The Philippines is a developing country with a free market economy. However, economic developments have been very uneven. While the Philippines in the 1950s and 1960s was regarded as the most developed country in East and Southeast Asia after Japan, in the first part of the 1990s, the country was considered an industrial backbone. In the 1970s and 1980s, differences between the richest and the poorer increased much faster than…
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Very little is preserved from the written Philippine literature (mainly folk poetry) that existed when the Spanish conquered the islands. From the Spanish colonial period poems and novels are available in both Tagalog and Spanish. Francisco Baltazar (better known as Balagtas, 1798-1862) wrote the poet Florante at Laura on the Tagalog in 1838. The great national hero José Rizal (1861-96) is also known for his social novels. One of the…
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The following restaurants in Singapore are divided into three categories: Expensive (over $ 200) Moderate ( $ 80 to $ 200) Inexpensive (up to $ 80) It is the average price for a three-course meal or the price of a bottle of the cheapest wine or a comparable drink, without taxes and service charge. A 10% service charge, 7% value added tax and a further state fee of 1% are added to the restaurant…
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