Singapore, an island city-state of southern Malaysia, is a global financial center with a tropical climate and multicultural population. Its colonial core centers on the Padang, a cricket field since the 1830’s and now flanked by grand buildings such as City Hall, with it’s 18 Corinthian columns. In Singapore’s circa-1820 Chinatown stands the red and gold Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, said to house one of Buddha’s teeth.