15 Things You Didn't Know About Singapore
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Welcome to Countries Facts today we're Talikng at one of the most luxurious and expensive cities in the world right now Singapore located at just the tip of Malaysia's southern border lies Singapore the small cities population is rapidly rising despite being considered one of the smallest countries in the world just a century ago the Lion City was economically deprived and architectural II bear but that is certainly not the case anymore because a luxe dome is dedicated to becoming the world's best resource on the most expensive luxury things and places around the globe we had to take a look at the four years in a row most expensive city in the world here are 15 things you might not know about Singapore.
1 Singapore has the world's highest concentration of millionaire households with about 16 percent of the households having 1 million dollars or more in investable assets.
2 The prime minister of Singapore is the highest-paid government efficient in the world their Prime Minister is also the highest-paid elected official in the world the annual salary of the prime minister of Singapore is about 1.5 million u.s. dollars in contrast India's prime minister who rules a population that is about 200 times the population of Singapore earns about $32,000 u.s. as a salary and perks the second highest-paid government official in the world is the CEO of Hong Kong an annual salary about five hundred and forty thousand dollars u.s. the American president's annual salary is four hundred thousand dollars u.s. these are the official numbers at least a while back we made a video similar to this about Russia and in it we also dive a little too deep into just how much money russia's President Vladimir Putin is worth you should definitely check it out after this one.
3 Singapore is the second most densely populated sovereign nation in the world about seven thousand six hundred people live per square kilometre in Singapore Monaco at eighteen thousand five hundred people per square kilometer is the most densely populated sovereign nation in the world.
4 The largest fountain in the world is located in Singapore at Sun tech city made of cast bronze it costs an estimated six million dollars to be built in 1997 at 165 meters the Singapore Flyer is the world's highest observation wheel and is the height of 31 male giraffes stacked on top of one another.
5 Speaking of giraffes Singapore opened the world's first night zoo if you're looking for interesting things to do in Singapore stop by the world's first nighttime zoo unlike regular zoos Singapore's nighttime zoo allows people to see animals when they are generally more active in the dark this is perfect for people who want to see their favorite big cats and nocturnal animals in a way they've never seen them before.
6 In Singapore if a person cannot find a date or a life-partner government comes to the rescue Singapore government has an established social development network to promote marriages among singles and create opportunities and services for singles to find life partners its key responsibilities include equipping singles with relationship for dating skills and ensuring quality and credible dating services are available it's called by the locals as the ugly desperate and alone program.
7 Singapore is a tiny nation and has no natural resources so it has to import almost everything it needs it imports not only sand but even freshwater from Malaysia.
8 Singapore is known for a different take on luxury homes one of the most surprising things about Singapore is the fact that 85 percent of its population lives in public housing developments and out of that 95 percent of those individuals actually own their units why is this so shocking instead of public housing being considered a sign of poverty it is actually one of the tell-tale signs of financial success in fact a number of public housing flats in Singapore are actually considered luxury homes and can sell for over 1 million dollars u.s.
9 The most expensive home in Singapore was listed for 300 million dollars and expected to sell for just under 250 million the 85 thousand square foot site on an elevated lot at 33 Nessun Road near the cities of Botanic Gardens it includes a two-story home swimming pool and tennis court it is in the heart of everything if a quarter of a million seems high to you we recommend you check out the top 10 most expensive houses in the world video there are properties even more expensive than.
10 There is a syntax in Singapore apart from taxing the wealthy Singapore is taxing excessively everything sin related alcohol tobacco and more with at least 40 percent more than the rest of the world that's done wonders for the economy.
11 It costs you a lot more to drive a car because the country is so small you can literally drive across it in a few minutes in order to stop overcrowding the city with cars the government made it incredibly expensive to drive to put things in perspective the costs of buying and owning the cheapest Ferrari the Ferrari California in London are a little under two hundred and fifty thousand dollars taxes included the same car in Singapore will cost at least four times.
12 Same-sex marriage is still banned in Singapore in recent years there have been strong movements against this but at the point of making this video the law still stands the punishment for gay sex in Singapore is a two-year jail term.
13 Some of the best nightlife and sky bars are in Singapore if there's one thing we know about Singapore it's that they love promoting tourism with nightlife the Marina Bay Sands is considered one of the most popular luxury hotels in the world featuring incredible views and we're simply in love with the pool there if you're in the area we recommend checking out the one altitude which hosts the largest rooftop bar in the world.
14 Singapore is often referred to as a fine City because of the number of big dollar fines that one can receive for infractions for example you can be fined for not flushing a public toilet or for chewing gum don't believe us the fine for forgetting to flush a public toilet is one hundred and fifty dollars but that's not the only crazy law in place in 2005 they banned the sale of chewing down if you're a first-time offender caught selling gum the maximum fine is at one hundred thousand dollars and up to two years in prison if you're caught again it's up to two hundred thousand dollars and five years in prison this comes in an effort to make Singapore as clean as possible and the efforts are paying off big-time.
15 Top of chewing gum and flushing toilets here are some other things you might not believe our band in Singapore annoying someone with a musical instrument will be fined $1000 flying a kite or playing any game that interferes with traffic you'll be fined with $5,000 to the list we can add $1,000 for spitting $2,000 for walking naked around the house and up to three months in jail $500 for feeding pigeons $2,000 and up to six months for jaywalking and this one is our favorite so far up to $10,000 and six months in jail for wait for it connecting to someone else's Wi-Fi incredible city-state isn't it we were curious what do you think of these severe laws did they overdo it or do you think they should be in place everywhere to make our cities better let us know in the comments because you stuck with us to this point we have another cool fact for you number 16 do you own an aquarium that cool fish probably came from Singapore despite being largely urbanized Singapore is the largest exporter of ornamental fish in the world with 25 percent of the world market interesting huh thank you for spending some time with us.
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