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Golden Mile Complex
... that the
Golden Mile Complex
(pictured)
, which was designed as an
avant-garde
building with a stepped terrace structure, was once described as a "vertical
slum
" by a Singapore
Nominated Member of Parliament
?
... that Singapore's
Ee Hoe Hean Club
, a century-old
millionaires
' club for
Chinese
businessmen, became a
headquarters
of an anti-
Japanese
movement
in
Southeast Asia
from 1937-1942?
... that in her début at the
2008 Summer Olympics
,
Tao Li
broke the Asian record for the 100m
butterfly
twice and became the first Singaporean swimmer to enter an Olympic final?
... that
Farrer Park
is where Singapore's first
racecourse
was built and the island's
aviation
history began?
... that at the age of 10,
Megan Zheng
became the first Singaporean to win a
Golden Horse Award
?
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