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Adrianna Tan

Dhevarajan Devadas, a Singapore historian, posted a link to this newspaper article from 1984 asking young people what they thought about the rapid economic growth we were experiencing

Then 26 year old Suratiman Sinthar was prescient: "he was confident Singapore could achieve the Swiss standard of living but warned "there was no point in a high standard of living if the cost of living got out of control".

eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspape

a screenshot of the singapore monitor, a now defunct newspaper, in an interview with young singaporeans in the 80s about the future of the country
#Singapore#TootSea#History
SnoopJ

@skinnylatte fascinated by the abbreviation "S'poreans" which I have never seen before, but it is emminently sensible in print!

Dec 13, 2024, 03:50 PM·Public·Web
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