Singapore - The Fountain of Wealth

The Singapore Changi Airport has a great tourist association dealy. The offer 2 hr bus tours of the city for free, and free shuttles to and from the city if you have longer to spend - which I did! So I checked most of my stuff at a "left luggage" place, took just what I'd need for sightseeing, and went through customs.

After about a 25 min ride, I got off the free shuttle at Suntec City - a huge 5 building complex. The bottom floors of 4 of the buildings are a shopping mall, and the 5th (more or less) is a convention center. They are arranged like an outstretched left hand. In the center (where your palm would be) is the largest fountain in the world - the Fountain of Wealth. See, it even says so on the sign.



They chose the left hand because in Asian culture you recieve money with your left hand (and pay it out with your right hand).

There is a smaller fountain in the middle of the fountain.



Water is flowing "inward". And in Asian culture water represents money. So the fountain represents recieving wealth. Every now and then they turn off the bigger outer fountain.



Then two security people came out to make sure it was safe (because obviously this requires TWO people, not just one).



Then they let people come out and touch the water for luck.



I didn't have time to figure out how to get down there, so no, I didn't touch the water. No wealth for me I guess!