Singapore after Lee Kuan Yew | After the Patriarch; The island-state mourns its founding father, but its politics is changing. Economist, May 28, 2015
(“Public protests remain rare. (One place they [protests] are partly tolerated, Hong Lim Park’s Speakers’ Corner, was closed this week ‘for remembering’ Mr Lee.)”)
Note:
(a) There is no need to read the rest.
(b) Hong Lim Park 芳林公园
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Lim_Park
("Created by Hokkien businessman and philanthropist CHEANG Hong Lim 章芳林 [闽南音] in 1885, Hong Lim Park was the first public garden in Singapore. * * * It was selected by the government as the venue for Speakers' Corner in September 2000. Since then, it is the only place in Singapore where one can legally stage public protests")
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