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The company is a proponent of scientific management. [26] After a 2012 randomized control trial using 242 employees and sponsored by professors at Stanford University and Peking University found that employees randomly assigned to remote work for 9 months increased their output by 13.5% versus the office-based control group, and their turnover rates fell by almost 50%, the company allowed ...
Singapore's Chinatown is known as Niu che shui [b] in Mandarin, Gû-chia-chúi in Hokkien, and Ngàuh-chē-séui in Cantonese - all of which mean "bullock water-cart" - and Kreta Ayer in Malay, [c] which means "water cart". This is due to the fact that Chinatown's water supply was principally transported by animal-driven carts in the 19th century.
Singapore is the 5th most visited city in the world, and 2nd in Asia-Pacific. [4] The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 ranks Singapore 13th out of 136 countries overall, which was the third best in Asia only behind Japan (ranked 4th) and Hong Kong (ranked 11th). The report ranks Singapore's business environment, international ...
The board was first established on 1 January 1964 and was called the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (Abbreviation: STPB). [3] In that year, there were 91,000 visitors. The primary task of STPB was to coordinate the efforts of hotels, airlines and travel agents to develop the fledgling tourism industry of the country.
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Telok Ayer Street, Chinatown Telok Ayer Green, a small park with sculptures depicting the festival activities of early Chinese immigrants in Singapore. In 1822, Telok Ayer Street was the primary area set aside by Sir Stamford Raffles for the Chinese community. As the main landing site for Chinese immigrants, Telok Ayer Street become one of the ...
8world News is a department which produces news, current affairs, and info-ed programmes for two Mediacorp channels aired in Mandarin, Channels 8 and U. Prior to 2010, the news were presented in three timeslots - News 8 At One (Chinese:1點新聞), which airs daily; Singapore Today (Chinese:獅城6點半), and News 8 at 10. (Chinese:10點新聞 ...
The complex was envisioned as "a new nucleus within the whole fabric of the city core", and was designed to revitalise one of the most populated and traditional enclaves in post-independent Singapore. Being a "people's shopping centre", the complex is strategically located in one of the most populous areas in Singapore's central business district.