![]() ![]() ![]() Singapore becames THE hub of trade finance and transportation in Asia.Īll the choices made by Singapore bring prosperity and great success. ![]() Global cities have market-places with an international scope. Singapore accepted the fact that it was a British colony and English was made one of the four official languages and it is now the most used in the country, for education, administration and business. Singapore have also invested in a world-class education system in order to garantee its prosperity. There are many nationalities living here and more than 300 langages spoken.įor sure, this diversity helps people to understand each other. We have this ethnic diversity also in London. Some quota exists in all public housing in order to mix the different communities. If we look at Singapore, it is built on a rich cultural diversity and it is very easy to access to various cultures.Īs mentioned by David Lamb in his article Singapore Swing, the priority for the governement was to have a good integration of the various ethnic groups : Chineese, Indian and Malay. Of course, global cities have many advantages. What impact do these global cities have on people's everyday lives ? So now let's try to answer the question : But new cities have emerged, such as Singapore, the lion-city in Malay. Global cities are not a completely new phenomenon : London is of international importance a for long time now. Indeed, today our world is interconnected and has become a sort of global village in which global cities play the role of communication hubs. In order to illustrate this notion, I propose to take as an example the global cities. With the improvements in technology and communication our modern world seems to be a smaller place now.Īll these interactions have an impact, sometimes positive, sometimes negative. movement of people – immigration and student exchanges.cultural – ideas, information and education exchanges, very easy now thanks to the Internet.Nowadays these exchanges can take several forms : įirst of all I would like to give yo u a definition of this spaces and exchanges notion.Īn exchange is an act of giving and receiving something else in return. I am going to talk about t he notion of Spaces and Exchanges. ![]()
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