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. Major William Farquhar the British Resident of Malacca had been attempting to negotiate commercial treaties with the local chiefs of the Riau Archipelago especially before Raffles's arrival Farquhar was compelled to sign the treaty not with the official head of the sultanate but rather the Raja Muda (Regent or Crown Prince) of Riau He noted it as a success and reported it as such to Raffles, 2.1 Meritocracy In 1941 the Imperial Japanese Army had 51 divisions and various special-purpose artillery cavalry anti-aircraft and armored units with a total of 1,700,000 men At the beginning of the Second World War most of the Japanese Army (27 divisions) was stationed in China A further 13 divisions defended the Mongolian border due to concerns about a possible attack by the Soviet Union. From 1942 soldiers were sent to Hong Kong (23rd Army) the Philippines (14th Army) Thailand (15th Army) Burma (15th Army) Dutch East Indies (16th Army) and Malaya (25th Army) by 1945 there were 5.5 million men in the Imperial Japanese Army. . Infrastructure Terminology The quality of NEWater is monitored by among others an international panel of experts The quality of NEWater exceeds WHO standards for drinking water In 2012 there were four NEWater factories located at the Bedok Kranji Ulu Pandan and Changi next to five water reclamation plants. The legal system of Singapore is based on English common law but with substantial local differences Trial by jury was abolished in 1970 so that judicial decisions would rest entirely in the hands of appointed judges. Singapore has penalties that include judicial corporal punishment in the form of caning which may be imposed for such offences as rape rioting vandalism and certain immigration offences. There is Capital punishment in Singapore for murder as well as for certain aggravated drug-trafficking and firearms offences. ! .
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