INFORMATION ON SINGAPORE

Brief Introduction
Simple Statistics
School Terms
School holidays
Public Holidays
Taxation

Brief Introduction

Singapore is a sunny island situated in Southeast Asia, just south of Malaysia and north of Indonesia. Founded as a British trading colony by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819,  Singapore joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent on 9 August 1965. Today, Singapore is one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international trading links (its port is one of the world's busiest in terms of tonnage handled) and with per capita GDP equal to that of the leading nations of Western Europe. 

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Simple Statistics

• Landmass: 710.2 square kilometres
• Population: 4.99 million with foreigners comprising 1.26 million of total population)
• Ethnic groups: Chinese (74.2%), Malays (13.4%), Indians (9.2%), and Eurasians and smaller minority groups (3.2%)
• Temperature range: 22°C to 34° C

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School Terms for 2010

Term 3	Monday 28th June to Friday 3rd September
Term 4	Monday 13th September to Friday 19th November

Source: http://www.moe.gov.sg/schools/terms-and-holidays/2010/

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School Holidays in 2010

Semester 1

After Term 1	Saturday 13th March to Sunday 21st March
After Term 2	Saturday 29th May to Sunday 27th June

Semester 2

After Term 3	Saturday 4th September to Sunday 12th September
After Term 4	Saturday 20th November to Friday 31st December

Scheduled School Holidays

Youth Day * Sunday 4th July
Day After National Day Tuesday 10th August
Teachers’ Day Wednesday 1st September
Children’s Day
(For primary schools and primary sections of full schools) Friday 1st October

* The following Monday, 5th July 2010 will be a scheduled school holiday.

Source: http://www.moe.gov.sg/schools/terms-and-holidays/2010/

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Public Holidays for 2010

Source: http://www.moe.gov.sg/schools/terms-and-holidays/2010

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Taxation

Source: www.iras.gov.sg

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This page was edited on 4th January 2010