Singapore Visitor’s Center

I went into the Singapore Visitor’s Center without high expectations. I left an hour later with a packet of brochures and the proverbial "wealth of information" about what to see and do in Singapore. I can also remember what they told me at the hotel where I stayed when I asked what time the Visitor’s Center closed. "About 10 PM, I think." said Benjamin, the young man behind the hostel counter. I was amazed that any visitor’s center anywhere would stay open that late. They were a government agency, weren’t they? didn’t they close at 5 PM like government agencies did almost everywhere else?