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The Singapore Power Building
... that the
architecture
of the
Singapore Power Building
(pictured)
was influenced by Gerhad M. Kallmann's
Boston City Hall
and
Le Corbusier
's
Sainte Marie de La Tourette
?
... that
Liang Wern Fook
, a pioneer of Singapore's
xinyao
movement, has
composed
over 200 songs?
... that
Singaporean citizenship
was first granted in
1957
when Singapore was a
self-governing colony
of the
United Kingdom
?
... that the first Director of Singapore's
Commercial Affairs Department
,
Glenn Knight
, was also the first legal officer in the country to be charged for
corruption
?
... that
Dragon's Teeth Gate
, an ancient navigational landmark, was documented in one of the earliest historic records of Singapore?
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