News of the upcoming closure of the Singapore Turf Club at Kranji stirred debate among TO
“Eventually Singapore will be so sterile and neat, we will only stay to work. Any long weekends, or holidays, the entire population will disappear.”“Singapore is just becoming more boring. It’s a jungle of residential buildings and template copy-paste shopping malls that do not have own identity… Only good side is that it is safe, but ultimately boring.”There has to be space… for alternative sports.
Why don't the authorities close a few and combine the clubs for public housing?”“Totally not acceptable! What’s next? It’s like saying the football stadiums aren’t filled… so we are going to remove football from Singapore? Singapore Turf Club is part of Singaporean culture… It’s entertainment.”“Numbers at have declined, numbers at football stadiums have declined too, and we still have hundreds of football fields on the island.
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