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Shanghai has been one of the most mature cities in the history of China, a country with a proud civilization dating back as far back as 4000 B.C.

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A selection of the street photographs taken by the participants of the IPA Street Photography May 2012 Workshop in Singapore.

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My name is Kang Li. I have lived in Block 230G of Tampines street 21 since 1993. It is a point block of 44 households spread over 12 storeys.

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Folklore says that this area got its name from a small marsh bird called Burung Ranggong. Serangoon, as it is called now, has been a second home for me lately.

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During the six weeks I spent in Tokyo shortly after the earthquake in March 2011, there was an interesting atmosphere – literally.

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The overflow of China’s domestic travellers for a ‘Hawaiian beach holiday’ experience has worn out the island of Hainan (海南). With popularity and profits come pollution, over-crowding, and the effects of aggressive and unchecked profiteering.

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Typhoon Washi, locally known as “Sendong” hit the southern Philippines on December 16, 2011 triggering flash floods and landslides which resulted into 1,268 confirmed dead in the rampaging floodwaters brought by the tropical storm.

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The land enclosed is no longer a presence, as if what was displaced or destroyed at these sites no longer matters. Memory has been traded for development. What will be erected with a strict belief that the future is the only concern?

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