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Celebrating the wildlife wonderland on Christmas Island

This island in the Indian Ocean may belong to Australia, but its architecture, demographics and lifestyle echo those of old Singapore

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Red crabs on the march after the start of the wet season rains.

PHOTO: TAN CHUNG LEE

Tan Chung Lee

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This island in the Indian Ocean may belong to Australia, but its architecture, demographics and lifestyle echo those of old Singapore
Christmas Island, a speck in the vast Indian Ocean, is a wildlife wonderland that also hides a slice of old Singapore.
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