Governemnt&politics
The government in Singapore is also called the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, which this term omly refers to the executive branch in Singapore. however, actually Singapore follows the three traditional branches of government, which includes the Executive branch, legislative branch and judiciary branch. President is the head of state of the country which is directly elected by eligible voters. The executive branch includes the Cabinet, which is responsible for the general election of the government and accountable to the parliament. The legislature only contains the parliament, and is responsible of making laws and legislations. The judiciary function is to independently administer the justice and it is safeguarded by the Constitution. The separation of power can prevent the abuse of power and also the three branches can act as check and balance against each other. In Singapore, there are five Coummunity development council, which each council has not less than 150,000 residents. The five CDCs includes The Central Singapore community, North west community, North east community, South west community and South east community.
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voting system&Election
There are two elections in Singapore, which is the presidential election and parliamentary election. There are 2 types of electoral divisions in Singapore and they are the Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) and Single Member Constituencies (SMCs). There is one register for each electoral division, which electoral division refers to area within Singapore demarcated for the purposes of elections. To be a eligible voter in Singapore, the person needs to fulfill the following requirements:
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Economy
Singapore has a free economy market and a highly developed trade-oriented market economy, which the Economic Freedom Score is 87.8 in 2014. It is ranked the 2nd among all countries in the world and also the 2nd in the Asia-Pacific region. Singapore is also known as the most-open in the world, 7th least corrupt and most-professional-business. The GDP per capita in Singapore wasUS$53,604 in 2015, which is ranked the 3rd highest in the world. It experienced a increased from $53,319 in 2014 and indicates that the economic situation in Singapore had a positive growth. Since 2011, the unemployment rate keeps at about 1.9 to2.0, which is relatively Low when comparing to other countries. Main industries in Singapore includes financial services, electronics and chemicals. In addition, Singapore's main export partners includes Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and Indonesia.
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