The Istana, the official state residence of the President of Singapore, stood in stately neoclassical grandeur amidst hundred-acre botanical parklands in the heart of the city. The soaring white colonnades and broad banqueting halls, dating back to 1869, were illuminated with brilliant architectural uplighting that cast a regal radiance across the manicured lawns. Inside the State Ballroom, beneath gilded crystal chandeliers that had welcomed world leaders for over a century,…
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