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  2. www.britannica.com › place › SingaporeSingapore - British Colony, Trade Hub, Modern City | Britannica

    3 days ago · Two years later Singapore, Penang, and Malacca (Melaka) were combined as the Straits Settlements to form an outlying residency of India. In 1830 they were reduced to a residency under Bengal, and two years later Singapore became their capital.

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  3. www.channelnewsasia.com › singapore › fort-canning-parkRaffles, Wallich statues in Fort Canning: Singapore does not...

    6 days ago · "Raffles’ keen interest in natural history led him to study and collect specimens of flora and fauna during his expeditions around the Straits Settlements.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chinese_SingaporeansChinese Singaporeans - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Many also came to work in the plantations, with 11,000 migrants recorded in one year. Singapore became one of the entry and dispersal points for large number of Chinese and Indian migrants who came to work in the plantations and mines of the Straits Settlements, many of whom then settled in Singapore after their contract ended.

  5. www.britannica.com › place › SingaporeSingapore | Facts, Geography, History, & Points of Interest

    3 days ago · Singapore, city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, about 85 miles (137 km) north of the Equator. It consists of Singapore Island and some 60 small islets. Singapore is the largest port in Southeast Asia and one of the busiest in the world.

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  7. www.ricemedia.co › singapore-indigenous-seafarersWhat Singapore’s Indigenous Seafarers Can Teach Us About How to...

    4 days ago · The Orang Seletar’s name is derived from the Seletar region of Singapore. Seletar might have also been derived from selat, the Malay word for “straits”. These seafarers once inhabited both Seletar and the straits between Johor and Singapore. However, they are no longer welcome to dock in Singapore; they even risk arrest should they sail ...

  8. unimelb.libguides.com › cSingapore - Southeast Asian Region Countries Law - Library

    4 days ago · Singapore, together with Malacca and Penang, the two British settlements in the Malay Peninsula, became the Straits Settlements in 1826, under the control of British India. In 1946, Singapore became a Crown Colony. Self-government was attained in 1959.

  9. www.straitstimes.com › business › singapore-captures-lion-sSingapore captures lion’s share of reduced South-east Asia...

    1 day ago · SINGAPORE – Funding into fintech start-ups in South-east Asia has continued its decline since peaking in the second half of 2021, according to a report by data platform Tracxn. Fintech funding ...