Raffles Landing Site - Statue Memorial Founder of Singapore

Singapore is known by the nickname of "Little Red Dot". For your information, Singapore has a large existence in the world today, with free trade economy and highly efficient workforce. Moreover, its strategic location in the region allows it to become a hub port along the main shipping route. Although the Singapore government to promote the use of Chinese for their Chinese population, there are still a handful of residents speak more fluent in the dialect of each such as Hokkien, Cantonese, Tiochiu and others. However, the use of dialect is more concentrated to the population that has been aged. Over 60% of Singapore's population is Indian which uses Tamil language spoken as a mother tongue, Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam and others. And now Singapore is renowned as a "Fine City". Fine term is used because Singapore is known as a city that is clean, neat and strict enforcement of rules and for all citizens. You should not be surprised if your arrival in Singapore saw no uniformed officers conduct "spot checks" or unannounced inspections for cleanliness of the city and catch people who throw garbage out of place.

The founder of modern Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles, has two statues to his memory in Singapore. This unique sculpture given by Thomas Woolner in 1887 where he was seen standing outside the Victoria Theatre, whereas there is a mock-up position in the North Boat Quay, behind the Parliament. The statue is made of poly which appears in clean white marble and it is known as the Raffles Landing Site, this location was first thought to be a foot in Singapore Raffles landed on January 29, 1819. The first landing place Governor Sir Stamford Raffles Singapore. In this area overlooking to the Singapore River, there is a replica of Raffles statue, which is white. The original statue made of black bronze is located at the Victoria Concert Hall, about 500 meters away from this place. Places of interest around are Omar Kampong Malacca Mosque, Clarke Quay, Tan Si Chong Su Temple, Merlion Statue Esplanade, sailing the Singapore on the river and the Asian Civilizations Museum Empress Place.

Raffles Landing Site is visited by tourists and local people especially during weekends. In addition you can capture the moment while in Singapore. You can also enjoy the beautiful scenery Singapore city with a background of the river. Here also you can learn more about the history of Singapore because in the area of Raffles Landing Site there are also some dioramas depicting the history and culture of Singapore.

When you visit this place, you can also take a few moments to climb River Singapore River Cruise to discover using traditional boats and enjoy the scenic beauty of Singapore's city along the river while listening to stories about the history of the river directly.

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