Straits settlements

The mega Raffles City Hotel, shopping and office complex takes over the site where RI stood until 1971.

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British Administration: $10 1930 E/5 75071 (P.11b) PCGS 45 Choice EF. Rare..

The formation of the Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve (SSRNVR) on 27 April 1934. The foto was taken in 1935 on parade at Telok Air Basin.

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Once known among older Singaporeans as “Yit Hor Mata Chu” (Number One Police Station) , the Central Police Station was a prominent landmark along South Bridge Road. Located in the heart of what was known as the ‘Greater Town’ south of Singapore River, it witnessed the transformation of the city and the crime that emerged as Singapore thrived and developed. The Central Police Station was the base to police secret societies that dominated Chinatown for decades.

My Collections GEORGE V KING STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Silver 20 Cents. MALAYA SINGAPORE

1892 Straits Settlements stamp.

Singapore Island originally was inhabited by fishermen and pirates, and it served as an outpost for the Sumatran empire of Srīvijaya. In Javanese inscriptions and Chinese records dating to the end of the 14th century, the more-common name of the island is Tumasik, or Temasek, from the Javanese word tasek (“sea”). Rajendra Chola I, ruler of the southern Indian Chola kingdom, attacked the island in 1025, and there was another Chola raid in 1068. In 1275 the Javanese king Kertanagara probably…