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Raffles (white), copy of T Woolner, 1972 polymarble commission: Singapore Tourism Board location: Singapore River, behind the old Parliament House « go previous go to next » go back to list

From the Singapore Knowledge Net Site: A second Raffles statue, made of polymarble from plaster casts of the first statue, was unveiled in 1972 at the Empress Place spot judged by historians and promoted by the Singapore tourism board to be the site where Raffles landed on 28 January 1819. The first statue is by T Woolner, and stands just a few tens of metres away. The text of this label is quite remarkable, considering it was written in the 1970s.

text of the label affixed to the work:

ENGLISH: On this historic site, Sir Stamford Raffles first landed in Singapore on 28th january 1819 and with genius and perception changed the destiny of Singapore from an obscure fishing village to a great seaport and modern metropolis. Similar inscriptions in Chinese, Malay and Tamil.

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