ABSTRACT
Singapore is situated just above the equator, between peninsular Malaysia and the islands of Indonesia. Most of its early immigrants, indigenous to Malaysia and Indonesia, included Malay, Javanese, Boyanese, Bugis, and Balinese. e earliest Chinese immigrants came mainly from Malacca and Riau, and later generations migrated primarily from Guangdong and Fujian provinces, southeast China. e fi rst Indian immigrants arrived from Penang and later from India. Other nationalities among immigrant peoples in Singapore include Arabs and Europeans.
