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22 Incredible Before and After Pictures that Reveal the Transformation

Bowing out: former prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, has died at the age of 91. EPA/Stephen Morrison. Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of one of Asia's smallest but most developed.

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Advertisement Swampland to skyscrapers. amazing before and after images show Singapore's transformation into a high-rise metropolis Singapore is celebrating 50 years of independence since.

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Singaporean landmarks: past and present We all know the old adage: "Singapore progressed from a third-world to first-world country in under 50 years." Simply flip through the pages of any social studies textbook to see past photos of Singapore in its full glory.

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Singapore gained formal independence on August 9, 1965, with Yusof bin Ishak serving as its first president and the highly influential Lee Kuan Yew as its prime minister. After independence, Singapore continued to experience problems. Much of the city-state's 3 million people were unemployed.

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The last colonial commission to clean up the river was set up in 1950s and it estimated the cost to clean the river at about S$30 million. However, the implementation on the commission's report failed to achieve its targets due to financial difficulties and complexity of the problem. It was only in 1969 that then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

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Botanical Gardens: A tropical garden in the middle of the city, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The gardens were founded in 1859 and is one of Asia's top park attractions. The National.

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The Dutch protested. In London the company's court of directors, though it decided that Raffles had contravened instructions, took no action. In 1824 an Anglo-Dutch treaty left Malaya and Singapore in the British sphere, and in August the whole of Singapore Island was ceded to the British for a monetary payment.

Before & After Pictures Show How Deforestation Has Changed Singapore

Carbon tax increase. Singapore's carbon tax will rise as part of wider efforts to deal with the negative effects of emitting carbon dioxide. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY. Singapore's carbon tax will rise.

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Singapore's skyline is our pride and joy, known the world over from the MBS "ship" - popularised by Crazy Rich Asians and Netflix's Singapore Social - to the abundance of CBD skyscrapers grazing record-breaking heights.

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From the 1930s to now, see how Singapore has changed over the years with images from the Straits Times archives.

Singapore’s Unimaginable Before & After Photos Show How Far The Country

During the first half of the twentieth century, Singapore prospered as financial institutions, transportation, communications, and government infrastructure expanded rapidly to support the booming trade and industry of the British Empire.

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Singapore became an independent republic on 9 August 1965. By the 1990s, the country had become one of the world's most prosperous nations, with a highly developed free market economy and strong international trading links.

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Deforestation in Singapore has come in two unequal waves. The first one was precipitated by the colonial authorities in the early 19 th Century. Spurred by the heightened demand for Gambier crops in the British dyeing and tanning industries, authorities encouraged locals to find new land for plantations.

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Apr 8, 2020, 2:45 PM SGT. Before: Tourists at the Merlion Park on July 1, 2019. ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG. After: The Merlion Park and MBS around 3pm on April 8, 2020. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN. Before.

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This Wednesday, Singapore marks 100 days since it fully reopened. Take a look at life during and after Covid-19 restrictions. On July 6, it will be 100 days since Singapore lifted its Covid-19 curbs.

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1. Sentosa Source: wildsingaporenews Source: sentosa Sentosa used to be called Pulau Blakang Mati which literally translates to "dead back". Back before Sentosa was a tourist attraction, there used to be a Kampung there! The islanders even shared their space with the Gurkha infantry units.