Michael Portillo is in the island city state of Singapore on the last leg of his ,-mile exploration of south east Asia. In Tai Seng, Michael goes underground to marvel at the worlds largest subterranean rail depot, where self-driving MRT trains are maintained. He takes a cable car to Fort Siloso on the island of Sentosa, where he learns about one of Britains worst military defeats and the brutal Japanese occupation which followed.
Downtown, over coffee with the regulator of the Singapore Stock Exchange, Michael marvels at the islands astonishing success as a financial centre and, in the residential district of Ang Mo Kio, he visits an urban farm for the future – on a car park roof.
At Boat Quay, Michael finds out about Lee Kwan Yew, Singapores prime minister for years, who was responsible for Singapores extraordinary th-century growth.
Episode : 20
Season : 1
Air Date : 2020-02-21 00:00:00
Michael Portillo is in the island city state of Singapore on the last leg of his ,-mile exploration of south east Asia. In Tai Seng, Michael goes underground to marvel at the worlds largest subterranean rail depot, where self-driving MRT trains are maintained. He takes a cable car to Fort Siloso on the island of Sentosa, where he learns about one of Britains worst military defeats and the brutal Japanese occupation which followed.
Downtown, over coffee with the regulator of the Singapore Stock Exchange, Michael marvels at the islands astonishing success as a financial centre and, in the residential district of Ang Mo Kio, he visits an urban farm for the future – on a car park roof.
At Boat Quay, Michael finds out about Lee Kwan Yew, Singapores prime minister for years, who was responsible for Singapores extraordinary th-century growth.
