Parks and open spaces in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are: The area has the additional advantage of extending into Kensington Gardens and thus neighboring Hyde Park. Little Wormwood Scrubs is one of 11 parks throughout Greater London chosen to receive money for redevelopment by a public vote in 2009. The park received £400,000 towards better footpaths, more lighting, refurbished public toilets and new play areas for children. Parks and open spaces in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, an Inner London borough, has responsibility for some of the parks and open spaces within its boundaries. Most of them are relatively small:
Speakers' Corner, Singapore and then restored twice: first for the purpose of the campaigning period during the general election, and subsequently for the presidential election. In his 2008 National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong indicated that the purpose behind various government policies, including the creation of Speakers' Corner, was to "liberalise our society, to widen the space for expression and participation". Its reception was mixed, however, and there have been a wide range of views and perspectives on the impact of Speakers' Corner in increasing the space for free speech and the freedom to assemble. It has been called an