For Singapore’s 54th birthday, Mahathir, Jokowi are welcome. Raffles’ ghost, not so much

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Singapore on Friday staged a grander-than-usual National Day parade as the Lion City marked its 54th birthday alongside a “commemoration” of the 200th anniversary of the landing of the British colonialist Sir Stamford Raffles.Joining an estimated 250,000 spectators who flocked to the celebrations in the evening in the city state’s historic Padang area were the leaders of its three closest neighbours: Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.The Singapore government said Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir…

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