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| Raffles left Singapore after
signing the treaty. He put William Farquhar in
charge of the development of the settlement.
Farquhar had to start everything from scratch.
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The treaty document
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Here are some of the problems that Farquhar
encountered and the solutions for them:
| Problem:
Not many people knew about the settlement in
Singapore. Farquhar had to get the traders from
the places nearby to come to Singapore and trade. |
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Solution:
He invited the immigrants from Malacca
to come and trade and stationed an office at St.
John’s Island to inform the trading ships
passing by about the settlement in Singapore. |
| Problem:The
island was short of building materials, food,
tools and other necessities |
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Solution:
Farquhar ordered his men to go to Malacca and
bring some food back. The traders in Singapore
also brought some of the necessities here. |
| Problem:There
were pests like centipedes and rats all over the
island. These pests hurt some people. The rats
also destroyed the food supplies. Tigers were
also a threat to the people here. |
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Solution:
Rewards were given to those people who killed
these pests. |
| Problem:Crimes
like robbing and fighting often occurred. |
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Solution:
Farquhar set up a small police force but the
problem cannot be solved. |
Raffles’
Contributions To The Development Of Singapore
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 Raffles' Plan for the settlers'
residential areas
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Raffles only visited Singapore three times. In his
last visit in Oct 1822, he decided to draw a town plan to
reorganise the settlement as it is growing in a very
disorderly manner.
He allocated certain areas for specific activities:
| Rich
Asians and Europeans
lived in the European Town. Raffles Hotel was
also built there. |
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| Muslims and
Malays lived in Kampong Glam. It is
divided into three sections, one for the Arabs,
the other one for Bugis and the last one for the
Sultan. |
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The north bank of Singapore was reserved for
government and public uses. This place was also known as
Government Area.
| Chinese
lived in Chinatown. |
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| Indians
lived at Chulia Kampong located at the upper part
of Singapore River. |
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| Commercial
Square was set up at the entrance of
Singapore River. It was built at the place where
a hill used to be. The hill’s soil was used
to reclaim the swampy area at the south bank. The
reclaimed land was named Boat Quay where boats
loaded and unloaded their goods. |
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Do you
know where is Commercial Square now? It was
renamed Raffles Place in 1858 after Sir Stamford
Raffles.
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