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The English name Singapore comes from the Malay name Singapura which is believed to have been derived from Sanskrit meaning "Lion City". [2] [3] Singa comes from the Sanskrit word siṃha (सिंह), which means "lion", and pūra means "city" in Sanskrit and is a common suffix in many Indian place names. [4]
In 1977, SATS opened an airfreight terminal at Paya Lebar Airport capable of handling 160,000 tonnes of cargo a year.. In 1980, SATS made the move to Singapore's new Changi Airport after investing S$147 million in a new headquarters building, a new inflight catering centre, which at that time was the largest single-building inflight kitchen in the world, and two new airfreight terminals.
This is a list of Singaporeans, people who are identified with Singapore through residential, legal, historical, or cultural means, sorted by surnames/family names. Please do not add entries that have no articles written about them.
According to a study conducted by The Straits Times and Statista, the 2019 funding round and business growth have made Grain fifth among Singapore's fastest-growing companies. [ 9 ] In 2020, Grain was on the list of LinkedIn Top Startups 2020 reveals 10 young companies that are emerging, or have remained resilient, amid the time of Covid-19.
Gardenia Foods (S) Pte Ltd. (also known as Gardenia Bakeries or Gardenia) is a Singaporean baked-goods company with presence in Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. [1] It is listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) via its parent company, QAF Limited, which also owns Bonjour Bakery, and are headquartered at the Chinatown ...
Qoo10 was founded as a subsidiary of Qoo10 Pte. Ltd., in 2010 by Giosis Pte. Ltd., [4] a joint venture between Gmarket founder Ku Young Bae and eBay. [5] Gmarket was founded in South Korea in 2000 as a subsidiary of Interpark. In December 2007, Gmarket was established in Japan [citation needed]. Gmarket was next established in Singapore in ...
Since joining the royal family, Catherine, Princess of Wales has been turning heads with her sense of style, from bold power suits to polka-dot dresses. But what many don’t know is that the 41 ...
Former building of Eu Yan Sang's flagship store at 271 South Bridge Road, Singapore. Eu Yan Sang (Chinese: 余仁生; pinyin: Yú Rén Shēng) is a company that specialises in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It currently runs 170 retail outlets in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Macau, plus four factories in Hong Kong and Malaysia. The ...