Singapore have a interesting history.Some People Said That A Prince From Indonesia Landed on this Beautiful Island.He Saw a Lion and Named this Place as Singapore which English Meaning is Lion.Sultan Sikandar Shah or Parameswara was the Last King of Singapore.Some People said that He was Muslim and some People Said That He Was Hindu.For a Short Time Singapore was under Control of Thailand.IN 16th Century Singapore was a Small Port will Very Less Population.The Netherlands get the Control of Singapore and defeat Portuguese.At That Time British has Limited Presence in the Singapore Port.IN 1818 British Appointed Sir Stamford Raffles as Lieutenant General in Sumatra Indonesia.He Was very Keen to get the control of Singapore from Netherlands.Stamford Raffles come to Singapore in 1819.Raffles See the Whole Area of Singapore and He Know That This Place will be very Useful in Future.At That Time Many People Battle to Become Sultan of Johor Empire.The Sultan Died and his Sons Quarrel over Succession.At That Time Stamford Raffles Supports Older Brother Hussein and Recognize him as Sultan.Raffles made a Deal with Sultan.The British Establish New Trading Post in Singapore.IN 1867 Singapore was Directly Under the Commands of British Government and East India Company limited to Sub-Continent.IN Short Singapore Become the British Colony.Modern Age Starts from British Rule as British Build Many Buildings such as Victoria Theater and Concert Hall.World War 1 did not Affect the Singapore.After World War 1 British Government Build a Naval Base in Singapore and Lieutenant General William George Shedden Dobbie was Appointed as Governor of Singapore to Defend Singapore from External Aggression.IN 1942 Japan Conquered Malaysia.On 15 February 1942 British Fail to Defend Singapore in World War 2 and Japan Conquered Singapore.At That Time Thousand of Chinese Singaporean Were Executed.After Losing Two Cities by Atom Bomb Japan Surrender on August 1945 and on 5 September 1945 British Again Occupied Singapore.The Image of British Government was Shattered in the eyes of Singaporean People because British Government Fail to Defend Singapore.After the world war 2 Singaporean People get Political Awakening and then Anti Colonial Sentiment rise in Singapore.IN 1947 British Realized the Situation and Established Legislative and Executive Council in Singapore.The First Singaporean Legislative Council Election was held in 1948.This was a Weak Legislative Council in which British have so much Powers.Second Legislative Council Election was held in 1951 in which British Proposed Limited Self Government for Singapore but Still British have the strong hold on Singapore as British Retain the Power of Internal and External Security of Singapore and British also have the Veto Power in Singapore.IN 1958 State of Singapore Act was Passed by British Government.After That Singaporean People Think That Their Future Will be Bright with Malaysia.ON 9 July 1963 Malaysia,Singapore and North Borneo Signed the Malaysia Agreement and All Three States Live Together Under One Umbrella but with Passage of Time The Differences Arose between the Three States.ON 9 August 1965 The Parliament of Malaysia Passed a Constitutional Amendment in Which Singapore was Allowed to Separate from Malaysia.Later on Singapore Parliament Passed the Republic of Singapore Independence Act.Singapore Joined UN on 21 September 1965 and also Join Common Wealth in October.British Army Troops Remained in Singapore till 1971.Now Singapore have 5.6 Million Population.
The Singaporean General Elections were held on 11 September 2015.Nine Political Parties Take Part in Singapore General Elections.A Close Contest was Expected for 89 Seats of Singapore Legislative Assembly Between Peoples Action Party of Singapore (PAP) and Workers Party of Singapore (WP).The Peoples Action Party (PAP) was run by Lee Hsien Loong and Workers Party of Singapore was run by Low Thia Khiang.Every Party Work Hard to win this Elections but Due to Their Welfare Work for Public with Clean Hands Peoples Action Party (PAP) Again Won the 2015 General Elections by Securing 83 Seats out of 89 Seats of Legislative Assembly of Singapore.Workers Party of Singapore Secure only 6 Seats of Legislative Assembly of Singapore.The Voters Turnout in General Elections of Singapore was 93.5%.Workers Party and Other Political Parties Accept Their Defeat in General Election of Singapore.After That People Action Party (PAP) Leader Lee Hsien Loong become Prime Minister of Singapore.The 4th Singaporean Presidential Election were held on 27 August 2011.The Presidential Election were held on nonpartisan Basis.The Most Interesting Thing in Presidential Elections was that on Every Ballot Paper Carry Photograph of Presidential Candidates so that People can Easily Recognize and Elect Their Candidate.Another Facility is Provided to the Voters in Presidential Elections was That Voters can Print out Their Polling Cards from Election Department Website.There was a Close Contest between Two Presidential Candidates Tony Tan Keng Yam and Tan Cheng Bock.The Voters Turnout in Presidential Election was 94.8%.IN Which Tony Tan Keng Yam Win with 35.2% Votes as his Rival Candidate Tan Cheng Bock gets 34.85% Votes while Another Candidate Tan Jee Say gets 25.4% Votes.Tony Tan Keng Yam gets 1296 Overseas Votes out of 3375 Overseas Voters.After That Tony Tan Keng Yam become President of Singapore in 2011.IN Singapore President Hold his Office for a Term of Six Year.
Pakistan and Singapore have Strong Friendly Relations.Pakistan and Singapore Established Diplomatic Relations on 17 August 1966.Pakistan Always Considers Singapore as a Sincere Friend of Pakistan.Singapore Always Come to Help Pakistan in Time of Need.Singapore Provide Humanitarian help to East Pakistan in 1970 When a Cyclone hit East Pakistan.Singapore Armed Forces Send Medical Team to East Pakistan to Provide Medical Treatment and also Provide Food and other Relief Items to East Pakistan.IN 2010 Flood Singapore Provide 100,000 US $ Aid to Pakistan.IN 2005 Earthquake Singapore Again Come to help Pakistan and Provide Every Possible help to the Earthquake Victims.Singapore and Pakistan have Strong Economics Relations and Singapore is an Important Key Partner of Pakistan.The Trade Volume between two Countries Reached 2.5 Billion US $.Singapore Exports to Pakistan are 2.1 Billion US $ and Pakistan Exports to Singapore are 228 Millions US $.Singapore was also a largest Investor in Pakistan.Pakistani Companies are Also Investing in Singapore as PIA and HBL have Branches in Singapore.
Singapore Tourism Industry is one of the Finest Industry in whole Asia.It is the Result of hard working and determination to their Work That Now Singapore Reach at This Position.Pakistan can Learn a lot from Singapore Tourism Board to Enhance and Increase Their Tourism Industry.Singapore is now known as Paradise for Tourist and it become hot destination for Tourist.There are so many beautiful Places in Singapore which Automatically Attract Tourist Such as Singapore Flyer it is the World Largest Giant Observation Wheel,Bay East Gardens It is The World Most Natural Gardens.Chinatown is also another Famous Tourist Place and Then Arab Street is also have an Eye Catching View for Tourist.Orchard Road also Attracts Tourist for Shopping.IN The End Singapore Achieved All of This with Strong Will,Determination,Hard Work,Honesty and by Finishing Corruption.Singapore Really Deserve the Title of Lion of Asia.Long Live Pakistan Singapore Friendship.
BY: A Man of good time
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