SINGAPORE - The architect who designed two of Singapore's earliest modern buildings in the 1960s - the National Theatre (1963) and Hotel Malaysia (1968) - chafes at the hackneyed use of "iconic" to describe his oeuvre over the years.
"You can call the Parthenon 'iconic', but for everything else, find better descriptors," says Mr Alfred H.K. Wong with a laugh.
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