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The Republic of Singapore has a total population of 4,987,600 which comprises 3.73 million residents (citizens and permanent residents) and 1.25 million non residents (Population Trends 2009). The resident population profile indicates a median age of 36.9 years; 2,735,900 belong to the age group of 15 to 64 years, 667,900 are below 15 years and 330,100 are aged 65 years and over (Ministry of Trade and Industry, 2009a).
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Hean, L.L. (2015). Singapore Engagement in Educational Change. In: Menlo, A., Collet, L. (eds) Do Teachers Wish to be Agents of Change?. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-959-3_11
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