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THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS - IFEAT

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SINGAPOREFirst, I would like to spend a few minutes on Singapore, which is right at the centre of Southeast Asia– indeed someone said it’s a “tiny red dot”.Singapore – Geographical LocationSingapore – Population & GDPSingapore is the Jewel of Southeast Asia - it is a tiny island with a land area of 714.3 squarekilometres (ranked 193 out of 249 countries).It has a population of 5.3 million (the latest), the highest population density of 7,257 per squarekilometre and a GDP of US$266 billion (ranked 37 worldwide).The following slides show some vital statistics on Singapore. You can see that 74% of the populationare Chinese, 14% Malays, 9% Indians, 3% others.Singapore – Vital Statistics 2011Singapore – Ethnic Composition4

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