Treasures – Revere Bell (1843)
A piece of Singapore history that is tied to the American revolution, even in a small way.
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A piece of Singapore history that is tied to the American revolution, even in a small way.
In 1844, Singapore was a growing British trading post, notable for the establishment of a girls’ school (Singapore Institution FreeContinue Reading
Raffles left the island and William Farquhar took over as First Resident. It would be hard to find a more capable person to manage what needed to get the new enterprise up and running.
Given the recent K-pods addiction problems, let’s see how our forefathers tackled the opium problem.
My dad was one of those that came as part of the Chinese diaspora. And he came, and he started a family, and he settled here. And he never returned to his hometown.
SIngapore is a melting pot of cultures and people, and Peranakans are one of the successful results of that amalgamation.
One of the most recognisable portrait in Singapore besides Raffles as we grew up with this image in our Social Study textbook.
We were led to believe he was sacked for incompetence but actually he should get credits for modern Singapore.
His claim to fame was founding a desert island that became the modern Singapore.








