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After visiting both Malaysia and Singapore recently, I feel like many villages in Malaysia are significantly more colourful than Singapore. Building and roof co
by jezzamon 3y ago
After visiting both Malaysia and Singapore recently, I feel like many villages in Malaysia are significantly more colourful than Singapore. Building and roof colours they use are not something you would see in my part of the US
- tzhenghao 3y agoMalaysian here. Yeah some of the historical sites in Penang or Melaka come to mind. I think the Peranakan [1] culture is one of the most obvious examples in using colors and is widespread to the region, not just in Singapore. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans
- JimDabell 3y agoI think one thing Singapore does that is fairly unusual is paint the HDBs a wide variety of colours. For context, Singapore builds a lot of high-rise housing and sells it to locals with huge subsidies. About three quarters of locals live in these types of buildings. https://www.timeout.com/singapore/things-to-do/the-most-instagram-worthy-hdb-blocks-in-singapore https://www.timeout.com/singapore/things-to-do/the-most-inst...