On Marina Bay, Merlion Park hosts one of Singapore's most recognizable monuments. The Merlion statue is the head of a lion with the body and tail of a fish, and the hybrid creature spouts water ...

It has been used as the country's emblem since 1964. The original Merlion Park, which stands at the mouth of the Singapore River, officially opened in 1972; but the present-day Merlion Park ...