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February 1961
Forget about sending schoolchildren out to raise funds on Flag Day. In 1961, when the National Theatre needed money to build the iconic venue in Fort Canning, its funding committee started selling bricks.
Not actual bricks, of course. They came up with a novel campaign where they created paper bricks that were sold for S$1 each.
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