Luck has it that I'll have a stop over in Singapore in March. First visit will definitely be to the Botanic Gardens and apparently there is also a good Dipterocarp forest in a national park.
As well I have been intrigued by news of the Marina Bay Development, especially by this article by Robin Lane Fox.
Robin Lane Fox Financial Times 29 Mar 2013
.....we came to the garden's centrepiece, two cooled glass domes. The first aims to show the world's cool dry flora, ranging from parts of California to the Mediterranean, the Western Cape of South Africa and even Madagascar. It is an astonishing sight: acres of beautifully landscaped trees and flowers under glass, and even plantings of our beloved English roses. Vast old olive trees have been shipped in from Spain. There are yellow flowered Chorizia trees from South America on a scale which makes Kew's Palm House seem parochial.
It sounds a little 'Disneyland', however the horticultural and design principles sound very interesting. I wonder if any other MGS Forum Members have visited the site.