Singaporean citizens receive primary education for free. Secondary education costs about $5 per month. While there are other costs related to education, they do not exceed $30 per month in either case (primary or secondary education).
Singapore's Temasek Holdings holds one of the world's largest sovereign fund.
Singapore was host to the world's largest FinTech Festival sponsored by MAS
According to 2020 estimates, Singapore's population includes 31.1% Buddhists, 18.9% Christians, 15.6% Muslims, 8.8% Taoists, 5% Hindus, 0.6% others, and 20% none.
The Fountain of Wealth is located at the heart of Suntec City and was listed under Guiness World Record as the World’s Largest Fountain in the world in 1998.
Singapore is the most expensive city in the world to buy a car. In order to discourage car ownership, the Singapore government heavily taxes cars.
The Average Household Size in Singapore is Just 3.53 (In 1990 it used to be 4.25).
In 2024, a report by a Swiss bank has noted that Singapore is the world's most expensive city. Hong Kong, London, Shanghai and Monaco are some of the other cities in the ranking.
Singapore Time (SGT), also known as Singapore Standard Time (SST), is used in Singapore and is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+08:00). Singapore does not observe daylight saving time.
Singapore hawker centres are very clean compared to food courts and street food stalls in the neighboring countries.