Population which is over 75 percent of Chinese extraction is approximately 3.9 million. Official name of Singapore is the Republic of Singapore. Singapore is a republic with a unicameral parliament. Chief of State is Ong Teng Cheong. Head of government is Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
Currency is the Singapore dollar.
Singapore has a well-developed economy. Real GDP growth rate in 1998 was approximately 1.3 percent. Singapore has little in the way of Natural Resources other than a spectacular port and hard working citizens. Industries include electronics, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber products, ship repair, biotechnology and food processing. Main agriculture products are rubber, copra, fit and vegetables.