The City Hall and Raffles Place MRT stations are paired cross-platform interchanges on the North–South line (NSL) and East–West line (EWL) of the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system. Both are situated in the Downtown Core district: City Hall station is near landmarks such as the former City Hall, St Andrew's Cathedral and the Padang, while Raffles Place station serves Merlion Park, The Fullerton Hotel and the Asian Civilisations Museum. The stations were first announced in 1982. Constructing the tunnels between the City Hall and Raffles Place stations required the draining of the Singapore River. The stations opened on 12 December 1987 as part of the MRT extension to Outram Park station. Cross-platform transfers between the NSL and EWL began on 28 October 1989, ahead of the split of the MRT network into two lines. Both stations are designated Civil Defence shelters. City Hall station features a mural by Simon Wong which depicts government buildings in the area, while two murals at Raffles Place station by Lim Sew Yong and Thang Kiang How depict scenes of Singapore's history.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1936:

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China was kidnapped by Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, a former warlord of Manchuria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi%27an_Incident

1988:

Three trains collided near Clapham Junction railway station in London, killing 35 people and injuring 484 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Junction_rail_crash

2000:

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore that the recount of ballots cast in Florida for the presidential election be stopped, effectively making George W. Bush the winner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_v._Gore

2021:

At the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton in the final lap to become the World Drivers' Champion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

nosocomial: 1. (pathology) Of an infection or its cause: arising from the environment of, or treatment in, a hospital. 2. (medicine, uncommon) Of, relating to, or happening in a hospital. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nosocomial

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

This case presents a fundamental question at the heart of our democracy: whether a former President is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed while in office or is constitutionally protected from federal prosecution when he has been impeached but not convicted before the criminal proceedings begin. The district court rejected respondent's claims, correctly recognizing that former Presidents are not above the law and are accountable for their violations of federal criminal law while in office. … It is of imperative public importance that respondent's claims of immunity be resolved by this Court and that respondent's trial proceed as promptly as possible if his claim of immunity is rejected. Respondent's claims are profoundly mistaken, as the district court held. But only this Court can definitively resolve them.   --Jack Smith https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Smith