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National Library Board, Singapore Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Lim, Catherine.

Roll out the champagne, Singapore! : an exuberant celebration of Singapore’s 50th birthday / Catherine Lim. – Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, [2014]

pages cm

ISBN : 978-981-4561-58-7 (paperback)
eISBN : 978 981 4561 97 6

1. National characteristics, Singaporean – Anecdotes. 2. Singapore – Social life and customs – Anecdotes. 3. Singapore – Biography – Anecdotes. 4. Singapore – History – Anecdotes I. Title.

DSDS609.9

959.57 – dc23         OCN885369208

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