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Friday, March 2, 2007

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.

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