New WhatsApp-based game highlights Singapore’s hidden gems

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New WhatsApp-based game highlights Singapore’s hidden gems
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After spending 14 years in the United Kingdom, Singaporean Lim Yee Hung returned home to find out he had forgotten much about his home country. Diving into the National Archives to school himself, he became captivated by all the stories that lay hidden...

Mr Lim Yee Hung, a co-founder of Move Technologies, the company behind Hidden.sg, said the game aims to support local businesses.After spending 14 years in the United Kingdom, Singaporean Lim Yee Hung returned home to find out he had forgotten much about his home country.

Rather than let them remain dormant, Mr Lim, 37, decided to transform them into a self-guided outdoor game named Hidden.sg. Among the tales players might learn is that Dakota estate was named for the Douglas DC-3 aircraft, fondly dubbed “the Dakota” by the British. This plane was once a common sight at the now-defunct Kallang Airport nearby. Another intriguing stop might lead players to a modest three-room Housing Board flat in Toa Payoh, to which the late Queen Elizabeth II paid a visit in 1972.

Hidden.sg uses simple WhatsApp messages and an artificial intelligence chatbot to help Singaporeans and tourists find hidden gems in the city’s neighbourhoods.Mr Lee Fund, director of Tea Chapter, a traditional Chinese teahouse that has been in Tanjong Pagar since 1989, praised the game for boosting his teahouse’s visibility and patronage.A standard game is priced at $25 a person and requires at least two participants. Each game includes surprise gifts.

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