Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in the early 19th century. In 1965, it left the federation and became independent as the Republic of Singapore. Today, Singapore is a bustling ...

Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. When the main island was colonized by the British East India Company in 1819 it contained a fishing village sparsely populated by ...

Singapore has the fourth largest foreign exchange market in the world after London, New York and Tokyo. Click NEXT to find out 20 interesting facts about Asia's most prosperous economy ...

Here are facts about Singapore: * The island state lies at the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula, just one degree north of the equator, and has a surface area of just 700 square kilometers ...

TODAY is the National Day of Singapore, celebrating its independence from Malaysia on August 9, 1965.

After reading the excellent article by Prof. Sirimal Abeyratne, in the Sunday Times on the 7th of July, under the same heading, I thought that I should add some facts and figures to further support ...