engine tempurature

hi all,
 
i just owned a chevrolet optra 1.8LT (canada model), i found that my car engine temperature is very high compare with japan car.(temperature clock show half)
 
i stay singapore (asia country)
 
so anybody can tell what happen to my car

I'm not familiar with you're car and you did not say what temperature it was reading, however Chevrolet usually like all the gages to point roughly at 12:00 during normal operation.