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STAMFORD RAFFLES

The problem with toppling statues

Jun 15, 2020, 5:00 am
Visitors to the Bicentennial Experience at Fort Canning Park watching a multimedia presentation on how Singapore developed into a dynamic port after Sir Stamford Raffles identified it as an ideal location for giving Britain a foothold in South-east A

History shows the path to success is not plain sailing

Oct 16, 2019, 5:00 am

History objectively reflected in festivities

Aug 28, 2019, 5:00 am
Firefighters working on a balcony of Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral last Friday, four days after a fire destroyed its spire and roof. France plans to rebuild the iconic cathedral in just five years, for it embodies not only the religious spirit of those

Beyond a Founders' Memorial, build a monument to the people

Apr 23, 2019, 5:00 am
The first biography on Stamford Raffles, written in 1897, portrayed him as a hero who had risen from poverty, who was forced to leave school prematurely to support his mother and sisters, and who rose to fame solely by his own efforts. None of this i

Farquhar and Raffles: The untold story

Mar 24, 2019, 5:00 am

Never allow dictatorship-leaning behaviour here

Feb 13, 2019, 5:00 am

Raffles revealed in his collection

Feb 5, 2019, 5:00 am

Raffles, Farquhar and Crawfurd: Three names linked inextricably with founding of modern Singapore

Feb 3, 2019, 5:00 am

New show at Asian Civilisations Museum sets Sir Stamford Raffles in South-east Asian context

Jan 29, 2019, 10:00 am

Instead of angst over the bicentennial, draw lessons from the past

Jan 27, 2019, 5:00 am

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