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Singapore Strait. / 01.22; 103.92. The Singapore Strait is a 113 km-long (70 mi), 19 km-wide (12 mi) [ 2] strait between the Strait of Malacca in the west and the South China Sea in the east. Singapore is on the north of the channel, and the Indonesian Riau Islands are on the south. The two countries share a maritime border along the strait.
The paper was founded as The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce on 15 July 1845. [11] [12] The Straits Times was launched as an eight-page weekly, published at 7 Commercial Square using a hand-operated press. The subscription fee then was Sp.$1.75 per month.
The Straits Times Index ( abbreviation: STI) is a capitalisation-weighted measurement stock market index that is regarded as the benchmark index for the stock market in Singapore. It tracks the performance of the top 30 companies that are listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The STI is jointly calculated by the SGX, the SPH Media Trust and ...
The Straits Trading Company Limited is a Singapore-based corporation with operations in Singapore and Malaysia, as well as various localities in Asia and Australia.. Founded in 1887, the company was the result of a partnership for tin smelting between James Sword, a Scottish businessman, and Herman Muhlinghaus, a German entrepreneur; the Straits Trading Company was later incorporated in ...
Strait of Belle Isle – between Newfoundland and mainland Canada. Bering Strait – between Asia and North America. Boca Chica Pass – an historical strait between the Gulf of Mexico and the South Bay of the Laguna Madre. Bohai Strait – between Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea. Bohol Strait – a.k.a. Cebu Strait.
Revenue. From the nineteenth century Singapore used revenues of the Straits Settlements. In 1948, the first revenue stamps exclusively for use in Singapore were issued. Three values were issued - $25, $50 and $100 - and the stamps portrayed King George VI. The $25 and $100 were reprinted in 1951 and 1953 respectively using a different perforation.
List of former Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurants and hawker stalls in Singapore. 328 Katong Laksa. Alaturka, Bussorah Street. Alexandra Village Claypot Laksa, Alexandra Village Food Centre. Hoo Kee Bak Chang. JB Ah Meng Restaurant. Kok Sen Restaurant, Keong Saik Road. Liang Zhao Ji Duck Rice, Whampoa Makan Place.
Straits dollar. One Straits one dollar banknote from 1935. One Straits one cent coin from 1920. The Straits dollar was the currency of the Straits Settlements from 1898 until 1939. [1] At the same time, it was also used in the Federated Malay States, the Unfederated Malay States, Kingdom of Sarawak, Brunei, and British North Borneo .