Jul.13 — Finian Tan, chairman of Singapore’s Vickers Venture Partners, talks about the outcome of country’s election, the need for making the island-state a more innovative place, and the companies he’s investing in. Tan, who made his name investing early in Chinese search giant Baidu Inc., speaks with Haslinda Amin and Rishaad Salamat on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.”
In This Story: Singapore
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.