The Garden City Vision
Lee Kuan Yew's initiative to green Singapore as a signal of efficiency and discipline.
Key Questions
- 1Why was greening the city a priority in the 1960s?
- 2How did the "Garden City" image attract foreign investment?
- 3How has the vision evolved into a "City in Nature"?
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