Five Further Facts

1. Military. The motto of the Singapore Artillery, 'In Oriente Primus' (First in the East), was originally the motto of the colonial-era Singapore Volunteer Corps (SVC). I've no idea how it ended up as the Arty motto, though.


2. Architecture. The cross atop the spire of St Andrew's Cathedral in Singapore is a cross of St Andrew, in the shape of an 'x', rather than the traditional Christian cross shaped like a 't'.


3. Names. Nike the sportswear manufacturer takes its name from Nike the Greek goddess of victory.


4. Clothing. The Singapore Chinese Girls' School uniform used to have puffy lambchop sleeves.


5. People. Factoid lifted from this website: the writer Lu Xun's "brother Zhou Jianren was a biologist and eugenicist. He made the first translation of Darwin into Chinese."