Welcome to Singapore
Photo by Joshua Ang By Glenn van Zutphen
Landing at Changi Airport and driving into town on the clean, tree-lined expressway, you’ve likely realized that you’re in a very unusual, global city. Just 30 minutes (or less!) from the hyper-efficient air hub are the gleaming business and tourism districts. Welcome to the dynamic, modern, and ever-evolving city-state that you have made the bold step to call home. This is Singapore, where the never-ending growth and change is awesome. Starting some 800 years ago with the Kings and Sultans of Malaya, to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles’ “British invasion” in 1819, to the modern, independent, business-friendly country, where rule of law and multi-culturalism are blending the past with a dynamic future in this high-tech, sophisticated metropolis.
Global Ranking
And it has seen some truly spectacular success. If you’re wondering how unique Singapore is, global surveys by banks, think tanks, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) consistently say the same thing: Singapore is the best. It often tops lists for personal safety, where 94% of Singaporeans feel safe walking alone at night, compared with the global average of 68%. It is tops in education, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)'s ranking of school performance across 76 countries. It’s consistently cited as one of the top places for expats to live and work; expats here earn an average salary of S$224,000 (US$162,000). Singapore is a business hub and the most change-ready country. You can find The Little Red Dot the fastest fixed broadband speed in the world The “Little Red Dot” or “The Red Dot,” as here, as well as 100% broadband connectivity, Singapore is affectionately known, has come so you’ll never have any trouble with your a long way since the days of clipper ships, with Netflix and Chill evenings! pirates plotting just out of sight in the nearby Riau Islands. It has been a stopping-off point for travelers and traders over many centuries. 30 LIVING IN SINGAPORE
