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About 655 square kilometers in area, the city of Singapore is a small place. The city of Singapore is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, with about 6430 people per square kilometer. The city of Singapore has the busiest port in the world in terms of the tonnage handled over here. Singapore is one of the 20 smallest countries in the world with an excellent economic system. Public Holidays in Singapore: The major Public Holidays in Singapore reflects the religious and cultural multifarious ness of the country. The public holidays include the Chinese New Year, Buddhist Vesak Day, Muslim Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha, Hindu Diwali. In Singapore, the Christians are also a major group and form 14% of the entire population and one finds that Christmas and Good Friday are also observed as Public Holidays in Singapore. This represents a cautiously fine-tuned allotment of public holidays provided to each group. The other Christian holidays like the Ascension Day, the Muslim Holidays like the Awal Muharam, and Hindu holidays like the Thaipusam are important. The list of Public Holidays in Singapore , issued by the Singapore Government, includes: - 1 st January – New Year's Day
- 18 th February & 19 th February – Chinese New Year
- 6 th April – Good Friday
- 1 st May – May Day
- 31 st May – Vesak Day
- 9 th August – National Day
- 13 th October – Hari Raya Puasa
- 8 th November – Deepavali
- 20 th December – Hari Raya Haji
- 25 th December – Christmas Day
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