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- Many people think Singapore is the cleanest city in Asia.
- At the Singapore Zoological Gardens, you can have breakfast with an orangutan.
- There are more visitors to Singapore than people who actually live there.
- A favorite eating place is a hawker center. There, you can buy everything from octopus and duck to ice-kacang (a kind of Singaporean snow cone) and exotic fruit drinks. The food is cheap and good, but it’s hard to find any open seats.
- Durian is the name of a popular fruit that has a prickly outside. It has such a strong smell that it is banned from many hotels, airlines, and the subway.
- Suntec City, a shopping center, made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for having the largest fountain.
- Until 2004, it was against the law to chew gum in Singapore because the government didn’t like having to clean up the gum people threw away. Now chewing gum is only legal if you have a prescription from a doctor or dentist.
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The moon is just a sliver because it represents a young country. The color red represents brotherhood and equality, and white stands for purity and virtue. |
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The lion is a Singaporean national symbol. It represents strength, courage, and excellence. |
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