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Saturday, February 18, 2012

St John Island Singapore:Holiday Destinations For Warm Winter Vacations

By John Roney


Situated at the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula with a land area of 685.4 km2, Singapore is an island-state with a 4.2 million population. It consists of one main island and 63 islets, some of the more well-known ones being: Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin, St John's Island, Kusu Island, Pulau Hantu, Jurong Island. Pulau means "island" in Malay.

Modern Singapore was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819 when it was little more than a swamp. Only until the "rightful" Johorean heir agreed to sell the island to the British that it became a colony. Widely known and recorded by many sojourners as Temasek - Sea Town - by the 14th century, Singapore was a thriving vassal state of the Sri Vijayan empire. Legend has it that a Palembang prince called Sang Nila Utama was responsible for the present-day name, Singapura meaning Lion City. In Sanskrit and Malay, Singa = Lion + Pura = City. It was while seeking refuge from a storm with his entourage that Sang Nila Utama spotted a mousedeer - which he was told a lion. But lions' natural habitat is the grassy plains or the savannah, not jungles.

As the British had ruled Singapore for about a hundred and forty years till 1963, one of the legacies is the English Legal System. As well as English which is the language of administration, business and instruction in schools from kindergarten upwards. In addition to Malay, Mandarin and Tamil that make up the official languages of the country.

Singapore always welcomes and encourages foreign talent each and every year & creates many Jobs especially in IT many more. More banking jobs, financial jobs, Telecom, manufacturing & construction Jobs etc. Do you know what are the budget or economical International flights to Singapore?? There are many flights to Singapore from almost all Countries. The budget flights are CEBU Pacific, Air Asia & Lion Air are operating budget flights and Tiger Airways, Jet Star which are Singapore based budget flights.

The food in Singapore is more influenced by Chinese, Malay, Indonesian, Indian and of western traditions. The food in Singapore is standardized meaning each and every food stall or restaurant must be issued with grades which must maintain certain levels of food quality. And the fantastic thing is there would be food festival arranged every year where you can find a unique combination of different kinds of food of various cultures. Singapore has the best Island St John Island Singapore.




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