Singapore is an island nation located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At 707.1 km² (272 sq mi), it is one of the few remaining city-states in the world and the smallest country in Southeast Asia. The population of Singapore is approximately 4.59 million.[ The Chinese form the majority of the population. English is the administrative language of the country. The British East India Company established a trading post on the island in 1819. The main settlement at that point was a Malay fishing village at the mouth of the Singapore River. Several hundred indigenous Orang Laut people also lived around the coast, rivers and smaller islands. The British used Singapore as a strategic trading post along the spice route. It became one of the most important commercial and military centres of the British Empire. When it was occupied by the Japanese during World War II, Winston Churchill called it "Britain's greatest defeat". Singapore reverted to British rule in 1945. In 1963, it merged with Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak to form Malaysia. Less than two years later it split from the federation and became an independent republic on 9 August 1965. Singapore joined the United Nations on September 21 that same year.
Economy - Since independence, Singapore's standard of living has increased. Foreign direct investment and a state-led industrialization drive based on plans drawn up by the Dutch economist Albert Winsemius have created a modern economy based on electronics manufacturing, petrochemicals, tourism and financial services alongside the traditional entrepôt trade. Singapore is the 6th wealthiest country in the world in terms of GDP per capita.The small nation has foreign exchange reserves of US$171.7353 billion. Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy, which historically revolves around extended entrepot trade. Along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan, Singapore is one of the Four Asian Tigers. The economy depends heavily on exports refining imported goods, especially in manufacturing. Manufacturing constituted 26 percent of Singapore's GDP in 2005. The manufacturing industry is well-diversified into electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, mechanical engineering and biomedical sciences manufacturing. In 2006, Singapore produced about 10 percent of the world's foundry wafer output.Singapore is the busiest port in the world in terms of tonnage shipped.Singapore is the world's fourth largest foreign exchange trading centre after London, New York City and Tokyo. Singapore has been rated as the most business-friendly economy in the world,with thousands of foreign expatriates working in multi-national corporations. The city-state also employs tens of thousands of foreign blue-collared workers around the world.
Orchard Road - supposedly got its name from the orchards and plantations that existed in the area until the turn of the 20th century. In the 1900s, a mysterious disease swept through the nutmeg plantations, wiping them out within a year. Because of its location in a valley, floods were also common. They were only controlled in 1965 when Stamford Canal - part of which runs below the pedestrian mall fronting Wisma Atria Shopping Centre today - was deepened and widened. In the 1970s, pioneering landmarks like C. K. Tangs, Plaza Singapura and the Mandarin Hotel came up and led the way for entertainment complexes. Brick by brick, and block by block, towers of glass and steel lined what used to be mud-tracks to make Orchard Road the premier shopping belt today.Orchard Road, Singapura merupakan pusat perbelanjaan yang banyak 
dikunjungi turis mancanegara termasuk dari Indonesia. Lingkungannya yang nyaman dan aman, tertib, serta pilihan produk yang banyak menjadi daya tarik tersendiri bagi para turis. Di kawasan tersebut terdapat banyak hotel berbintang lima dan pusat perbelanjaan mewah yang menawarkan produk fashion merek internasional. Memang tempat tersebut sudah tidak asing lagi bagi orang Indonesia yang mempunyai banyak uang, karena mereka sering melancong ke negeri pulau tersebut. Turis merasa nyaman dan santai berjalan kaki menelusuri pertokoan mewah itu. Rasa sejuk tidak hanya terasa di dalam ruang, juga di luar ruangan yang terdapat pohon yang rindang. Pengunjung dari Indonesia lebih banyak berdatangan ke tempat tersebut pada saat liburan.
Singapore Changi Airport - Changi Airport is a major aviation hub in Asia, particularly in the Southeast Asian region, and is the main airport in Singapore. Located in Changi on a site of 13 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi), it is about 17.2 kilometres (10.7 mi) north-east from the commercial centre. Changi Airport beberapa kali memenangkan perhargaan sebagai “the best airport in the world”. Changi adalah lambang keberhasilan pemerintah Singapura dalam menerapkan good governance. Singapore sangat serius mengelola airportnya demi kenyamanan para penumpang dari lima benua. Hampir semua perusahaan penerbangan terkemuka di dunia yang terbang melalui Asia Tenggara dipastikan transit di Changi.
dikunjungi turis mancanegara termasuk dari Indonesia. Lingkungannya yang nyaman dan aman, tertib, serta pilihan produk yang banyak menjadi daya tarik tersendiri bagi para turis. Di kawasan tersebut terdapat banyak hotel berbintang lima dan pusat perbelanjaan mewah yang menawarkan produk fashion merek internasional. Memang tempat tersebut sudah tidak asing lagi bagi orang Indonesia yang mempunyai banyak uang, karena mereka sering melancong ke negeri pulau tersebut. Turis merasa nyaman dan santai berjalan kaki menelusuri pertokoan mewah itu. Rasa sejuk tidak hanya terasa di dalam ruang, juga di luar ruangan yang terdapat pohon yang rindang. Pengunjung dari Indonesia lebih banyak berdatangan ke tempat tersebut pada saat liburan.
Singapore Changi Airport - Changi Airport is a major aviation hub in Asia, particularly in the Southeast Asian region, and is the main airport in Singapore. Located in Changi on a site of 13 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi), it is about 17.2 kilometres (10.7 mi) north-east from the commercial centre. Changi Airport beberapa kali memenangkan perhargaan sebagai “the best airport in the world”. Changi adalah lambang keberhasilan pemerintah Singapura dalam menerapkan good governance. Singapore sangat serius mengelola airportnya demi kenyamanan para penumpang dari lima benua. Hampir semua perusahaan penerbangan terkemuka di dunia yang terbang melalui Asia Tenggara dipastikan transit di Changi.Skytrax yang setiap tahun melakukan survey terhadap kepuasan penumpang membuat 10 kategori penilaian terhadap airport di dunia. Penilaian mereka terdiri dari : free duty shops, dining, security processing, bagage delivery, kebersihan, toilet, transit, leisure amenities, layanan imigrasi, dan keramahan staf. Changi di tahun 2007 menyabet dua kategori sebagai the best duty free shopping dan leisure amenities airport di dunia selain layanan imigrasi, best transit airport, best airport dining yang berada diurutan kedua. Saingan Changi di Asia adalah Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) dan yang untuk tahun 2007 ini dinobatkan oleh Skytrac sebagai yang terbaik di dunia setelah tahun sebelumnya dipegang oleh Changi yang menduduki tempat kedua bersama dengan Seoul Incheon di Korea Selatan.
