Singapore News - The commission and installation of a third public statue of Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore has reignited debate about how the country should critically engage with its colonial history. Scholars In Conversation: Sir Stamford Raffles & Dr Nathaniel Wallich was. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Happy anniversary, Circle Line (CCL)! On this day (Jan 10) in 2009, the CCL became Singapore's fourth MRT line, with only five stations connecting Bartley to Marymount station. When it was completed in 2012, the CCL was the world's longest fully underground and automated rapid transit line. Today, the "yellow" or "orange" line has 30 stops, with three more under.
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Street names in Singapore often hold clues to the past. Names such as “Telok Ayer Street” and “Beach Road” for example, provide an indication of where the city’s original shoreline might have been. And just as there was originally a “telok” or bay along which Telok Ayer Street ran, there was also a beach by…