A trading post for over 1,000 years, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. The name of the city derives from the latter’s native tongue in Sanskrit for Lion City…although tigers were more likely to be seen than lions. Nowadays, the Tiger economy of Singapore is what really drives this former British colony. That economy has resulted in the second highest global GDP allowing its nearly 5.5 million denizens to live large on the small 283-square-mile island. A large percentage of that living area has been claimed from the sea through the acquisition of vast amounts of sand or lately on a Dutch polder reclamation policy. Singapore is also known as The Fine country, which stems from the many fines given to people who dare to chew gum and shop at the same time. Thus, you should watch your step, literally and figuratively as you may miss this cover which is found adjacent to the Foundation Stone at the Fullerton Hotel. An Islamic-inspired nine-sided radial motif with a five-pointed star at its center defines this vented cover. Four versions of the city name in the native languages have been added to the surrounding ring of 52 rectangles.