Singapore Guide: Culture

If you really want to make a new life in a country, you need to understand the people who live there. Our guide will give you useful and interesting information about culture and history, people, traditions, customs and more.

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  A Portrait of Singapore

  The country and its people(s)

   There are four main ethnic groups in Singapore; Chinese, Malay, Indian, and European. Although there are distinct areas some of these ethnic groups are known to live, the divide isn’t as apparent.

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  History

  A Brief History of Singapore

   The first known written mention of Singapore's existence is in Chinese documents written sometime in the third century AD. Here the island is described as the “island at the end” - which is thought to refer to the Malay Peninsula.

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