The Ikkan Art Gallery is the biggest hitter among a clutch of excellent art galleries in the Tanjong Pagar Distripark complex, a short walk southwest of Chinatown.

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Both the Serapong and the Tanjong courses are 18-hole masterpieces carved out of lush tropical flora and mangrove swamps that have been beautifully transformed into rolling hills and challenging greens looking out onto the Singapore Harbor or South China Sea, depending on the hole.

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