Florence Tan at 22 posing in front of the Tower of the Sun at the World Expo in Osaka, 1970 (left), and at 77 years old at the World Expo in Osaka in May 2025 (right). - Courtesy of Florence Tan
SINGAPORE: She was 22 when she lived for three months in Osaka, one of four “Singapore girls” who represented the young Republic in its first World Expo outing in 1970.
Now 77, Florence Tan returned to the western Japan city’s second Expo in May 2025 - a visitor and the oldest contributor to the Singapore pavilion's display.
