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13: An everyday scene of humble bumboats moored outside basic shophouses along Clarke Quay in this photo taken in 1980


14: A lick of paint and neon lights are among the modern improvements to the restaurants and pubs of Clarke Quay in 2015


15: The Malaysian Grand Prix in March 1964 was in fact held in modern-day Singapore on the Thomson Road Circuit


16: The Singapore F1 Grand Prix is now a spectacular night race on the Marina Bay street circuit showcasing the city's finest assets

SINGAPORE: 'LION CITY'
Singapore's name as we know it in English comes from the Malay word, Singapura, which literally translated from Sanscrit means 'Lion City'. Sang Nila Utama, the founder who named its Singapura, most likely saw a Malayan tiger as lions likely never lived on the island.
This hasn't stopped the city-state being known as the 'Lion City' or one of its most recognisable landmarks, the Merlion statue, being a lion with a mermaid tail.
The statue originally sat in the mouth of the Singapore river but was relocated in 2002 because new developments in the area obscured the view of the statue. It was moved 120m to its current position so it could be visible from the waterfront.

9: The lights of bumboats glisten in front of the increasingly prominent cityscape in Marina Bay in this photo taken in 2004

10 The same location in 2015 with the lights of the rising number of high rises shining and the modern traffic speeding by



11: Looking away from the city, a car travels towards Malaysia's Johor Bahru on the Woodlands causeway in the 1950s

12 Johor Bahru's growth has been modest since, in comparison to Singapore, in this photo of the same landscape in May 2015

5: Labourers gather on Read Bridge next to Singapore River in in 1960, five years before the nation's independence from Malaysian


6: That same location as it now appears, with shopping centres and live music entertaining workers and tourists along the thoroughfare


7: Contestants in Miss Universe 1987 pose next to the Merlion statue, a tourist landmark, at the mouth of the Singapore River


8: A tourist takes a selfie in front of the Merlion statue as the Lion-fish hybrid sprays water into the river with the risen skyline behind it

Swampland to skyscrapers... amazing before and after images show Singapore's transformation into a high-rise metropolis
Singapore is celebrating 50 years of independence since it separated from Malaysia on August 9, 1965
The tiny island nation, less than half the size of London, is now one of the world's top financial hubs
While celebrations are being held all year, an official holiday has been declared for August 7 to 10
Once it was a city with hundreds of tiny boats, known as bumboats, crowding areas of the Singapore river in areas such as Clarke Quay in the city centre delivering goods to residents and moored vessels.
Today, such boats are far less in number and largely lit with neon lights for the amusement of tourists - the large yachts of the country's well-heeled are attractions in their own right - and the likes of Clarke Quay are boosted by popular restaurants and pubs.
While maritime trade remains the city's backbone decades of meteoric growth has made Singapore one of the most densely populated nations and a thriving global financial base - the fourth largest in the world - for many large companies.
In a stark illustration of how far it's come globally, a shot from the 1964 Malaysian Grand Prix (held on Singapore's Thomson Road Circuit) comes in contrast to today's Singapore Grand Prix, held at night on the Marina Bay street circuit.
Singapore, with a population of about 5.5million people, now boasts the third highest GDP per capita in the world and one of the world's highest life expectancies (equal second with 83).
The country colonised by the British in 1819 to become a significant port and self-governed from 1959, has for the past decade boasted one of the world's top two busiest container ports.
The before and after from the angle of the Mount Faber to Sentosa cable car system during its opening in 1974 and now with the central business district, PSA International's Keppel and Brani container terminals shows its immense emergence.
To mark their achievements Singapore's official celebrations include parades and festivities across the city, including the official declaration of Singapore Botanic Gardens as a World Heritage site.
In the gardens will be a concert recreating the 'Aneka Ragam Ra’ayat' or 'People’s Variety Show, which regularly took place there in 1959.
A massive parade on the actual anniversary of the signing of the Independence of Singapore Agreement on August 9 will be held where that event and many others significant in Singapore's history at the Padang.
Organisers say the parade 'will foster a deep sense of national pride and showcase our country’s defence capabilities and people.

1: Small transportation boats, known as bumboats, stack the shore of the Singapore River at Boat Quay in a photo dated September 27, 1965

2: That same Boat Quay location in May this year, with many of the shophouses now skyscrapers and the bumboats largely absent


3: The mouth of the Singapore River and the city's General Post Office (on the right) as reclamation works take place in October 1976

4: Now the post office is the Fullerton Hotel and the skyline is a sea of skyscrapers accommodating one of the world's top financial hubs

Northern government promoting northern agenda

The diary of a jobless youth

Very early in the morning I woke up knowing full well that I have no job, no money to meet up

and solve my needs. I set up my plans of where to go and how to find a job. It was a huge task

but I had high hopes. I dust my certificate, my C.V and specially composed application letters.I

I ironed my cloths, ate and head for the bathroom. Today is going to be my lucky day I think.

After taking my bath I said a short prayer “Lord may your wish be done in my life” I left home

with high hopes. I visited different establishments, companies. Going from one offices to

another, checking my mail for my online applications. I called the people that promised to help

me secure a job after my NYSC, they all had one excuse or the other to give. Some of them

demanded what I can not afford. I went home feeling dejected. The scenario continued weeks,

months, years, but to no avail. One night, I lied down unable to sleep, reflecting on my past

years of struggle for academic success. The stress, the hunger I endured which almost took my

life. I graduated and served my country. I always feel the sense of disappointment from my

parents, siblings, friends, knowing full well that I have failed to meet up to their expectation.

Most time I asked myself the aim of going to school? If I can’t secure a good job after years of

my struggles, isn’t that a wasted effort? I was faced with dilemma of what next to do. I

contemplated going into crime; will that be a good option? I ask myself. No, crime is a

dangerous thing to do, but expectation and need must be met. Our law makers share billions of

naira annually among themselves for doing what every educated Nigerian can do. Passing of

laws, sponsoring of bills which some of them may spend four years without sponsoring any bill.

They receive fat allowances more than their salaries. The Nigerian legislators are the highest

earning legislators in the world, while minimum salary is eighteen thousand naira for civil

servants. The governors are not left out they receive billion annually as security votes. Meant for

provision of security to their respective states which many of them have converted the money

for their personal use. Creating employment opportunities for the youth is not their agenda. To

pay workers’ salaries is now becoming an impossible task for the governors. To travel

abroad seems a better option, but where is the money for the process and procurement of all the

necessary requirement needed for the trip? I had a dream to get a job after my education, build a

house, buy a car, get married, help my family and the society but all were wishes. When one has

stayed for years without a job, all his hopes will be lost. For how long will my present situation

last? The more I think about my situation the more I get depressed. Guess what!!!! I grabbed

my pillow tight as a means of comfort. It is time to sleep, I slept off, and that was just a wish.

If wishes were horse beggars might ride.

The end

Ogun again this people and rituals are like bread and butter

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Lol this is funny wickedness even duo it is a way of celebrating a finalist it has cost some people their lives an enemy can take advantage of it and pour acid instead of dirty water

Great news more of it we are tired of bad news all the time make we hear goodnews for once

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Of what benefit maybe to seek for fund

A step in the right direction kudos to the transformation of GEJ we are yet to feel the change except presidential tourism

Cows ke nothing this northerns no go steal

kenedy175:
See them

And so any problem?

The rate we de offload kids we will be the most populated in no distant time

Make una complete the news abi the man na anonymous

Too early to talk rubbish oga rep I hope your hands are clean because you and Fayose may end up as prison mates. The two poster above na 5G network una de use

ClintonNzedimma:
security ke.
I swear i saw police running for their lives yesteday but this morning am just seeing cars driving anyhow, in a short time, you will see what am saying on the news and blogs

Pathetic, Warri has gone to the dogs i hope something will be done real fast to end this

ClintonNzedimma:
thugs...this is a pdp thing am sure.
What i am hearing is that The LGA chairman is really doing well and banning some activities but many thinks he is under Former Gov Uduaghan's influence and Gov Okowa wants his own candidate there and stuffs like that, he banned Agberos, Deve, and some kind of things bad boys used to make a living and they are angry killing people
There are shooting all the way from Ekpan to PTI road, even Shoprite is not safe according to the news am just hearing, the street is not safe.
Pardon my English....am thinking of my younger brother who is still in school now writing exam in the same hot area.

God's protection to you guys especially your brother, security no de ? or are they on the run too

Coal camp

Nice dress chic outfit ni mama outfit ke

Wetin kill am abi high BP?

I think nothing

I de suspect her students, secondary students of these days has become what i cant comprehend

ClintonNzedimma:
i am typing from home, but my elder brother just came home 30 mins ago said he just escaped death.
But you can read my own yesterday's encounter, this guys kill anything in site

Thank God for your brother if I may ask who are they I mean the shooters

And you are typing from which hideout I hope you have bulletproof before one bullet decide to pay you a visit

I wan apply anybody with info 500k no be chicken money for where I de

fanficgirl:
What is "kunfu"? [font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]

Chinese name for martial art karate

Kia IMO state don enter one chance which they have to endure for the next four years

asha01:
or may be you re not human.

meaning ?

The scam change has come to play from Osun to IMO I pity the change hailers, the masturbating masturbators