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Singapore has roughly 80 species of mammals (out of 11 different orders) including 45 species of bats and three species of non-human primates. [9] Currently, the only introduced non-domestic mammal species in Singapore is the variable squirrel. [10] The abundance of bats however has been decreasing rapidly due to habitat loss of over 95%. [11]
Singapore's indigenous culture originates primarily from the Austronesian people that arrived from the island of Taiwan, settling between 1500 and 1000 BCE.It was then influenced during the Middle Ages primarily by multiple Chinese dynasties such as the Ming and Qing, as well as by other Asian countries such as the Majapahit Empire, Tokugawa shogunate, and the Ryukyu Kingdom.
A bumper sticker on a taxi in Singapore celebrating "SG50", the 50th anniversary of Singapore's independence. The sticker bears the slogans "MY LITTLE RED DOT" and "MY HOME". The term "little red dot" has come to be used by both Singaporean politicians and ordinary citizens with pride and with a sense of the nation's success despite its ...
Prior to the establishment of Singapore Zoo, there were other short-lived zoos in Singapore's history, including the first recorded zoo founded in the early 1870s at the present-day Singapore Botanic Gardens, [7] a zoo opened in the 1920s in Ponggol (present-day Punggol) by animal trader William Lawrence Soma Basapa and two zoos run by two brothers by the surname of Chan during the 1960s.
It is a major aviation, financial, and maritime shipping hub and has consistently been ranked as one of the most expensive cities to live in for expatriates and foreign workers. Singapore ranks highly in key social indicators: education, healthcare, quality of life, personal safety, infrastructure, and housing, with a home-ownership rate of 88 ...
In March of 2009, Singaporean newspaper outlet TODAY covered three students from Singapore Management University (SMU) held a funeral for Singa. A Mr V Kumar, alongside two other friends, gave a eulogy 'mourning the death of kindness in Singapore and called on Singaporeans to remember Singa and what he stood for'. [ 8 ]
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Plans for a children's garden in the Singapore Botanic Gardens were first announced in 2005. [2] The garden opened on 1 October 2007, becoming the first children's garden in Asia, costing $7 million to construct. [3] Following the 2ha expansion in 2017, the garden became the largest children's garden in Asia. [4] [5]