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Article: Singapore.(Cover Story)
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- PSA Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 1998
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This tiny island, 137 kilometers north of the equator, has in recent years acquired a reputation that precedes herself. Singapore is also called "Singapura" or "Lion City," names which have their genesis from a Sumatran prince who landed with his entourage on the shores of this island in the last century and espied a robust lion bolting through the rain forest. He promptly declared that this was "Singapura," the Sumatran term for "Lion City."
Since the encounter with the beast, Singapore, 647.5 square kilometers, a mere dot on the world map, has continually received and integrated influences from the rest of the world into a fascinating hybrid of Singapore ...