1 Dementia is a syndrome caused by brain cell death. 2  Neurodegenerative disease is behind most dementias. 3  There are an estimated 47.5 million dementia sufferers worldwide. 4  This figure is expected to increase to 75.6 million by 2030 and 135.5 million by 2050.
For the last time, America, get this straight. We, the citizens of Singapore are from Singapore. City is Singapore. Country also Singapore. Although we are only but a tiny red dot in South East Asia, we do not belong to China or Japan (the other big red dot) or any other big Chinese country you know. We are an independent country.
The Straits Settlements dissolved in 1946, and Singapore moved forward in establishing a new government. For a brief time in 1963, Singapore and the states of Sabah and Sarawak joined the Peninsular Malaysia Federation; however, Singapore left in 1965 to become a separate nation.