Ironic take on fun in S'pore wins

Photo courtesy of Tan Ngiap Heng

The owner of photography studio The Pond was on his way from the Esplanade to The Festival Village of the Singapore Arts Festival 2012 when he spotted a sculpture of the word "fun" with a barricade around it.

Mr Tan Ngiap Heng, 46, shot a picture of it with his iPhone and it was eventually picked as this week's winner for The Big Picture, a year-long contest organised by The New Paper and the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts.

Said Mr Tan: “It struck a chord with a lot of people. Many commented that this was what fun feels like in Singapore, never truly free."