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 * ... that the National Art Gallery of Singapore will incorporate two national monuments &mdash; the Old Supreme Court Building and the City Hall (both pictured)?


 * ... that Chia Thye Poh, formerly detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act, has been called "the world's second longest serving prisoner-of-conscience after South Africa's Nelson Mandela"?


 * ... that former chef Aziza Ali is credited with establishing Singapore's first Malay restaurant?


 * ... that animator Nickson Fong is the first Singaporean to receive an Academy Award?


 * ... that the Singapore Constitution that came into force on 9 August 1965 was not drafted as a single document but was made up of provisions from three separate statutes?

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