An order by the Singaporean authorities to remove a cigarette from a Chinatown mural has sparked public criticism over censorship and historical revisionism, The Straits Times reports. The mural created by artist Sean Dunston, an American citizen who has lived in Singapore since , depicts a young Samsui woman holding a smoking cigarette.
The term broadly refers to Chinese female migrant workers who came to Singapore between the s and s as industrial workers. The work was completed in early April this uear on the exterior of a restaurant building.
According to the South China Morning Post , the neighbourhood the mural is currently located is where Samsui women primarily lived when they first migrated to the country.
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