Apr.06 — Singapore Minister for Education Ong Ye Kung discusses Singapore’s new measures to combat coronavirus and its impact on the economy. He speaks exclusively on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.”
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The country’s territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet, the combined area of which has increased by 25% since the country’s independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the second greatest population density in the world. The country has almost 5.7 million residents, 61% (3.4 million) of whom are Singaporean citizens. There are four official languages of Singapore: English, Malay, Chinese, and Tamil; with English being the lingua franca.
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