tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post4293849949985423275..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Celebrating Colonial GovernorsChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-7467170757079286162008-03-17T18:49:00.000+08:002008-03-17T18:49:00.000+08:00Raffles and (especially) Billy Farquhar kept S'por...Raffles and (especially) Billy Farquhar kept S'pore <I>laissez faire</I>, and despite the obvious a few short-comings, Queen Victoria (successor William IV) was very much in favour of capitalism--libety, prosperity and peace for all Her Majesty's territories in the Commonwealth aka 'British Empire'. And she set the 'rules' for the modern constitutional monarchy - the monarch and her houses Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-24377655777818473222008-03-17T18:14:00.000+08:002008-03-17T18:14:00.000+08:00hahahah.seriously, they were here to serve the maj...hahahah.<BR/><BR/>seriously, they were here to serve the majesties' interests. anything left behind to our benefits were incidental and not intended.<BR/><BR/>we can acknowledge their existence but no need to crow about their great contributions. in Chan Heng Chee's article on sat, the governor was forcing David Marshall to use the police to brutalise the Hock Lee bus strikers. that was how kind Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-90801118035510375112008-03-17T16:38:00.000+08:002008-03-17T16:38:00.000+08:00Singapore is what it is today not because of Raffl...Singapore is what it is today not because of Raffles or any of the colonial masters. Ask any younger Singaporean on the streets and they can give you the obvious answer. Don't agree? OK, OK, never mind. Maybe my history is outdated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com