Artist: Bernard Lim
Location: Raffles City Level 3
Description:
Mickey Mouse is well travelled all over the world and he has a huge fascination for the Lion City with its history and icons. Mickey-Merl is designed with inspiration for Singapore's Merlion. The body symbolises Singapore's humble beginnings as a fishing village when it was called Temasek. This refers to "sea town" in Javanese. The Merlion's head represents Singapore's original name, Singapura, or "lion city" in Malay. Mickey is a universal symbol of happiness and hope. Mickey-Merl is promoting the Lion City brand with all it's happiness and hope, to all Mickey Mouse fans over the world.