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Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born on 18 July 1950 [12] [13] in Blackheath, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, the son of Edward James Branson (1918–2011), a barrister, and his wife Evette Huntley Branson (née Flindt; 1924–2021), a former ballet dancer and air hostess.
Est. total population ('000) 5,917.6. Crime rates in Singapore are some of the lowest in the world, with petty crimes such as pickpocketing and street theft rarely occurring, and violent crime being extremely rare. [ 1] Penalties for drug offences such as trafficking in Singapore are severe, and include the death penalty.
Around 27% felt the same way about same-sex marriage (up from 15% in 2013) and 30% did so about same-sex couples adopting a child (up from 24% in 2013). [75] [76] A 2019 poll conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies found that opposition to same-sex marriage in Singapore had fallen to 60%, down from 74% in 2013. The poll also found that ...
Demographics of Singapore. As of June 2023, the population of Singapore stands at 5.92 million. [ 2] Of these 5.92 million people, 4.15 million are residents, consisting of 3.61 million citizens and 540,000 permanent residents (PRs). The remaining 1.77 million people living in Singapore are classed as non-residents, a group consisting mainly of ...
Research. v. t. e. Promotional merchandise are products branded with a logo or slogan and distributed at little or no cost to promote a brand, corporate identity, or event. Such products, which are often informally called promo products, swag[ 1] ( mass nouns ), tchotchkes, or freebies ( count nouns ), are used in marketing and sales.
The tower is located adjacent to the Bank of China Building [5] and faces the Singapore River. It is a class-A office building and houses the offices of several multi-national companies. [citation needed] The development had a net floor area of 46,060 m 2 (495,800 sq ft), as of 30 June 2007, [6] and has direct access to Raffles Place MRT station.
Goods and Services Tax ( GST) in Singapore is a value added tax (VAT) of 9% levied on import of goods, as well as most supplies of goods and services. Exemptions are given for the sales and leases of residential properties, importation and local supply of investment precious metals and most financial services. [ 1]
The numbers began to increase greatly from 1980 to 2010. Foreigners constituted 28.1% of Singapore's total labour force in 2000, to 34.7% in 2010, [17] which is the highest proportion of foreign workers in Asia. Singapore's non-resident workforce increased 170% from 248,000 in 1990 to 670,000 in 2006 (Yeoh 2007).