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the culture of Singapore and the way of communication of its people
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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
THANK YOU!