About Singapore
Singapore is clean, safe, efficient and the inhabitants are as proud of this as they are of the city’s strong financial heart beating around the clock. The harbor is the busiest in the world and capital is constantly flowing on the stock exchange. All the world’s banks, insurance companies and investors are represented here. In 200 years, Singapore has gone from being a deserted island to an eminent industrial nation and major financial power, as reflected in the flourishing townscape. A good start for anyone who wants to experience Singapore today, with its mixture of old and new, is to have a drink or a bite to eat on at Boat Quay in the late afternoon. The renovated harbor district is packed with bars and restaurants where people from the financial district meet after work to socialize. Another traditional watering hole is Raffles Hotel, built in the Colonial style. Is there anything more embedded in mysticism than drinking a Singapore Sling in the hotel’s Long Bar? It is a fantastic environment for a long drink, the perfect way to experience Singapore and perhaps the very best way of all to experience the meeting between the city’s exciting history and modern times. Anyone who is looking to experience Singapore as it once was might want to head for the crowds of Chinatown where fortune tellers, calligraphers and temple visitors are a permanent feature of everyday life. In Little India you will find the best Sari fabrics and lots of exciting spices. Don’t miss the small shops on Arab Street either.
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