新加坡英文介绍

Singapore

1)Location: Singapore is located in Southeast Asia, South to Indonesia and north to Malaysia, has a land area of about 710 square kilometres, making her one of the smallest countries in the world .It’s even smaller than HongKong. Although small in size, Singapore commands an enormous presence in the world today with its free trade economy and highly efficient workforce. Also, her strategic location in the region has enabled her to become a central sea port along major shipping routes.

2)Basic information: As we all know，Singapore called lion city.Because in the ancient a prince came to the island, see an animal look like a lion, so they called it the lion city.

Singapore is the world's most affluent countries in the world, and it's famous for stabilized political situation, clean-fingered and efficient government.It’s also the important financial，service and shipping centers. Singapore is one of those Southeast Asian countries who have made great economic developments in past years. It is emerging as a new great economic power of Asia. The GDP rate of Singapore helps it secure the 3rd position on the list of top 10 richest countries of the world.

3)Culture:Singapore is a nation of immigrants with diverse cultural backgrounds .Therefore,the Singapore festival is colorful because of the different nations , religions, and customs.

People: The ethnic Chinese form 73% of the Singaporean population, with the country’s original inhabitants, the Malays, comprising 13%. The Indians make up 9%, and Eurasians and Asians of different origins making up a combined 3%. Singapore is also home to many expatriates coming from countries as diverse as North America, Australia, Europe, China, Japan and India.

4）Language:

The four official languages in Singapore's constitution are English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil(淡米尔语). Although Malay is the national language, English is the common language used for business, government and medium of instruction in schools.

The presence of other languages, especially the varieties of Malay and the Chinese dialects, has obviously had an influence on the type of English that is used in Singapore. The influence is especially apparent in informal English, an English-based creole that is commonly known as Singlish.

5）Famous person：

singer：林俊杰、孙燕姿、By2、阿杜、蔡健雅、陈洁仪、黄义达movie star：立威廉、范文芳、李南星、郑秀珍。In recent years a lot of famous person joined Singapore nationality .Like 李连杰、巩俐。

If there is one word that can best capture Singapore, it is “unique”. A dynamic city rich in contrast and colour, you'll find a harmonious blend of culture, cuisine, arts and architecture here.