Become a paid member to listen to this article. Known around the world for being a model of modern urban planning, Singapore was effectively a blank canvas to create a modern country since ...

Drifting past Helix Bridge, Boat Quay, Clarke Quay and Merlion, I even caught glimpses of Peranakan houses—vibrant remnants ...

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Singapore's widely revered urban greening plan dates back to the 1960s, when former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, affectionately known as the country’s “chief gardener”, coined the "Garden ...