Circle the world's largest fountain with a hand in the water
Guinness-listed, 1998
The Fountain of Wealth sits at the centre of Suntec City: a bronze ring 21 metres across and 13.8 metres high, held up by four slanted pillars, built in 1995.
Why it's unique
Guinness listed it in 1998 as the largest fountain in the world. It no longer holds that title, which Guinness now gives to the Palm Fountain in Dubai at 7,327 square metres, certified in October 2020. The scale is deliberate rather than decorative, because the whole Suntec complex is laid out as a left hand in feng shui terms, with five towers as the fingers and thumb, and this fountain as a ring of wealth in the palm. Water flows inward rather than outward, which is the point: prosperity is being retained, not spilled.
And it is participatory in a way monumental fountains almost never are. At set times the main jets are shut off and visitors walk into the middle to circle the small inner fountain three times clockwise with their right hand in the water, which is supposed to bring wealth. It is a piece of civic architecture designed to be touched.
Before you go
The fountain is turned off for the walk-in ritual at set times through the day — check the mall's schedule rather than arriving hopefully.
The laser show runs in the evening, roughly 8pm to 9.30pm, projected onto the water screen. It is free and it is inside a shopping centre, so it is a good rainy-hour stop.