Site #1: Raffles Landing Site:
The reason I’m bringing you to Raffles Landing Site is because this was the place where the founder of modern Singapore, Thomas Stamford Raffles, landed when he wanted to enter our country, Singapore. Also, he contributed to us becoming the country we are today.
Raffles had ventured to Singapore in the hope of establishing a British port to compete with the Dutch ports in the region.
Raffles, an agent of the British East India Company, ventured to Singapore hoping to establish a free port and a halfway point for traders along the China-India trade routes. After signing the preliminary treaty with Temenggong Abdul Rahman, the official treaty with Sultan Hussein of Johore-Riau was signed on 6 February 1819, giving the British the right to establish a trading port on the island.
From the 19th Century, Singapore’s success as the “Great Commercial Emporium of the East” owed much to its free port status and strategic location. The Singapore River became the main artery of trade, where port, trading and warehouse facilities developed along the riverbanks.
The reason I’m bringing you to Raffles Landing Site is because this was the place where the founder of modern Singapore, Thomas Stamford Raffles, landed when he wanted to enter our country, Singapore. Also, he contributed to us becoming the country we are today.
Raffles had ventured to Singapore in the hope of establishing a British port to compete with the Dutch ports in the region.
Raffles, an agent of the British East India Company, ventured to Singapore hoping to establish a free port and a halfway point for traders along the China-India trade routes. After signing the preliminary treaty with Temenggong Abdul Rahman, the official treaty with Sultan Hussein of Johore-Riau was signed on 6 February 1819, giving the British the right to establish a trading port on the island.
From the 19th Century, Singapore’s success as the “Great Commercial Emporium of the East” owed much to its free port status and strategic location. The Singapore River became the main artery of trade, where port, trading and warehouse facilities developed along the riverbanks.
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