areas , and finally subdivided into a total of 332 subzones.