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See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes. British Virgin Islands – See Virgin Islands (British) . Burma – See Myanmar . Cape Verde – See Cabo Verde . Caribbean Netherlands – See Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba . China, The Republic of – See Taiwan (Province of China) . Democratic People's Republic of Korea – See Korea ...
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ISO 3166-1 ( Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It is the first part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization .
Crescent and stars in a red field on the top left, with the remaining 3/4 of the flag in yellow, and the emblem of the Singapore Armed Forces on the lower right. 1990 –. Service flag of the Republic of Singapore Air Force. Crescent and stars in a red field on the top left, with the remaining 3/4 of the flag in blue, and the Lion Head symbol ...
The most followed religion in Singapore is Buddhism, a plurality with 31.1% of the resident population declaring themselves as adherents at the most recent decennial census in 2020. A large number of Buddhists in Singapore are Chinese, with 40.4% of the ethnic Chinese population in Singapore declaring themselves to be one.
The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Singapore have evolved over the decades. Same-sex sexual activity is legal for both males and females; for men it was officially legalised in 2022 after being de facto decriminalised since 2007, and for women it was always legal. Prior to 2022, same-sex sexual activity ...
Singapore investigators examining flight SQ321 that was hit by severe turbulence have obtained data from the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, Singapore Transport Minister Chee Hong ...
The Raytheon Company was founded in 1922 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Laurence K. Marshall, Vannevar Bush, and Charles G. Smith as the American Appliance Company. [13] Its focus, which was originally on new refrigeration technology, soon shifted to electronics. The company's first product was a gaseous ( helium) rectifier that was based on ...
Race in Singapore. The concept of race or ethnicity in contemporary Singapore emerged from the attitudes of the colonial authorities towards race and ethnicity. Before the early 2000s, the four major races in Singapore were the Chinese, Malays, Indians and Eurasians. Today, the Chinese-Malay-Indian-Others (CMIO) model is the dominant organising ...
Six Battery Road, formerly the Standard Chartered Bank Building, is a high-rise skyscraper located in the central business district of Singapore. It is located at 6 Battery Road, in Raffles Place. The tower is located adjacent to the Bank of China Building [5] and faces the Singapore River . It is a class-A office building and houses the ...