
Lee Kuan Yew – A Tribute
I spent the first 17 years of my life in Singapore. In my early childhood, I recall sitting at a dinner party, where Singapore’s founding father, and first Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, was...
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Summers in Hong Kong
I have lived in Hong Kong all my life, but up till the year I was 14 I had not spent a single summer here. I always dreaded summer, because summers were synonymous with Singapore, and being in...
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Hong Kong vs. Singapore
I think we can all agree that for a few standard questions we’ve been asked countless times, we’ve formulated and rehearsed routine answers to spew out with utmost clarity. When we were young, it...
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EASTER LAYOVER: SINGAPORE
The Mid-terms just ended - thank heavens - but the Finals are approaching. In between these two hells, luckily, is the Easter break, which I call "the Easter Layover". To Christians, Easter is a...
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Hello Singapore! Part II
Day Two The first item on our itinerary was Universal Studios Singapore, a theme park spanning nearly 50 acres built within Resorts World Sentosa on Sentosa Island. Before going through the...
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Hello Singapore! Part I
If you’re a Hong Konger and you’re old enough to read this, chances are you’ve moaned about the summer heat for at least a decade. Every time June rolls about, we are placed at the mercy of the...
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