Cultural homicide, ayoh! Ziauddin Sardar arrives in Singapore to find it's been occupied.
New Internationalist › Nbr. 333, April 2001
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Cultural homicide, ayoh! Ziauddin Sardar arrives in Singapore to find it's been occupied.
It has been my misfortune to arrive in various places around the world only to be engulfed in local crisis. I am no stranger to war, rumours of war, coups d'etat and various natural disasters. But never before had I stepped off a plane to be confronted with cultural homicide.
Changi Airport is globalization run riot, an impersonal consumerist cornucopia of designer labels. It is also dedicated to being the world's premier transport hub. From here you can go anywhere, ushered along by the ubiquitous Singapore Girl. Whenever I arrive in the building, I leave as rapidly as possible, hoping for a talkative ride into Singapore city cen...See the full content of this document
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