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Gave some background of food and tradition in singapore
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Singapore food
1. Rice and chicken
This dish is just chicken and rice. It is called a national dish. Sometimes the chicken is steamed. Sometimes people use soy sauce.
The next dish is 2. Char kway teow
This is Flat rice noodles stir-fried with lard (for best flavor), dark and light soy sauce, chilli, de-shelled cockles, sliced Chinese sausage, bean sprouts,
There are more foods such as
Chili crab
Bak kut teh
Sambal stingray
Fried Hokkien mee
Rojak
Bak kwa
Economy rice
Kway chap
There are many more
Singapore religions
Singapore has many religions. In fact it is one of the most diverse religious countries. The 3 main religions in this country are according to a 2014 count
Buddhism,Islam,Christianity and Taoism.
Most of the Christians in Singapore are Chinese Christians. These are the main ones but there are others also such as Taoism. In Singapore 33 percent of the population are Bhuddists. Christians make up 18.8 percent of the Singaporean population. Islam is 14 percent. Taoism and folk religion are 11 percent Hinduism is 5 percent other religions are 0.7 percent such as Sikhism,Judaism,Jainism . Non religious people make up 18.4 percent. The Chinese Muslims in Singapore are 11,176 in number.Malay Muslims make up 497318 people of the whole population. Muslims from India are75541.Other Muslims are 11,569. Chinese Muslims make up 0.4 percent of the chinese in Singapore.Malays are 98.7 Muslims in the Malay Singapore population.
Indians are 21.7 percent others have 9.2 percent.
Singapore languages
In Singapore they speak many languages,but there are 5 official languages.
These languages are English,Tamil,Malay Mandarin Chinese and standard Mandarin.
. MandarinChinese and standard Mandarin are different because they are spokenby different people. Standard Mandarin is spoken by Chinese and Taiwanese people.
Chinese Mandarin is spoken only by Chinese people.English is the main language though. It is used for instructions at school. It is used in their education system.
They use British spelling there. English is used in their Government also.
Singapore population and people
The population in Singapore is 5.399 million this was a census taken taken in 2013.
It has been increasing a lot. In 2012 the population was 5.312 million
2011 5.184 million
2010 5.077 million
2009 4.988 million
2008 4.839 million
2007 4.589 million
2006 4.401 million
2005 4.266 million
2004 4.167 million
2003 4.115 million
2002 4.167 million
2001 4.138 million
2000 4.028 million
Traditions
Singaporeans have many western traditions. In many cultures it is rude to point with the foot even when the object is on the floor. is widely accepted as polite to address people older than oneself as “uncle” or “aunty” even if you don’t know them.
They celebrate National day, Good Friday, Deepavali, Hari Raya Puasa, and Vesak Day. On top of the religious public holidays in Singapore.
'''Singapore''' (Malay: ''Singa'' (lion) + ''pura'' (city)) is a city-state and parliamentary republic situated on a group of islands at the southern tip of the Malay peninsula. Its land area is 712 square kilometers. Singapore declared independence from [[Britain]] on 31 August 1963 and became a sovereign, independent nation on August 9, 1965.
'''Singapore''' (Malay: ''Singa'' (lion) + ''pura'' (city)) is a city-state and parliamentary republic situated on a group of islands at the southern tip of the Malay peninsula. Its land area is 712 square kilometers. Singapore declared independence from [[Britain]] on 31 August 1963 and became a sovereign, independent nation on August 9, 1965.