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Friday, September 02, 2005
white elephants in Singapore
In a pointed and charming protest over a local issue - an MRT station which remains unopened - residents of Buangkok put up eight white elephant cutouts around the outside of the MRT station. They were put up to coincide with the visit of MP and Minister Vivian Balakrishnan to the constituency. As quoted, the minister sounded ruefully amused, saying that the station opening "was just a matter of time". However in today's Straits Times we read of an ongoing police investigation under the Public Entertainment and Meetings Act... Buzz 0, Police State 2Technorati Tags: public art, Singapore
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