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Making sense of signs in S'pore

Are they warnings, advice or threats? The signs around us reveal too much or too little

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Paddy Rangappa

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We all know we cannot stop the world's serious crimes by putting up signs. That's why we don't see signs like this:
"Violence and bloodshed are not allowed here."
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