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Aside from Kampong Glam, Chinatown and Little India, Singapore feels largely devoid of any "sense of of history." I don't mean this as a slight(it's a fantastic place), just an observation. There's a "sameness" of it all that can feel almost unsettling at times. Hong Kong is similar in this respect - a place that looms large in history and yet any semblance of the past has largely been erased from the cityscape.
Haw Par Villa?
Aside from Kampong Glam, Chinatown and Little India, Singapore feels largely devoid of any "sense of of history." I don't mean this as a slight(it's a fantastic place), just an observation. There's a "sameness" of it all that can feel almost unsettling at times. Hong Kong is similar in this respect - a place that looms large in history and yet any semblance of the past has largely been erased from the cityscape.
What about Geyleng Serei? Haw Par Villa?
The socialist roots of the PAP live on in institutional form if not policy. Yesterday a May Day Rally was held, for example. As K. Jeyaratnam says, Singaporeans get the government they deserve. A lack of pressure on the government produces complacency. When they feel threatened we have people of the Tharman and LKY type. The destruction of these buildings is emblematic of the destruction of the old competent Singapor…