MANILA TO SINGAPORE

The distance from Singapore to Manila is 2396 kilometers or 1489 miles only.A typical flight between Singapore, and Manila would have a flying time of about 2 hours 59 minutes. This assumes an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/hr or 434 knots.

SINGAPORE CHANGI AIRPORT

Singapore Government

Singapore is a sovereign republic, with a legal system based on the English common law.

The Constitution lays down the fundamental principles and basic framework for the three organs of state, namely, the Executive, the

Legislative and the Judiciary.

The Prime Minister of Singapore is appointed by the President of Singapore

The President, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, also appoints other

Ministers from among the Members of Parliament.

The Prime Minister is the effective head of the executive branch of government.

He chairs the Cabinet, which is the central decision-making body of the executive

government.

It is an organ of state and central to Singapore's system of government.

Voice and accountability captures perceptions of the extent to which a country's citizens are able to participate in selecting their government, as well as freedom of expression, freedom of association, and a free media.

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2010 46.92009 47.42008 44.72007 44.72006 44.72005 48.62004 50.52003 51.42002 52.42000 54.81998 60.61996 56.7

Political stability and absence of violence measures the perceptions of the likelihood that the government will be destabilized or overthrown by unconstitutional or violent means, including domestic violence and terrorism

2010 89.62009 902008 96.22007 89.42006 92.82005 84.62004 84.62003 73.62002 87.52000 79.81998 73.11996 85.6

2010 6.62009 7.62008 8.72007 8.72006 8.22005 12.52004 5.82003 7.22002 19.22000 9.11998 32.21996 30.8

Government effectiveness captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government's commitment to such policies.

2010 1002009 99.52008 1002007 99.52006 992005 98.52004 96.12003 96.62002 93.22000 99.51998 1001996 100

2010 51.72009 50.72008 55.32007 56.32006 53.22005 53.72004 49.32003 55.62002 53.22000 51.71998 57.61996 50.2

Regulatory quality captures perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development.

2010 98.62009 98.62008 992007 98.12006 982005 99.52004 99.52003 98.52002 1002000 99.51998 1001996 100

2010 442009 49.82008 52.42007 51.52006 50.52005 51.52004 45.62003 52.52002 50.52000 56.91998 62.71996 59.8

Rule of law captures perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence.

2010 93.42009 91.92008 92.82007 92.32006 92.82005 95.72004 94.72003 93.82002 90.42000 87.61998 89.51996 88.5

2010 34.62009 362008 35.12007 37.32006 43.52005 41.62004 32.12003 34.42002 37.32000 37.31998 551996 52.6

Control of corruption captures perceptions of the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as "capture" of the state by elites and private interests.

2010 98.62009 98.62008 98.52007 98.12006 982005 982004 98.52003 982002 98.52000 96.61998 96.11996 96.6

2010 22.52009 23.92008 27.22007 27.22006 222005 35.62004 31.22003 392002 392000 39.51998 54.61996 50.7

GOVERNMENT’S ROLE IN SINGAPORE’S BUSINESSES

In Singapore, the state has taken on the role of promoter and practitioner of Corporate Social Responsibility, a logical

development in view of the dominant role of the government in the local economy.

The Economic Development Board Act exists to stimulate the growth, expansion and development of Singapore’s

economy.

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