The People of Singapore

The people of Singapore are made up of the following (according to my Lonely Planet book)

Chinese - 76.7%
Malay - 14%
Indian - 7.9%
Other - 1%

I am going to go on the assumption that this totals 100%. The auditor in me is lazy and I am not going to foot it.

Religious base (also according to Lonely Planet) is as follows:

Chinese - Buddhist and Shenism (diety worship), some Christianity
Malays - Muslim
Indian - Hindu

Most people follow religious traditions, with Chinese New Year being the most widely celebrated holiday in Singapore. I am not sure when exactly Chinese New Year is this year - it is generally sometime at the end of January or the beginning of February. Around that time, we will be in one of three places - Hong Kong, Singapore or Shanghai. If the Chinese New Year is the weekend after we leave (2/9) that will be a real bummer. Growing up in California, I remember seeing the celebration of Chinese New Year on TV - never in my life did I imagine I might be seeing Chinese new year somewhere in Asia that is heavily populated by the Chinese. We have a Chinese lesson on Friday with Nan, a senior in our department - she is very with child, which is why she is not going with us. We will have to get her to teach us to say "Happy New Year".