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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffles_Place_MRT_station>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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