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. Singapore's name comes from 'Singa Pura' which means Lion City in Sanskrit and 'Singam oor' which means city of lions in Tamil According to the Sejarah Melayu (Malay Annals) a Sumatran prince called Sang Nila Utama landed on Temasek (Singapore's old name) and saw a Lion which is called 'Singa' in Malay Thus he gave the island a new name 'Singapura'.

The plan was still racially segregated giving the best land to the Europeans Yet it was considered remarkably scientific for the time It was also during the replanning and reconstruction of the port town that Farquhar dramatically argued with Raffles who now considered him unfit for the position of Resident The founder took direct control; and with a heavy hand In 1823 he instituted a code of settlement for the populace which was soon followed by laws regarding freedom of trade A registration system was quickly instituted for all land regardless of ownership and the repossession of the land by the government if land remained unregistered This act asserted the power of the British government as it covered land previously owned by the Sultan as well A police force and magistracy were then set up on British principles turning a trading post into a proper city with some semblance of order. In 2019 Andrew Lownie a Royal Historical Society fellow wrote that the Federal Bureau of Investigation maintained files regarding Mountbatten's alleged sexuality The files contain a claim by Elizabeth Wharton Drexel that he was "a homosexual with a perversion for young boys" Ron Perks his driver in Malta in 1948 alleged that he used to visit the Red House a gay brothel in Rabat. Anthony Daly a male prostitute in a relationship with Tom Driberg claimed that the latter told him Mountbatten was attracted to young men in military uniforms and boys in school uniforms, Separately some soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army continued to fight on isolated Pacific islands until at least the 1970s with the last known Japanese soldier surrendering in 1974 Intelligence officer Hiroo Onoda who surrendered on Lubang Island in the Philippines in March 1974 and Teruo Nakamura who surrendered on the Indonesian island of Morotai in December 1974 appear to have been the last holdouts. After installing John Crawford an efficient and frugal administrator as the new governor Raffles departed for Britain in October 1823. He would never return to Singapore Most of his personal possessions were lost after his ship the Fame caught fire and sank and he died only a few years later in 1826 at the age of 44, Upper Seletar Reservoir Career 5 Elected representatives its huge trading volume representing the largest asset class in the world leading to high liquidity; Causes 1.3 External influence over national educational policy Singapore gained independence as the Republic of Singapore (remaining within the Commonwealth of Nations) on 9 August 1965 with Lee Kuan Yew and Yusof bin Ishak as the first prime minister and president respectively In 1967 the country co-founded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Race riots broke out once more in 1969. Lee Kuan Yew's emphasis on rapid economic growth support for business entrepreneurship and limitations on internal democracy shaped Singapore's policies for the next half-century and the country progressed to a First World country. Further economic success continued through the 1980s with the unemployment rate falling to 3% and real GDP growth averaging at about 8% up until 1999 During the 1980s Singapore began to upgrade to higher-technological industries such as the wafer fabrication sector in order to compete with its neighbours which now had cheaper labour Singapore Changi Airport was opened in 1981 and Singapore Airlines was formed the Port of Singapore became one of the world's busiest ports and the service and tourism industries also grew immensely during this period Singapore emerged as an important transportation and logistics hub and a major tourist destination. Study of at least two Diploma Programme courses Main article: Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War The instrumental temperature record from surface stations was supplemented by radiosonde balloons extensive atmospheric monitoring by the mid-20th century and from the 1970s on with global satellite data as well Taking the record as a whole most of the 20th century had been unprecedentedly warm while the 19th and 17th centuries were quite cool. 2000 US$95.835 Otak-otak/otah spicy fish cake grilled in a banana leaf wrapping, (82.9) 28.3 Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution renounced the right to use force as a means of resolving disputes. This was enacted by the Japanese in order to prevent militarism which had led to conflict However in 1947 the Public Security Force was formed; later in 1954 in the early stages of the Cold War the Public Security Force formed the basis of the newly created Ground Self-Defense Force. Although significantly smaller than the former Imperial Japanese Army and nominally for defensive purposes only this force constitutes the modern army of Japan.