The British were too complacent and over-confident. They underestimated the Japanese in many aspects. This mentality would eventually lead to their defeat‚ even though they outnumbered the Japanese greatly‚ as they had many weaknesses‚ which the Japanese were quick to exploit. These weaknesses will be described in detail in the following paragraphs. Firstly‚ British complacency and their gross underestimation of Japanese troops resulted in their lack of preparation for a land assault‚ as they assumed
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Discuss the above statement. Section B 3. Discuss the relative significance of cultural‚ economic and political factors that influence the development of sustainability reporting. 4. Shir Pte Limited is a family-owned manufacturing company in Singapore. Its recent corporate strategy is to achieve corporate sustainability. Critically discuss some key issues faced by Shir in developing its sustainability programme. Section C 5. Corporate governance has been developed with different approaches
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Singapore‚ a past British colony that became independent in 1960s‚ are very similar to Hong Kong in several aspects: 1. They have a shared history of colonial pasts; with British rule extending up to hundred years‚ setting the foundation of their political systems. Both Singapore and Hong Kong inherited British democracy and integrated it with the society. 2. They’re both global financial centers and used to be Asian tiger economies. With similar size of the economy‚ two cities perched at the top
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GDP deflator (gross domestic product deflator) is a way for measuring the changes in the average of prices of all goods and services that constitute GDP (gross domestic product). As shown in the graph above‚ in year 2007‚ the inflation rate of Singapore higher than United Kingdom. It is because the Singapore’s electronic road pricing (ERP) rates are already raised for not only 2nd times but 3rd times in the year. In Addition‚ it also due to wages of employees increased‚ this causes the increasing
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food company‚ Singapore Food Industries‚ was established in 1973. It was listed Singapore Exchange Mainboard since 22nd of November‚ 1999 and comprises 8 percent of the Food & Beverage market share. It is the parent company of United Kingdom‚ China and Australia. Singapore Food Industries has achieved various awards such as SME Partner Award‚ eDistributor award and 2003 Securities Investors Association (Singapore) Most Transparent Company Award (Manufacturing). Business Singapore Food Industries
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Content Page INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Case study of IKEA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 - 6 * Introduction of Company SWOT ANALYSIS of IKEA ------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 - 8 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS (GENERAL ENVIRONMENT - PESTEL) ----------------- 9 - 10 * Explanation of General Environment * Political Forces * Economic Conditions * Socio-cultural
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Threat of Substitutes ………………………………………. page 12 2.3.4 Suppliers ……………………………………………………..page 12 2.3.5 Buyer Power …………………………………………. ……..page 13 Chapter 3: 3.1.0 Internal environment 3.1.1 Share structure of Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore .page 14 3.1.2 The financial structure ………………………………………...page 14 3.1.3. Management Structure ………………………………………..page 14 3.1.4. Organizational Structure ……………………………………...page 14-15 3.1.5. The human resource structure ………………………………..page 16-17
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Pursue Economic Growth while mitigating income inequality I feel that … Singapore is significantly at a crossroad‚ in terms of our society‚ in terms of our demographic‚ in terms of our economic. Unfortunately our forth in economic growth in the last odd years has meant that many many people have left behind. & I think that’s one aspect that we haven’t been able to tackle effectively. Singapore Gini Coefficient 2nd highest in the world amongst developed countries Stark contrast between
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TESTING AND SPECIFICATION OF DRYMIX MORTAR IN SINGAPORE ABSTRACT Singapore is a small island country‚ but has won renown as uncorrupted government and high quality products. Independent testing and inspection played a very important role for this achievement. The Housing and Development Board (HDB) is the sole public authority in Singapore and was set up as a statutory on 1 February 1960. Within 45 years‚ it built more than 700‚000 flats housing approximately 86% of the population. Every
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Abstract The Digital Repository of Nanyang Technological University (DR-NTU) has adopted a taxonomy with the intention of facilitate the search and retrieval of information. In addition‚ the goal of the taxonomy is to provide value to the repository and provide a good interface for the users‚ allowing a soft navigation through their collections. In the present paper we provide an overview of the main characteristics of the current taxonomy and we assess whether the taxonomy fulfil its goal or
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