These days, more than three-quarters of the land in Singapore belongs to the government. However, this was only possible due to the Land Acquisition Act, which allows the government to acquire private land for public purposes. This includes freehold land, which, unlike leasehold land plots, technically belongs to the owner indefinitely. The most recent case related to this is the.
April 20, 2021
Wilfred Cheah is proof that art is all in the details - and that Singapore has really got talent.
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If there s anyone who should be the poster boy for lifelong learning, it ought to be 55-year-old Wilfred Cheah.
The former commando regular, who left the Singapore Armed Forces in 1993, had a second career in interior design for almost three decades.
And now, he s in his own Phase 3 - as a miniature artist who s made the headlines (he even got the attention of PM Lee for one of his recent works, okay!) and whose works, which are primarily made of cardboard, have made us go from oh my to wow to OMFG .