Talk:Singapore

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Bad article

This article does not address the four things that make Singapore most famous, i.e. the banning of chewing gum, its liberal use of hanging and MANDATORY death penalty, its hatred of gays, and the caning of Michael Fay. They should be mentioned!

The use of PPP-adjusted per capita GDP gives an erroneous picture. Singapore ranks 5, ahead of the US and Switzerland, and many other obviously wealthier countries in Western Europe. It should be stated in non PPP-adjusted per capita GDP, which represents real wealth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.33.106.117 (talk) 14:33, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Nonsense about "self sufficiency"

"The fledgling nation had to be self-sufficient" No country in the world is self sufficient. All depend on trade with other countries - even North Korea. Singapore has become even more dependent on other countries than it was in the 1960s as its economic growth was built on foreign trade and foreign investment. This has created an economy that is remarkably underdeveloped domestically. So I think "self sufficient" is a very misleading term here.

Virtual Reality Tour of Singapore Arampan (talk) 23:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)(Aram Pan)

I'm working on a website that brings visitors on a Virtual Reality Tour of Singapore.

www.singaporevr.com [1]

There is not much VRs right now but I'm growing the collection weekly. Website was launched 20th Feb 2008

If the moderators of the Singapore Wiki find it useful, I hope that it can be added as an external link

Singapore's life expectancy

According to CIA world factbook, Singapore is currently holds the 4th position in the world with a life expectancy of 81.89 years.(Beating HK etc). That is one achievement we should be proud of.

I suggest that we include this under the 'demographics' section. Even HK, Andorra, Japan has mentioned about their long life expectancy in their webpage.

Yes. According to is, Singapore is 4th, and I guess I'll put it up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zheliel (talk • contribs) 07:04, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

5th Wealthiest Country in the World?

The article states this in the introduction paragraph: Singapore is the 5th wealthiest country in the world in terms of GDP (PPP) per capita.[6] However, the notation seems to provide no real evidence to this that I could discern, and this Wikipedia page on GDP (PPP) per capita lists Singapore somewhere in the 40s, not fifth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP) Am I missing something here?

I guess so. Vandalism is highly likely. And by the way, there already is a comment about this.

This shows the ranking of Singapore in terms of GDP per PPP. zh^eliel_{Sign here} 06:56, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Singapore is 44^th wealthiest country in terms of GDP (PPP) per capita, according to the IMF and the CIA World Factbook, and 42^nd acoording to the World Bank. zh^eliel_{Sign here} 07:01, 17 January 2009 (UTC)