Raffles And The Golden Opportunity Author_Theophilus Kwek Two chapters have been retained

Two chapters have been retained in their original versions to provide important background material

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Raffles And The Golden Opportunity Author_Theophilus Kwek Two chapters have been retainedDescription About the Author The authoritative biography of the 'Father of Singapore'. By the time of his death, Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781 1826) was the founder of Singapore and Governor of Java, having left school in his early teens to become a clerk for the British East India Company. Charismatic and daring, Raffles forged an extraordinary path for himself in South East Asia refusing to be satisfied with the trading posts available to the