Reflection topic 2

Well,if i am really the representative of the museum,i would build both of them instead because they both contributed a lot to Singapore.but after all,i think i will build Tan Tock Seng statue.Well,because he contribute more than Sir Stamford Raffles.Tan Tock Seng was born in the year of 1798 at Malacca and died at 1850,at the age of 52.He was a prosperous Singapore businessman of the early 1800s,known particularly for his generosity to the poor.He contributed heavily to the 1844 construction of a new hospital for the indigent, which was then named Tan Tock Seng Hospital. After his death in 1850 his son Tan Kim Ching continued the family's support for the hospital, which continues as one of Singapore's most prominent medical centers.In 1819,he moved to Singapore to sell fruit,vegetable and fowl.He worked diligently and was able to set up a shop in Boat Quay and became a notable businessman.Ha also owned large tracts of prime land, including 50 acres (200,000 m²) at the site of the railway station and another plot stretching from the Padang right up to High Street and Tank Road.His other assets were a block of shop houses,an orchard and a nutmeg plantation which he co-owned with his brother.In time, he became an influential Chinese leader and was the first Asian to be made a Justice of the Peace by the Governor.He was skillful at settling feuds among the Chinese. In 1844,he contributed $5,000 to the construction of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital on top of Pearl's Hill.The hospital was later shifted to Tan Tock Seng Road because the building at Pearl's Hill was too small to cater to enough patients and it was too old. Tan also contributed money to the construction of the Taoist Thian Hock Keng Temple at Telok Ayer in 1842,the place of worship for the settlers from the Fujian province of China.Tan Tock Seng died in 1850 after catching an unknown disease. He left his wife Lee Seo Neo, who owned a large coconut estate in Geylang. Like him, she was unstinting in her support of the hospital and paid for a female ward. He also left behind three daughters, who were each bequeathed $36,000 in cash. His three sons, inherited his land parcels and the eldest, Tan Kim Ching, took over the duty of taking care of the hospital. Tan's grandson, Tan Chay Yan, was a well-known philanthropist and merchant in Malaya.So i will choose to built Tan Tock Seng statue.

Who Really Found Singapore?

A Founder is a person that had entablish a bussiness, organisation , school ect. I think the one who is really a founder of Singapore is Sir Stamford Raffles because he came to Singapore first from western side and also the first that modify Singapore.He entered the service of the East India Company at the age of 14. He was sent to Penang ( now in Malaysia ) as assistant secretary to the governor of the island in 1805. He remained in Java as Lieutenant Governor after a successful campaign against Dutch and French forces. He introduced reformed liberalising the harsh dutch colonial system. At the same year he was knighted and appointed Lieutenant Governor of Bencoolen, Sumatra (now Bengkulu, Indonesia). He established a settlement on the island of Singapore to extend British influence in Southeast Asia and later developed an administration in Singapore.I think William Farquhar is only a founder member as because Sir Stamford Raffles have to go back to his company so i think he is only a member of founder of Singapore.He entered the East India Company’s service as a cadet in 1790. However he became an ensign in the Madras Engineers in June 1791 and four years later the Chief-Engineer in the expeditionary force which took Malacca from the Dutch. Farquhar took a Malay wife and was known locally as the Raja of Malacca. He remained in Malacca for the next 27 years and was appointed Resident in 1803.Malacca was handed back to the Dutch in 1818, and keeping with the terms of the Treaty of London. Farquhar, with the intention of returning to Scotland, sailed for Penang. However when he ran into Raffles, he plan changed.William Farquhar finally left Singapore in December 1823, and complained to the E.I.C. Court of Directors about his treatment by Raffles, whom he accused of "acts of flagrant injustice and tyranny".John Crawfurd is also another founder member of Singapore. He was born in the island of Islay, Scotland, on the 13th of august 1783.After studying at Edinburgh, he become a surgeon in the East India Conpany's service.But still, i still think that Sir Stamford Raffles is the founder of Singapore.