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Author: Owain (UK)	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 21:13:33 11/16/04 Tue In reply to: Paddy (Scotland) 's message, "Perhaps indirectly" on 19:43:33 11/16/04 Tue Singapore is not part of the crown commonwealth, so I say forget about them. [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Hm.

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Ed Harris (Venezia)
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Date Posted: 21:20:29 11/16/04 Tue

I'm a great Singaporephile. I don't know why it isn't still a member of the Crown Commonwealth, since the ties to Britain are very strong there. Half the population of the city were educated at British universities, and significant numbers of leading citizens at Raffles. The financial elites of London and Singapore are virtually interchangeable. They send us nurses, we send them fund managers. There are cetainly more Singaporeans in Britain than Australians, I would say.

Also, the Lion City has given us Singapore Slings, and so should be rewarded accordingly...

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[> [> [> Subject: And...
Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 02:03:12 11/17/04 Wed If you look at eBay items which are listed as "Location - Singapore", about half of them have "United Kingdom" in brackets afterwards. For example: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4092&item=2286205017&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW A skein of loyalism there, d'you think? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Thats if you go anywhere...which it doesn't seem to be
Author: Arthur [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:22:27 11/17/04 Wed Its more like a school boys fantasy at the moment. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Have some patience!
Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 14:35:57 11/17/04 Wed How quickly do you think an idea can catch on? We aren't talking about a fad, we are talking about millions of people recognising that they actually have important cultural links that go beyond the divisions that we have learned to think of as "countries". That takes time. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]