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Language
Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English.
Religion
Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam,
Christianity, and Taoism.
Singapore is an entrepot for Malaysia,
Sumatra Island and other Southeast Asian
nations. The chief exports are rubber and
tin. The major industries are tin smelting,
rubber, lumber shipbuilding, oil refining,
chemical products, food, tourism, and
banking. Most of the food is imported and
only about 1.7 % of the total land is used
for farming.
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) graduated Singapore to
the status of a 'developed country' on 1st
January 1996. In May 1997 IMF added the four
Asian Tigers-Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan
and South Korea, to the industrialized
countries.
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