SIERRA LEONE (Continued)
Budget: (1980/81) revenues $229.9 million, current expenditures $221.9 million, development expenditures $73.0 million
Monetary conversion rate: 1 leone=US$0.90 (1980/81)
Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: about 84 km narrow gauge (1.067 m) privately owned mineral line operated by the Sierra Leone Development Company
Highways: 7,460 km total; 1,225 km bituminous, 490 km laterite (some gravel), and remainder improved earth
Inland waterways: 800 km; 600 km navigable year round
Ports: 1 major (Freetown), 2 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 16 total, 16 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: telephone and telegraph are adequate; 16,000 telephones (0.5 per 100 popl.); INTELSAT Atlantic Ocean satellite ground station; 2 AM stations, 1 FM, and 1 TV station
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 771,000; 373,000 fit for military service; no conscription
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1981, $20.2 million; about 7.4% of the central government budget
SINGAPORE
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LAND
618 km2; 31% built-up area, roads, railroads, and airfields, 22% agricultural, 47% other
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 nm (fishing 12 nm)
Coastline: 193 km
PEOPLE
Population: 2,472,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 1.2%
Nationality: noun—Singaporean(s), adjective—Singapore
Ethnic divisions: 76.1% Chinese, 15.0% Malay, 6.9% Indians and Pakistani, 1.8% other
Religion: majority of Chinese are Buddhists or atheists; Malays nearly all Muslim; minorities include Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Taoists, Confucianists
Language: national language is Malay; Chinese, Malay, Tamil, and English are official languages
Literacy: 84% (1980)
Labor force: 1,093,000; 2.2% agriculture, forestry, and fishing, 0.2% mining and quarrying, 27.2% manufacturing, 30.5% services, 4.6% construction, 23.5% commerce, 11.7% transport, storage, and communications
Organized labor: 23.1% of labor force
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Republic of Singapore
Type: republic within Commonwealth since separation from Malaysia in August 1965
Capital: Singapore
Legal system: based on English common law; constitution based on preindependence State of Singapore constitution; legal education at University of Singapore; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
National holiday: 9 August
