NUS,
NTU Singapore Top
100 Universities
World Ranking
"
Little red dot" (or "
Little Red Dot") is an epithet for the nation of Singapore. It describes the manner in which the main and subsidiary islands comprising the
Republic, with a total land area of no more than 704 km2 (270 sq mi), are marked on many world maps.
Originally, it was apparently used to refer to Singapore in a disparaging manner by former
Indonesian President B.J. Habibie (though this was denied by him), but has come to be used by both
Singaporean politicians and ordinary citizens with pride and a sense of the nation's success despite its physical limitations.
There is no doubt that the "Little red dot" is not so small afterall:
Singapore has become one of the top-scoring countries on the
PISA tests.
Two of Singapore's universities are now among the top 100 universities in the world, according to the latest edition of
Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
In particular,
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has jumped over 80 spots in a university ranking to reach 86th place in the London-based rankings.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) climbed 11 positions and is now ranked 29th.
In
2012, three
Asian cities made the top ten of the
EIU/Citi global competitiveness study. Singapore ranked a highly impressive 3rd,
Hong Kong matched
Paris to finish 4th, and
Tokyo placed ahead of
Zurich to rate 6th
. In the same month,
Seoul reached a new high of 8th in the
Global Cities Index. These four are now established top dozen cities in the world, and have ambitions to match.
Hong Kong and Singapore have surpassed Paris and Tokyo as financial centres with global reach, and are now more central to circuits of exchange between the largest multi-national producer services firms. The pair have placed a clear 3rd and 4th in the
Global Financial Centres Index in all 11 editions since
2007. Singapore reached a highly impressive 3rd in the EIU's benchmark on global city competitiveness in 2012, outflanking Paris and Tokyo for financial maturity and institutional effectiveness.
In terms of net international reserves per capita, Singapore has far and away the highest - more than double that of the second-placed country, triple that of the third-placed country, and quadruple that of the fourth-placed country.
Bird on a Wire Leonard Cohen Goldie Hawn Ronald Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWkZff9deMw
Hasta Siempre Che Guevara Assassinations Ronald Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLbCNrrDKJ4
How Can a Poor Man
Stand Such
Times Ronald Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG6pj3dSAGU
Lola Ladyboy
Kinks Ronald Z &
Anne Lapier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2g5lqS65Bs
Sail Away Anne Lapier Ronald Z
Randy Newman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2BWozRTVsU
Buckets of Rain, Ronald Z,
Bob Dylan Tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6NM7cM5zAU
Don't Think Twice It's Alright,Bob Dylan Ronald Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hey5ahl6Grw
Where Did You
Sleep Last Night,
Leadbelly Ronald Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep5S5DwHiJM
Bob Dylan Times They Are A Changin @
White House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_nKf7BNqhA
Steve Goodman Chicken Cordon Blues Ronald Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-4CWj2rJBQ
Love In Vain Robert Johnson Tribute by Ronald Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iRUn60OKMg
I
Ain't Got No Home,
Woody Guthrie Ronald Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnC5LsbWNt0
Talkin' Blues Woody Guthrie by Ronald Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBzx5_YKDBI
Sweet Home Chicago Robert Johnson by Ronald Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5ZbRlOviCc
Ronald Xie
Bike Travel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FOW_oBWzfo
Parle-moi -
Isabelle Boulay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtXpAmPcTek
Jamais Assez
Loin - Isabelle Boulay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfrSv3JP1jQ
Mademoiselle Chante le Blues -
Patricia Kaas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDm3KL_nzOs
You've
Lost That
Loving Feeling Long John Baldry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODt6XbZTWtE
Daddy Don't You Walk So
Fast Tony Christie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGSbcCXIIRg
Me and Bobby McGee -
Kris Kristofferson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQQPgECUORs
Help Me Make It Through
The Night Kris Kristofferson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_KuBobkPU4
Route 66 -
Manhattan Jazz Orchestra Carolyn Leonhart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KhJwG7icEc
Cold Cold Heart -
Norah Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LHOcLNi8sk
Temptation -
Cote de Pablo, Tentation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp9UXFzerLc
Van Morrison Caravan,
Last Waltz Rehearsal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_12LC69Udd0
Me & Bobby McGee,
Janis Joplin,Kris Kristofferson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El-VRf99wJU
- published: 05 Nov 2012
- views: 19999