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SSCIP A N EW TOW N EMBRA C ING INDUST RY, ECOLOGY, CULT URE A ND HUMA NITY 01 SINGAPORE THE LION CITY Located in Southeast Asia, Singapore has a land area of about 710 square kilometers, making her one of the smallest countries in the world and the smallest in the region. Although small in size, Singapore commands an enormous presence in the world today as a world leader in several economic areas: the country is the worlds fourth leading financial center, the worlds largest oil-rig producer, the worlds top logistics hub and the worlds fourth largest foreign- exchange trading center after London, New York and Tokyo. Singapore is known as a garden city. Her beautiful environment and advanced urban planning concept are adopted as benchmark by many cities in the world. Key Figures (2012) 2 ● Area: 710 km ● Population: 5.3124 million ● GDP: USD 276.5 billion ● GDP Per Capita: USD 52,051 02 CHENGDU THE LAND OF ABUNDANCE “Worlds Fastest Growing City of the Next Decade” – Forbes 2010 Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, is known as “the land of abundance”. It is designated by the State Council as the center for logistics, commerce, finance, science technology as well as the hub for transportation and communication in Western China. With a history of 2,300 years, Chengdu is one of the oldest historical and cultural cities of China and also the birth place of Sichuan cuisine, one of the four famous Chinese cooking styles. As such, Chengdu enjoys a reputation as “the land of abundance with delicious food”. Chengdu offers a comfortable living environment with relatively low cost of living. With the beautiful scenery, tast