The inscription reads: To the memory of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, L.L.D. F.R.S. Lieut. Governor of Java and first President of the Zoological Society of London. Born 1781 Died 1826. Selected at an ...

This week marks the official start of a year-long series of events to mark the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles on January 29, 1819. Yet, the irony is that the bicentennial ...

This year Singapore marks a milestone in its history – the 200th anniversary of the foundation of “modern” Singapore by British statesman Sir Stamford Raffles The past two centuries have ...