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Singapore's Potemkin Moment

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Sep 27, 2012
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In one of those only-in-Singapore occurrences, officials set up a kind of Potemkin visit for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the 40-year-old Queenstown Housing Estate, named for the Queen of England, to “to view Singapore’s public housing program and be offered the opportunity to experience Singapore’s multi-ethnic culture and traditions,” accordin…

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