Merlion and Marina Bay Sands (Singapore, Singapore)
The Merlion (or Singa-Laut in Malay) is the official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish. It is widely used to represent both the city state and its people in sports teams, advertising, branding, tourism and as a national personification.
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore (or Republik Singapura in Malay), is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. It lies one degree (137 kilometers or 85 miles) north of the equator, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south and Peninsular Malaysia to the north. Singapore's territory consists of one main island along with 62 other islets. Since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23% (130 square kilometers or 50 square miles). The country is known for its transition from third world to first world in a single generation, under the leadership of its founding father, Lee Kuan Yew.
Stamford Raffles founded colonial Singapore in 1819 as a trading post of the British East India Company. It gained independence from the U.K. in 1963 by federating with other former British territories to form Malaysia, but separated two years later over ideological differences, becoming a sovereign nation in 1965. After early years of turbulence and despite lacking natural resources and a hinterland, the nation developed rapidly as an Asian Tiger economy, based on external trade and its workforce.
There are four official languages in Singapore: English (common and first language), Malay, Mandarin Chinese, and Tamil. Almost all Singaporeans are bilingual.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore
Merlion and Marina Bay Sands (Singapore, Singapore)
The Merlion (or Singa-Laut in Malay) is the official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish. It is widely used to represent both the city state and its people in sports teams, advertising, branding, tourism and as a national personification.
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore (or Republik Singapura in Malay), is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. It lies one degree (137 kilometers or 85 miles) north of the equator, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south and Peninsular Malaysia to the north. Singapore's territory consists of one main island along with 62 other islets. Since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23% (130 square kilometers or 50 square miles). The country is known for its transition from third world to first world in a single generation, under the leadership of its founding father, Lee Kuan Yew.
Stamford Raffles founded colonial Singapore in 1819 as a trading post of the British East India Company. It gained independence from the U.K. in 1963 by federating with other former British territories to form Malaysia, but separated two years later over ideological differences, becoming a sovereign nation in 1965. After early years of turbulence and despite lacking natural resources and a hinterland, the nation developed rapidly as an Asian Tiger economy, based on external trade and its workforce.
There are four official languages in Singapore: English (common and first language), Malay, Mandarin Chinese, and Tamil. Almost all Singaporeans are bilingual.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore