_#_Labor force: 1,280,000; financial, business, and other services 35.3%, manufacturing 29.0%, commerce 22.8%, construction 6.6%, other 6.3% (1989)
_#_Organized labor: 210,000; 16.1% of labor force (1989)
_*Government #_Long-form name: Republic of Singapore
_#_Type: republic within Commonwealth
_#_Capital: Singapore
_#_Administrative divisions: none
_#_Independence: 9 August 1965 (from Malaysia)
_#_Constitution: 3 June 1959, amended 1965; based on preindependence State of Singapore Constitution
_#_Legal system: based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
_#_National holiday: National Day, 9 August (1965)