Singapore of Medan: Indonesian town has its own S'pore with Merlion, Fountain of Wealth, ERP gantry and more, Netizens poke fun ‘Do they also have PSLE?’

A video of a neighbourhood in Indonesia has made the rounds lately due to some unusual features, including a merlion and Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries.

The residential area is called the “Singapore of Medan”, and can be seen in this video from 2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z03kRs6DVCA

Singaporeans will definitely find some familiar sights.

Whoever thought of the neighbourhood’s design must be a huge fan of the Little Red Dot.

[caption id="attachment_431785" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] FB screengrab: CitraLand Bagya City Property[/caption]

The developer of the residence is CitraLand Gama City (which explains the CLGC on the gantry), and it will occupy 211.57 hectares of land, including a shopping district called—you guessed it, Orchard Road.

[caption id="attachment_431784" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Fb screengrab/ CitraLand Bagya City Property[/caption]

In response, Singaporean netizens appear to be having a lot of fun with the “Singapore of Medan.” 

Some are looking for more famous Singapore sights… and people. One asked, “Do they also have PSLE?”

Others, however, could not seem to wrap their minds around the imitation ERP.

Some took it as a positive thing.

Others felt, however, that Indonesians would have been better off with original ideas.

/TISG https://theindependent.sg/netizens-caution-singaporeans-against-buying-property-in-batam-more-often-than-not-its-thug-law/