by Tanya Ong | Feb 3, 2019 | 1819, gun howitzer, History, News, SAF, Waiouru
Two national servicemen were killed during artillery training in Waiouru, New Zealand in 1997. Advertisement Awareness of this training accident has gained more widespread currency some two decades after it happened due to the advent of social media. The MINDEF press...
by wakeupsg | Feb 1, 2019 | farquhar, History, Local News, Op-Eds, politics, raffles, Singapore, UK
2019 signifies the 200th anniversary of the start of British colonial rule in Singapore. Many historians associate 2019 to be the founding of modern Singapore. When it comes to Singapore’s founding, one name above all stands out – Sir Stamford Raffles. Idolized and...
by Correspondent | Jan 31, 2019 | Current Affairs, History
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launched the Singapore Bicentennial celebration at the Asian Civilisation Museum on Mon (28 Jan). Straits Times reported it as 1819 marked the start of a modern and multicultural Singapore (‘1819 marked start of modern,...
by RICE | Jan 7, 2019 | bicentennial, Culture, Founder, History, munshi abdullah, naraina pillai, People, raffles, Sang Nila Utama, Singapore, tan tock seng, temasek
Munshi Abdullah: The old order is destroyed, a new world is created and all around us is change. Of all the possible futures I’ve imagined for Singapore, this is one I could not have foreseen. Now we are bereft, like a Malacca shorn of its fort, or a family without...
by RICE | Jan 4, 2019 | bicentennial, Culture, Events, History, munshi abdullah, naraina pillai, raffles, Sang Nila Utama, Singapore, sir stamford raffles, Social Studies, tan tock seng, Uncategorised
By now, most Singaporeans are aware that the Raffles statue was recently ‘vandalised’ to get people talking about the bicentennial. As much as we’ve acknowledged the importance of commemorating Raffles’ contributions to Singapore, 200 years of hindsight comes also...
by Tan Xing Qi | Jan 2, 2019 | 1819, History, raffles statue, Singapore Bicentennial, sir stamford raffles
If you were walking aimlessly along the Singapore River over the past weekend, you probably saw this: Yup, the statue of Thomas Stamford Raffles “disappeared”. Ok, more like blended into the background. Alright, to be precise, it’s a result of an optical illusion...
