Grupo ACS
ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. (Spanish pronunciation: [aθeˈese]) is a Spanish company dedicated to civil and engineering construction, all types services and telecommunications. It is one of the leading construction companies in the world, with projects in many countries around the world. The company was founded in 1997 through the merger of OCP Construcciones, S.A. and Ginés Navarro Construcciones, S.A.. The group has a global presence, including countries like Germany, India, Brazil, Chile, Morocco and Australia. The headquarters are in Madrid and the chairman is Florentino Pérez. Listed on the Bolsa de Madrid, the company's shares form part of the IBEX 35 stock market index.
History
The company was formed when a team of engineers acquired Construcciones Padrós S.A., a construction business which had been in financial difficulty, in 1983. The company acquired a majority holding in Cobra, a support services business, and merged with OCISA S.A. to create OCP Construcciones, S.A. in 1993; it went on to merge with Ginés Navarro Construcciones, S.A. to create Grupo ACS in 1997. It subsequently bought Onyx SCL, an environmental contractor, in 1999 and stakes in Xfera and Broadnet, telecommunications businesses, in 2000 before going on to acquire Dragados S.A., a large contractor established during World War II to dedge the Port of Tarifa and which had subsequently gained extensive experience in hydro-electric and civil engineering work, in 2003.
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Primary schools in Singapore
Children typically start their primary education the year they turn seven. Primary education lasts six years, and is compulsory for all Singapore citizens.
Primary schools in Singapore are mainly classified as Government or Government-aided schools. Primary schools are typically mixed-sex, though there are a number of single-sex schools. Some primary schools are affiliated with a secondary school, and such schools may have a lower requirement for students from the primary section to enter the affiliated secondary school. Some primary schools are designated as Special Assistance Plan schools by the Ministry of Education. These schools place a special emphasis on the learning of the Chinese language and culture.
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Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
The Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), commonly abbreviated as ACS(I), is a Methodist secondary school in Singapore. It is descended from a school established in 1886 by the Rev William Fitzjames Oldham at 70 Amoy Street, Singapore. It was also one of the first schools to offer the Gifted Education Programme (Singapore) and is one of the only two schools, alongside Raffles Institution, to pioneer both the GEP, now SBGE, and the Integrated Programme. ACS(I) offers the first four years of the Integrated Programme together with their affiliate, Methodist Girls' School, which allows students to proceed directly to ACS(I) (Year 5-6) without taking the GCE 'O' Levels to complete the last two years of the six-year IP where students will take the IBDP, unlike other IP schools which take 'A' levels.
ACS(I) was recognised as an IB World School in 2005 and is consistently ranked among the top 3 schools worldwide that offer the IB, with score averages as high as 42 out of a total of 45 points. ACS was also the first school in Singapore to have a flower named after it, the Ascocenda Anglo-Chinese School orchid, a hybrid created by the school to mark its 116th Founder's Day on 1 March 2002.
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