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... that Bedok Reservoir MRT station features a public artwork including a message that "dribbles down" the lift shaft in motifs of droplets?
... that Singaporean chef and restaurateur Tan Kue Kim cooked while wearing a
S$40,000 gold
Rolex watch?
... that Orchard MRT station had a dome over the station's circular concourse until it was removed in 2008?
... that a number of bus drivers who participated in a strike were unaware that it was illegally held?
... that Singaporean broadcaster Lee Fook Hong legally changed his name to Lee Dai Sor (literally 'Lee Big Fool' in
Cantonese) after being accused of tax evasion?
... that Chinese intellectual Tan Teck Soon, who was the son of a Christian missionary, became a supporter of Buddhist revivalist
Anagarika Dharmapala in his later years?
... that Singaporean performance artist Josef Ng was fined
S$1,000 for partially exposing his buttocks and snipping his pubic hair during a public performance?
... that Chinese missionary Tan See Boo moved to Singapore to work for the
Presbyterian Church, but later returned to China to persuade Christians to leave the Presbyterian Church?
... that Singaporean swimmer Marc Tay served in the
Gulf War as an eye surgeon?
... that an artwork in Singapore's Outram Park MRT station represents the state of mind of commuters through 69 engravings of surreal human forms?
... that Tropicana was reportedly the first building in Singapore to contain nightclubs, restaurants, and a theatre?
... that Bayfront MRT station in Singapore has public art that features ships powered by whales and dragons, hand-drawn by children?
... that Saint John's Island was the site of one of the largest quarantine centres of the British Empire (pictured), and held one of the first experimental drug rehabilitation centres?
... that staff had to be deployed on the first day of service at Woodleigh MRT station to assist commuters who alighted there mistakenly because they didn't realize it had opened?
... that Singapore's North East MRT line saw the first launch of the Art-in-Transit (AiT) programme – a public artwork showcase on the MRT network?
... that to reflect the neighbourhood's heritage as a songbird-watching community, Singapore's Mayflower MRT station is decorated with 22 bird sculptures?
... that a temporary two-lane viaduct was built along Cross Street to replace the closed lanes during the construction of Singapore's Telok Ayer MRT station?
... that YouTuber Ghib Ojisan visited
Yishun, a
Singaporean town, expecting danger after reading of cats being slaughtered but instead found it "home to nice people and cute cats"?
... that the architect of Singapore's Stadium MRT station rotated the original plan on its side after being forced to revise the station's design?
... that the biography of Singapore's first Asian postmaster-general, M. Bala Subramanion, was released at
The Fullerton Hotel, the site of the old General Post Office where he had worked for 35 years?
... that Lim Ban Lim, Singapore's most wanted fugitive, stole at least $2.5 million in his career but was found with only $1.40 on him when he was killed by police?
... that Chinese entrepreneur Frank Tsao co-founded the national shipping lines of both Malaysia and Thailand, and was awarded the nobility title
Tan Sri by the king of Malaysia?
... that although her mother never cooked, Violet Oon learned to cook
Peranakan food at the age of sixteen before eventually being appointed the food ambassador of Singapore?
... that pianist Wu Yili made her public debut in her teens, released her first album in her 70s, and went viral in her 80s?
... that competition for the contract to build Singapore's first MRT trains (pictured) was so fierce that it involved last-minute discounts, offers of free parts, and allegations of sabotage?
... that in a 2013 case, the
Singapore Court of Appeal held that the Prime Minister was wrong to say he had discretion under the Constitution not to call a by-election to fill a parliamentary vacancy?
... that Viddsee was founded because Asian short films were being drowned out by other video hosting sites?
... that Sri Temasek(pictured) is designated the official residence of the
Prime Minister of Singapore, though no Prime Minister has actually lived there?
... that top-scoring Singaporean footballer Aleksandar Đurić(pictured) represented Bosnia & Herzegovina in canoeing at the
1992 Summer Olympics?
... that former
Judge of the
Supreme Court of
SingaporeAndrew Ang worked as a corporate and tax lawyer for 30 years before being elevated to the Bench?
... that the
Singapore Government takes the view that separation of powers is less important than choosing leaders that can be trusted and do not need to be fettered?
... that Singaporean politician Alex Yam, a member of the
People's Action Party, also works for the National Trade Union Congress?
... that Singaporean politician and lawyer Ellen Lee was awarded the
Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Star in Malay) in 1997?
... that Singaporean business magnate and former noodle-seller Ron Sim became a billionaire thanks to his investments in the
Osim International company?
... that John Chuang, the co-founder of chocolate manufacturer Petra Foods, is the twenty-second richest person in Singapore, with an estimated net worth of $965 million?
... that Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee was fined a million
yen in February 2013 for
not censoring his nude photographs in Japan?
... that Singaporean politician and
People's Action Party member Lee Bee Wah is also the President of the Singapore Table Tennis Association?
... that in
2013, Singaporean politician Desmond Lim set a new record for the lowest percentage garnered in an election since the independence of Singapore in 1965?
... that the
SingaporeHigh Court(pictured) can grant the remedy of
declaringvoid a law inconsistent with the
Constitution enacted before its commencement, even though Article 4 seems to say otherwise?
... that in the 1991 case Re Fong Thin Choo the
SingaporeHigh Court held that a public authority's decision can be invalidated if based on a misconception or ignorance of a fact?
... that in 1979 only two students registered to join Ai Tong School, now one of the most popular schools in
Singapore?
... that the Singapore Constitution that came into force on 9 August 1965 was not drafted as a single document but was made up of provisions from three separate statutes?
... that
Singapore is said to espouse a "green-light" approach towards administrative law – that good government should be sought through the political process – given the
government's focus on efficiency?
... that the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act of
Singapore allows restrictions to be placed on religious leaders who promote political causes under the guise of religious activity?
... that the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, a
Singaporean body that ensures laws do not discriminate against racial or religious minorities, has not issued an adverse report since its creation?
... that Singapore paid uneducated women to get
sterilised as part of its Stop at Two campaign?
... that females of the
jumping spiderPortia labiata use silk draglines as
territory marks, and use these to avoid females of higher fighting ability and spend more time around less powerful fighters?
... that one definition of judicial bias in Singapore is that a "reasonable and fair-minded person" who is present in
court and knows all the relevant facts suspects that a
fair trial is not possible?
... that people making speeches at Speakers' Corner in
Singapore(pictured) must use one of Singapore's four official languages – English,
Malay,
Mandarin or
Tamil – or a related dialect?
... that a potential candidate for a presidential election in Singapore must apply for a certificate of eligibility to show he has the necessary qualifications to be nominated?
... that any act or statement which alleges bias, impropriety or any wrongdoing concerning a
judge in the exercise of his judicial function falls within the offence of scandalizing the court in Singapore?
... that art collective Vertical Submarine, winners of President’s Young Talents award 2009, placed gray sunflowers in the
Botanic Gardens with a poem by the fictional Chien Swee-Teng?
... that under the Vandalism Act of
Singapore, a person convicted for the first time of
vandalism by defacing property using an indelible substance such as paint must be
sentenced to
caning?
... that
masters of
Singapore-registered ships are subject to a fine of
S$1,000 if they do not hoist the Red Ensign(pictured) before entering or leaving port?
... that during the trial for the Toa Payoh ritual murders in
Singapore, Howard Cashin received death threats for defending the accused, Adrian Lim?
... that Edwin Thumboo's 1979 poem Ulysses by the Merlion has influenced so many other
Singaporean poets, it is joked that a true Singapore poet has to have written a "
Merlion poem"?
... that twelve floors in Springleaf Tower(pictured), a skyscraper in
Singapore, were sold at
S$225 million in October 2007, while nine months earlier, they were sold at S$134 million?
... that during the construction of Samsung Hub(pictured), a
high-rise commercial building in
Singapore, the building sank on one side from 3 mm to 39 mm in just four months?
... that Ong Kim Seng is the only
Asian artist outside the
USA to be admitted into the American Watercolor Society, having won six awards from the society?
... that
Singapore’s Sungei Road, formerly a place designated for affluent Europeans and Asians, is now the largest and oldest
flea market better known as the Thieves' Market?
... that a 120-year old
Bodhi tree (pictured) in Jin Long Si Temple, standing over 30
m tall with a girth of 8.5 m, is the oldest and largest of its kind ever found in
Singapore?
... that
Singapore's Gallery Hotel(pictured), with its twisted
cuboid form and seemingly random and multi-coloured windows, stands like a massive
pop art signpost?
... that Tanjong Katong Primary School has the most diverse student population among all government-operated schools in
Singapore, as its students come from 39 countries?
... that a series of miscommunications and withdrawals by
Allied forces during the Battle of Kranji allowed the
Japanese forces to gain strategic footholds which led to the fall of
Singapore in 1942?
... that Stamford House in
Singapore, at first an office building, was for a time in the early 20th century an annex of
Raffles Hotel due to a shortage of hotel rooms?
... that the SGH War Memorial(pictured) was gazetted as one of the nine historical
landmarks that are closely linked with the history of
medical education in
Singapore?
... that the website HardwareZone initiated the first court case in
Singapore over a
domain name, which was settled after just four days?
... that the
Singapore Government has introduced the "Punggol 21-plus" plan to re-vitalise Punggol New Town(pictured), after an unsuccessful attempt in the late 1990s?
... that Tang Choon Keng, who established
Tangs and built the former Dynasty Hotel (pictured), was also known as the "Tin Trunk Man" in
Singapore for his
rags to riches legacy?
... that the Singapore Stone (fragment pictured), a
sandstone slab bearing an
undeciphered 13th century inscription, was blown up by the
British in 1843 to make way for a fort?
... that Fort Pasir Panjang, part of the 11 coastal fortifications built to repel the Japanese invasion, saw little action during the
Battle of Singapore?
... that four Japanese War Memorials found in the Japanese Cemetery Park(pictured) were built without knowledge of the British colonial government of
Singapore?
... that Escape from Paradise, a book which documents a
Singaporean woman's divorce, was removed from
bookstores and
libraries in the country in 2002, even after it had been reviewed in the Singapore press?
... that although archaeologists in Singapore have discovered many
artifacts, they do not have government support for their work, and there is no centralised place to store the artifacts?
... that the EMAS has been so effective in monitoring traffic conditions on
Singapore's
expressways that the
LTA removed most
SOStelephones from the expressways as a result?
... that Typhoon Vamei formed only 92 nautical miles north of the
equator, a record at the time?
... that the campaign for a "Malaysian Malaysia" has had its proponents denounced as traitors or irrational firebrands?
... that Jurong Falls, located at
Singapore's
Jurong BirdPark and featuring the world's most numerous bird collection, is the tallest man-made
waterfall in the world at 30 metres (98 feet) high?
... that to prepare for future
examinations,
Singapore students use the ten year series to practice on past years' examination papers, some of which date back to before they were
born?
... that more than one thousand people are caned in Singapore each year using a
bamboocane that has been soaked in water overnight to prevent splitting?
... that Chingay Parade in
Singapore, a display of floats, music and dances, is a major festival in Asia attended by more than 200,000 people and watched by millions on TV across Asia?
... that the death toll from the
1942Sook Ching Massacre is unknown, but probably lies between 25,000 and 50,000?
Note: This list is intended to be updated by bot, see
User:JL-Bot/Project content. Please do not update manually.
This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by
JL-Bot (
talk·contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is
tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject Singapore}}) or
categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See
WP:RECOG for configuration options.
... that Bedok Reservoir MRT station features a public artwork including a message that "dribbles down" the lift shaft in motifs of droplets?
... that Singaporean chef and restaurateur Tan Kue Kim cooked while wearing a
S$40,000 gold
Rolex watch?
... that Orchard MRT station had a dome over the station's circular concourse until it was removed in 2008?
... that a number of bus drivers who participated in a strike were unaware that it was illegally held?
... that Singaporean broadcaster Lee Fook Hong legally changed his name to Lee Dai Sor (literally 'Lee Big Fool' in
Cantonese) after being accused of tax evasion?
... that Chinese intellectual Tan Teck Soon, who was the son of a Christian missionary, became a supporter of Buddhist revivalist
Anagarika Dharmapala in his later years?
... that Singaporean performance artist Josef Ng was fined
S$1,000 for partially exposing his buttocks and snipping his pubic hair during a public performance?
... that Chinese missionary Tan See Boo moved to Singapore to work for the
Presbyterian Church, but later returned to China to persuade Christians to leave the Presbyterian Church?
... that Singaporean swimmer Marc Tay served in the
Gulf War as an eye surgeon?
... that an artwork in Singapore's Outram Park MRT station represents the state of mind of commuters through 69 engravings of surreal human forms?
... that Tropicana was reportedly the first building in Singapore to contain nightclubs, restaurants, and a theatre?
... that Bayfront MRT station in Singapore has public art that features ships powered by whales and dragons, hand-drawn by children?
... that Saint John's Island was the site of one of the largest quarantine centres of the British Empire (pictured), and held one of the first experimental drug rehabilitation centres?
... that staff had to be deployed on the first day of service at Woodleigh MRT station to assist commuters who alighted there mistakenly because they didn't realize it had opened?
... that Singapore's North East MRT line saw the first launch of the Art-in-Transit (AiT) programme – a public artwork showcase on the MRT network?
... that to reflect the neighbourhood's heritage as a songbird-watching community, Singapore's Mayflower MRT station is decorated with 22 bird sculptures?
... that a temporary two-lane viaduct was built along Cross Street to replace the closed lanes during the construction of Singapore's Telok Ayer MRT station?
... that YouTuber Ghib Ojisan visited
Yishun, a
Singaporean town, expecting danger after reading of cats being slaughtered but instead found it "home to nice people and cute cats"?
... that the architect of Singapore's Stadium MRT station rotated the original plan on its side after being forced to revise the station's design?
... that the biography of Singapore's first Asian postmaster-general, M. Bala Subramanion, was released at
The Fullerton Hotel, the site of the old General Post Office where he had worked for 35 years?
... that Lim Ban Lim, Singapore's most wanted fugitive, stole at least $2.5 million in his career but was found with only $1.40 on him when he was killed by police?
... that Chinese entrepreneur Frank Tsao co-founded the national shipping lines of both Malaysia and Thailand, and was awarded the nobility title
Tan Sri by the king of Malaysia?
... that although her mother never cooked, Violet Oon learned to cook
Peranakan food at the age of sixteen before eventually being appointed the food ambassador of Singapore?
... that pianist Wu Yili made her public debut in her teens, released her first album in her 70s, and went viral in her 80s?
... that competition for the contract to build Singapore's first MRT trains (pictured) was so fierce that it involved last-minute discounts, offers of free parts, and allegations of sabotage?
... that in a 2013 case, the
Singapore Court of Appeal held that the Prime Minister was wrong to say he had discretion under the Constitution not to call a by-election to fill a parliamentary vacancy?
... that Viddsee was founded because Asian short films were being drowned out by other video hosting sites?
... that Sri Temasek(pictured) is designated the official residence of the
Prime Minister of Singapore, though no Prime Minister has actually lived there?
... that top-scoring Singaporean footballer Aleksandar Đurić(pictured) represented Bosnia & Herzegovina in canoeing at the
1992 Summer Olympics?
... that former
Judge of the
Supreme Court of
SingaporeAndrew Ang worked as a corporate and tax lawyer for 30 years before being elevated to the Bench?
... that the
Singapore Government takes the view that separation of powers is less important than choosing leaders that can be trusted and do not need to be fettered?
... that Singaporean politician Alex Yam, a member of the
People's Action Party, also works for the National Trade Union Congress?
... that Singaporean politician and lawyer Ellen Lee was awarded the
Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Star in Malay) in 1997?
... that Singaporean business magnate and former noodle-seller Ron Sim became a billionaire thanks to his investments in the
Osim International company?
... that John Chuang, the co-founder of chocolate manufacturer Petra Foods, is the twenty-second richest person in Singapore, with an estimated net worth of $965 million?
... that Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee was fined a million
yen in February 2013 for
not censoring his nude photographs in Japan?
... that Singaporean politician and
People's Action Party member Lee Bee Wah is also the President of the Singapore Table Tennis Association?
... that in
2013, Singaporean politician Desmond Lim set a new record for the lowest percentage garnered in an election since the independence of Singapore in 1965?
... that the
SingaporeHigh Court(pictured) can grant the remedy of
declaringvoid a law inconsistent with the
Constitution enacted before its commencement, even though Article 4 seems to say otherwise?
... that in the 1991 case Re Fong Thin Choo the
SingaporeHigh Court held that a public authority's decision can be invalidated if based on a misconception or ignorance of a fact?
... that in 1979 only two students registered to join Ai Tong School, now one of the most popular schools in
Singapore?
... that the Singapore Constitution that came into force on 9 August 1965 was not drafted as a single document but was made up of provisions from three separate statutes?
... that
Singapore is said to espouse a "green-light" approach towards administrative law – that good government should be sought through the political process – given the
government's focus on efficiency?
... that the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act of
Singapore allows restrictions to be placed on religious leaders who promote political causes under the guise of religious activity?
... that the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, a
Singaporean body that ensures laws do not discriminate against racial or religious minorities, has not issued an adverse report since its creation?
... that Singapore paid uneducated women to get
sterilised as part of its Stop at Two campaign?
... that females of the
jumping spiderPortia labiata use silk draglines as
territory marks, and use these to avoid females of higher fighting ability and spend more time around less powerful fighters?
... that one definition of judicial bias in Singapore is that a "reasonable and fair-minded person" who is present in
court and knows all the relevant facts suspects that a
fair trial is not possible?
... that people making speeches at Speakers' Corner in
Singapore(pictured) must use one of Singapore's four official languages – English,
Malay,
Mandarin or
Tamil – or a related dialect?
... that a potential candidate for a presidential election in Singapore must apply for a certificate of eligibility to show he has the necessary qualifications to be nominated?
... that any act or statement which alleges bias, impropriety or any wrongdoing concerning a
judge in the exercise of his judicial function falls within the offence of scandalizing the court in Singapore?
... that art collective Vertical Submarine, winners of President’s Young Talents award 2009, placed gray sunflowers in the
Botanic Gardens with a poem by the fictional Chien Swee-Teng?
... that under the Vandalism Act of
Singapore, a person convicted for the first time of
vandalism by defacing property using an indelible substance such as paint must be
sentenced to
caning?
... that
masters of
Singapore-registered ships are subject to a fine of
S$1,000 if they do not hoist the Red Ensign(pictured) before entering or leaving port?
... that during the trial for the Toa Payoh ritual murders in
Singapore, Howard Cashin received death threats for defending the accused, Adrian Lim?
... that Edwin Thumboo's 1979 poem Ulysses by the Merlion has influenced so many other
Singaporean poets, it is joked that a true Singapore poet has to have written a "
Merlion poem"?
... that twelve floors in Springleaf Tower(pictured), a skyscraper in
Singapore, were sold at
S$225 million in October 2007, while nine months earlier, they were sold at S$134 million?
... that during the construction of Samsung Hub(pictured), a
high-rise commercial building in
Singapore, the building sank on one side from 3 mm to 39 mm in just four months?
... that Ong Kim Seng is the only
Asian artist outside the
USA to be admitted into the American Watercolor Society, having won six awards from the society?
... that
Singapore’s Sungei Road, formerly a place designated for affluent Europeans and Asians, is now the largest and oldest
flea market better known as the Thieves' Market?
... that a 120-year old
Bodhi tree (pictured) in Jin Long Si Temple, standing over 30
m tall with a girth of 8.5 m, is the oldest and largest of its kind ever found in
Singapore?
... that
Singapore's Gallery Hotel(pictured), with its twisted
cuboid form and seemingly random and multi-coloured windows, stands like a massive
pop art signpost?
... that Tanjong Katong Primary School has the most diverse student population among all government-operated schools in
Singapore, as its students come from 39 countries?
... that a series of miscommunications and withdrawals by
Allied forces during the Battle of Kranji allowed the
Japanese forces to gain strategic footholds which led to the fall of
Singapore in 1942?
... that Stamford House in
Singapore, at first an office building, was for a time in the early 20th century an annex of
Raffles Hotel due to a shortage of hotel rooms?
... that the SGH War Memorial(pictured) was gazetted as one of the nine historical
landmarks that are closely linked with the history of
medical education in
Singapore?
... that the website HardwareZone initiated the first court case in
Singapore over a
domain name, which was settled after just four days?
... that the
Singapore Government has introduced the "Punggol 21-plus" plan to re-vitalise Punggol New Town(pictured), after an unsuccessful attempt in the late 1990s?
... that Tang Choon Keng, who established
Tangs and built the former Dynasty Hotel (pictured), was also known as the "Tin Trunk Man" in
Singapore for his
rags to riches legacy?
... that the Singapore Stone (fragment pictured), a
sandstone slab bearing an
undeciphered 13th century inscription, was blown up by the
British in 1843 to make way for a fort?
... that Fort Pasir Panjang, part of the 11 coastal fortifications built to repel the Japanese invasion, saw little action during the
Battle of Singapore?
... that four Japanese War Memorials found in the Japanese Cemetery Park(pictured) were built without knowledge of the British colonial government of
Singapore?
... that Escape from Paradise, a book which documents a
Singaporean woman's divorce, was removed from
bookstores and
libraries in the country in 2002, even after it had been reviewed in the Singapore press?
... that although archaeologists in Singapore have discovered many
artifacts, they do not have government support for their work, and there is no centralised place to store the artifacts?
... that the EMAS has been so effective in monitoring traffic conditions on
Singapore's
expressways that the
LTA removed most
SOStelephones from the expressways as a result?
... that Typhoon Vamei formed only 92 nautical miles north of the
equator, a record at the time?
... that the campaign for a "Malaysian Malaysia" has had its proponents denounced as traitors or irrational firebrands?
... that Jurong Falls, located at
Singapore's
Jurong BirdPark and featuring the world's most numerous bird collection, is the tallest man-made
waterfall in the world at 30 metres (98 feet) high?
... that to prepare for future
examinations,
Singapore students use the ten year series to practice on past years' examination papers, some of which date back to before they were
born?
... that more than one thousand people are caned in Singapore each year using a
bamboocane that has been soaked in water overnight to prevent splitting?
... that Chingay Parade in
Singapore, a display of floats, music and dances, is a major festival in Asia attended by more than 200,000 people and watched by millions on TV across Asia?
... that the death toll from the
1942Sook Ching Massacre is unknown, but probably lies between 25,000 and 50,000?