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Singapore Pools (Private) Limited is a state-owned lottery subsidiary company in Singapore. As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tote Board, it is the only operator ...
Night markets are commonly known as Pasar Malam by the locals, which literally means night market, "pasar" being related to "bazaar" in Persian or also the meaning "market" in Malay/Indonesian, and "malam" meaning "night". A pasar malam is a street market in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore that opens in the evening, usually in residential ...
Toto (est. in 1968 and stylised as TOTO) is a legalised form of lottery sold in Singapore, known by different names elsewhere. It is held by Singapore Pools, the only legal lottery operator in Singapore. As of April 2015, it was the second most popular type of gambling activity after 4-Digits. [2]
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is the seventh-largest in the world, with a market capitalisation of HK$30.4 trillion (US$3.87 trillion) as of December 2018. [225] Hong Kong is ranked as the 18th most innovative territory in the Global Innovation Index in 2024, [ 226 ] and 3rd in the Global Financial Centres Index . [ 227 ]
Pasar malam is a Malay word that literally means "night market" (the word pasar comes from bazaar in Persian [1] [2]). A pasar malam is a street market in Indonesia , Malaysia , Brunei and Singapore that opens in the evening, usually in residential neighbourhoods. [ 3 ]
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]
Lyndhurst Terrace and the surrounding area were the location of some of the earliest brothels established in Hong Kong, [14] in the mid-19th century. The Cantonese name of the street, 擺花 (pai fa) literally means "flower arrangement", possibly because of presence of numerous stalls in the area in the mid-19th century, selling flowers [15] to the customers of the nearby brothels. [16]
Hongkong Chinese Limited is a Bermuda-incorporated Hong Kong listed company. It was the holding company of Hongkong Chinese Bank , which was sold in 2002. The listed company now engaged in real estate development in China and had properties in Singapore.