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A social cost to our choking cities
There is a significant economic and social cost in traffic congestion. A lack of planning, and more importantly, a lack of long-term vision, is condemning our rapidly-growing population centres to the same choking fate as many in Asia. What do we want our cities to look like in a decade?
TRIP: Snake-wear is hot in the City
SINGAPORE DAY 5-6: Way to make friends when travelling alone: wear a boa constrictor like a scarf in front of a couple of hundred people. Instant acclaim, serious kudos. It was my own fault for sitting in the front row of the Night Safari’s Creatures of the Night show. (It was magic.)
TRIP: To shake, or not to shake
SINGAPORE (DAY 3-4): Don’t shake hands with anyone. Ever. After almost 48 hours in Singapore, I feel I can speak with authority in offering this crucial piece of advice as a hapless foreign tourist. Nothing is more important.
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