The British Empire lingers on in Sunny Singapore
This year Singapore celebrates the Bicentennial of its founding. Though the colonial British have departed, their legacy lives on in our language, our laws and in a very popular icon.
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SELF PROMOTION: SINGAPORE BICENTENNIAL SOUVENIRS
BLOG POSTS CONTINUE AFTER THIS Available in two designs. Check links below. Images ©Zazzle.com Step out in these awesome T-shirts celebrating the Singapore Bicentennial which marks the 200th Anniversary of the founding of Singapore by Thomas Stamford Raffles, a young English officer of the East India Company. Once a trading centre of some renown and known as Singapura the Lion City, it had declined into a fishing village by the time Raffles landed on her shores. However, Raffles, a product of the Enlightenment, had a vision beyond establishing a new duty-free port. He wanted it to be a beacon of hope, freedom and justice, thus setting in motion events that catapulted Singapore into the stunning metropolis it is today. Click above to watch Video Preview Store Link to products: Here Copyright © Tan Choon Hong 2019. All rights reserved.