#483 - Singaporeans Not Ready for Umbrella-Sharing & SUTD Students Proud of Ridiculed Chinatown Dragon

A free umbrella sharing service for Joo Chiat residents to use in the event of sudden downpours was stopped because people did not return the umbrellas after using them. After deploying more than 1,180 umbrellas, the program became unsustainable, which begs the question: are Singaporeans really just an inconsiderate lot? Elsewhere, people took to social media to ridicule the CNY Dragon decor at Chinatown, saying that it had “human-looking” feature. How did the university students who designed the decor feel about this criticism?

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Singaporeans Not Ready for Umbrella-Sharing

• 'Not sustainable': Joo Chiat’s free umbrella-sharing service to stop due to low return rates by inconsiderate users
• R[2018] Raining on their parade, ungracious users put dampener on umbrella-sharing project

SUTD Students Proud of Ridiculed Chinatown Dragon

• Despite online criticism, SUTD students proud of annual CNY lantern designs in Chinatown
• Shrek or Pikotaro? CNY dragon decor in Chinatown fires up social media
• S’pore Chinatown dragon looks like famous HK actor & Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen guy

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