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Show Page Twelve - The Springville Herald - February These bicycle rickshaws are now doing a disappearing act in Singapore. Trucks, busses and cars are slowly pushing these human powered machines out Members of each ethnic group work at this profession in this photo, a Malay and Chinese are at work. melfmg pot by MikeKelsey After almost two months in Indonesia I was ready for a change of pace Singapore was "just what the doctor ordered." My flight from Jakarta aboard the newly organized Sempati Air Transport Co. plane, was half the price of the international in-ternational airlines but included landing at an out of the way, military airport, without regular bus service. It was a three kilometer walk to the nearest bus stop! Singapore is a very small island nation, off the southern tip of Malaysia. At one time, it was one of three British controlled trading and military ports along the Straits of Malacca. The other two were Malacca and Penang Island, to the north, which are now part of Malaysia. Singapore is now independent and doing very well by itself. The first thing that caught my attention were the many different people living there. Because Singapore, along with India, Pakistan and Hong Kong, have all been part of the British Commonwealth, Com-monwealth, trade and travel between these countries has been easy. As a result of imigrants looking for "the good life" and better opportunities, Singappore has become a hodge-podge of races. Roughly two-thirds are Chinese, mostly from Hong Kong, presumably. They control most business, trade and politics. Most are Buddhists, Bud-dhists, with temples large and small, located most everywhere. The second largest group are the Malays. They are the indiginous people and are part of the same group of people who inhabit Malaysia, Indonesia In-donesia and the Philippines. Philip-pines. They form about 25 percent of the population, and are mostly Moslem. Next would be Asians or people from the Indian Subcontinent. They make up 10 percent of the population and are of mixed religions. These people tend to stick together and live in their own neighborhoods complete with their own languages temples or mosques, sidewalk tea stalls, and restaurants with spicey Indian food. I got on well with those folks, especially when I tried speaking a few words of Hindi. Another smaller group are the Arabs. They form about one percent of the total, and have been there a long time. They are leftovers left-overs from the days when Arab traders were the only foreigns doing business there. They also have their quarter, Arab Street, with all their familiar signs, language, shops, restaurants and mosques. The last and smallest group would be the Europeans, mostly English. Most of these people have left, since Singapore and Malayasia became independent in the 10's. Now they are working mostly as missionaries or in business, such as tourism, and in import-export import-export trades. Despite all the differences dif-ferences in race, religion, and language, they appear ap-pear to live together in harmony. There are three official languages English, Malay and Chinese, but Hindi, Urdu, and Arabic along with several others are spoken. Each group has its own newspapers, political groups, business areas, and place of religious worship. ' I saw some poorer neighborhoods, but nothing of the beggars and slums one sees in Jakarta, Calcutta or Cairo. The poorest looking bunch appeared to be the Asians, but their life is a lot better than what they left behind in India. Many of the original immigrants were Commission approves resurfacing The Utah State Transportation Tran-sportation Commission today approved a $30 million highway rehabilitation program. On the motion of Com-misioner Com-misioner Wayne Winters of American Fork, the Commission unanimously adopted the two-year program. The program will be financed with the state's shared1 cents) of the two-cent per gallon gasoline tax increase approved by the 1978 Legislature. The Legislation was signed Thursday (February 9) by Governor Scott M. Matheson, and provides funds for resurfacing, restoration and rehabilitation of old, worn-out highway surfaces. sur-faces. Directors of UDOT's six districts have submitted lists of priorities ofr the resurfacing program (see attached list). The priorities were set according ac-cording to a pavement serviceability index (PSK.developed by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). "It's a broad-based program covering many segments of highway all over the state," said Commission Chairman R. LaVaun Cox, "And the priorities will be reviewed in the future." Legislation providing the funds for resurfacing Utah's roads is expected to raise about $15 million per year. The Commission Com-mission approved the two-year program for 16, 1978 well educated and obviously ob-viously a bit more ambitious am-bitious than their comrades back home. It has been these immigrants im-migrants from poorer countries who have made Singapore the prosperous city-state it is today. Singapore has many industries, especially electronics manufacturing. manufac-turing. Also, a booming tour: 4 trade, mostly as a result of its duty-free-port status. In East Asia, Singapore ranks with Hong Kong, both of which are just behind Japan, as far as education, living standards, and per capita income are concerned. , For me it was a welcome change. There were clean streets, an interesting change of diet and a place to get camera and lenses in working order again. Despite the higher cost of living, it was nice to be in an "Eastern Chrture" where one can walk the streets in peace and quit. resurfacing to make sure the full $15 million would be used during the fiscal year ending July 1,1979. Projects for fiscal year 78-79 will be advertised as soon as they are designed, on a first-come, first-served first-served basis. Projects with the design stage completed after the first $15 million are obligated will be scheduled for the 1979-80 fiscal year. The motor fuel tax, according to William D. Hurley, UDOT Director, "provides a continuous flow of money so the Department may plan for a continuing program." Of the two-cent gasoline tax increase, IVi cents go to the State for the resurfacing program while the other one-half cent will be passed on to local governemnts for their respective street and road systems. Collection of the ditional motor fuel will begin July 1. 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