Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
. Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both boys and girls in Year 5 and Year 6. Since 2007, RI and its affiliated school
Raffles Girls' School
Raffles Girls' School (RGS) is an independent girls' secondary school located in Braddell, Singapore. Established in 1879, it is one of the oldest schools in Singapore. RGS, together with its affiliated school Raffles Institution, offers a six- ...
President's Scholar
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s, three
president
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prime minister
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Cabinet
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ministers and Members of Parliament, as well as many chief executive officers of statutory boards, agencies and state-owned companies. Its alumni body, the Old Rafflesians Association (ORA), includes former Prime Ministers
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean lawyer and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1990, and Secretary-General o ...
and
Goh Chok Tong
Goh Chok Tong (; born 20 May 1941) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Prime Minister of Singapore between 1990 and 2004, and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party between 1992 and 2004. He was the Parliament of Singapore, ...
, as well as former Presidents
Yusof Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak (12 August 191023 November 1970) was a Singaporean politician and journalist who served as the first president of Singapore from 1965 until his death in 1970.
Prior to becoming head of state, Yusof was a well-known journalis ...
,
Benjamin Sheares
Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean politician, physician and academic who served as the second president of Singapore from 1971 until his death in 1981.
Sheares retired in 1960 and was in private pract ...
and
Wee Kim Wee
Wee Kim Wee ( zh, s=黄金辉, poj=Ûiⁿ Kim-hui, p=Huáng Jīnhuī, first=s,poj,p; 4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005) was a Singaporean journalist and diplomat who served as the fourth president of Singapore from 1985 until his resignation in ...
.
RI has one of the highest admission rates to the elite universities of the world such as the
Ivy League
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and
Oxbridge
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. It had the highest number of admissions to the
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
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, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
, with 48 students receiving offers in the 2022 admissions cycle, while 52 were accepted for
Oxford
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and Cambridge combined in 2021, and 77 in 2022 (2nd highest of all schools).
History
Foundation
RI was founded by
Stamford Raffles
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British statesman who served as the Lieutenant-Governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816, and Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. He is ...
, who proposed the establishment of "the Institution" or "Singapore Institution" at a meeting he convened on 1 April 1823. Raffles wanted to establish a college for the people of Singapore since the founding of the colony, and wrote on 12 January 1823 that a site for a planned college had been selected. His intention was to provide education for the children of local leaders in the new British colony of Singapore as well as the company's employees and others who wished to learn the local languages. Another objective was to "collect the scattered literature and traditions of the country" so that the most important may be published and circulated. Raffles referred to the plan as his "last public act"; by setting up the Institution, he hoped it that it could, through its generations of alumni, serve as "the means of civilising and bettering the conditions of millions" beyond Singapore. Those involved in the plan for the Institution included Reverend Robert Morrison, Sophia Raffles,
William Farquhar
William Farquhar ( ; 26 February 1774 – 11 May 1839) was a Scottish colonial administrator employed by the East India Company, who served as the sixth Resident of Malacca between 1813 and 1818, and the first Resident of Singapore between ...
, and William Marsden. It was initially suggested that the Institution should merge with the Anglo-Chinese College founded by Morrison in Malacca, but this plan did not materialise. Raffles contributed S$2,000, secured a grant of S$4,000 from the
British East India Company
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and, together with subscriptions from other individuals, raised funds totalling S$17,495 for the project. He drafted the curriculum, and set up the structure for the board of trustees that included
William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce (24 August 175929 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becom ...
.
The original building of RI was sited on
Bras Basah Road
Bras Basah Road () is a one-way road in Singapore in the planning areas of Museum and Downtown Core. The road starts at the junction of Orchard Road and Handy Road, at the ERP gantry towards the Central Business District, and ends at the junc ...
and it was designed by engineer Philip Jackson. Raffles laid the foundation stone of the building on 5 June 1823, a few days before he left Singapore for the last time on 9 June. No classes were held while the building was under construction, but the project stalled and the building was left unfinished for some time. Raffles' vision was also not shared by
John Crawfurd
John Crawfurd (13 August 1783 – 11 May 1868) was a Scottish physician, colonial administrator, diplomat, and author who served as the second and last Resident of Singapore.
Early life
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, the British Resident of Singapore, who felt the scale of the project excessive, and that the government should focus its efforts on elementary education instead. In 1835, a group of European merchants raised money for the Raffles Monument Fund to commemorate Raffles' contribution to Singapore, and proposed that it should be used to complete the Institution.
George Drumgoole Coleman
George Drumgoole Coleman (179527 March 1844), also known as George Drumgold Coleman, was an Irish civil architect who played an instrumental role in the design and construction of much of the civil infrastructure in early Singapore, after it wa ...
was then hired to finish and extend the original building by Jackson.
Early years
On 1 August 1834, Reverend F. J. Darrah opened the Singapore Free School with 46 boys, which quickly grew to nearly 80. When the building for the Institution was completed in 1837, the school applied to occupy the building, a proposal the trustees of the Institution accepted. The Singapore Free School moved into the building in December 1837, and became the Institution Free School. It was, however, established as an elementary school rather than the college that Raffles had initially intended. Originally the school offered classes in Malay, Chinese and English, but the Malay classes soon closed in 1842 due to low enrolment, and it would eventually become an English-medium school. In May 1839, the first wing extension was completed, and the second at the end of 1841. In 1856, the Singapore Institution Free School was renamed Singapore Institution.
In the 1860s, the school gradually turned into a high school. In 1868, the school was renamed Raffles Institution in honour of its founder. The most significant headmasters of the period were J. B. Bayley and R. W. Hullett, who oversaw the transition and ran the school for a cumulative period of 50 years.
The school is Singapore's first institution to enrol girls, with 11 pupils accepted in 1844. In 1879, the girls' wing of the school was established as a separate but affiliated school,
Raffles Girls' School
Raffles Girls' School (RGS) is an independent girls' secondary school located in Braddell, Singapore. Established in 1879, it is one of the oldest schools in Singapore. RGS, together with its affiliated school Raffles Institution, offers a six- ...
.
Relocation
In March 1972, the school moved to Grange Road. The old building was demolished and replaced by
Raffles City Shopping Centre
Raffles may refer to:
People
*Sir Stamford Raffles (1781–1826), British statesman, Lieutenant Governor of Java and founder of Singapore in 1819
*Thomas Raffles (1788–1863), English Congregational minister
*Frank Boucher (1901–1977), Canadi ...
. The Bras Basah campus's library building is featured on the S$2 paper and polymer note in Singapore currency.
In 1984, RI became one of two schools selected by the
Ministry of Education
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to pilot the
Gifted Education Programme
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to cater to intellectually gifted students.
In 1990, the school moved again, this time from Grange Road to a new campus at
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, then a recently created new town.
Raffles Junior College
In 1982, Raffles Junior College (RJC) was established at Paterson Road to take over the school's burgeoning pre-university enrolment. It subsequently moved to Mount Sinai Road in 1984.
In 2004, the six-year Raffles Programme was offered to Secondary 1 to 3 students. It allows RI students to skip the
Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level
The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (or Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level) is a GCE Ordinary Level examination held annually in Singapore and is jointly conducted by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore Exam ...
examinations, which students would previously sit for at the end of Year 4. Instead, they move on directly to RJC for Years 5 and 6 and sit for the
Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (or Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level) is a GCE Advanced Level examination held annually in Singapore and is jointly conducted by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore Examin ...
examinations at the end of Year 6. This frees up time which students would otherwise spend on preparing for the O Level examinations, allowing them to spend more time engaging in enrichment and co-curricular or passion-driven activities. The curriculum serves to "seek to nurture the best and brightest into men and women of scholarship who will be leaders of distinction, committed to excellence and service in the interest of the community and nation." This subsequently led to the merging of RI's GEP and Special/Express streams to form a single Raffles Programme stream, and the establishment of its in-house academic talent development programme, Raffles Academy, catering to exceptionally gifted students via subject-specific pullout classes from Year 3 onwards, in 2007.
In 2005, RJC, along with
Hwa Chong Junior College
The Hwa Chong Junior College () was a junior college in Singapore offering pre-university education. The school merged with The Chinese High School on 1 January 2005 to form the integrated Hwa Chong Institution.
History
Founding
Hwa Chong Juni ...
, became one of the first junior colleges in Singapore to attain independent status. RJC moved to its new Bishan campus adjacent to RI at the start of the 2005 school year, after attaining independent status and becoming the first pre-university institution in Singapore to be awarded the School Excellence Award.
In 2009, RI and RJC re-integrated to form a single institution under the name "Raffles Institution" to facilitate the running of the Raffles Programme and better align processes and curriculum.
School identity and culture
RI is a member of various academic partnerships and alliances, such as the
G30 Schools
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A ...
Global Alliance of Leading-Edge Schools
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.
Motto
The school motto - ''Auspicium Melioris Aevi'' - comes from the coat of arms of its founder,
Stamford Raffles
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British statesman who served as the Lieutenant-Governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816, and Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. He is ...
. The official translation by the school is "Hope of a Better Age".
Houses
The five
houses
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, three of them named after former headmasters, are Bayley, Buckley, Hullett, Moor and Morrison, represented by the colours yellow, green, black, red and blue respectively.
: J. B. Bayley was a Headmaster who "raised Raffles Institution to a large and flourishing establishment", as recorded by the Board of Trustees.
: C. B. Buckley was the Secretary to the Board of Trustees of Raffles Institution.
: R.W. Hullett was Raffles Institution's longest-serving Headmaster (31 years).
: J. H. Moor was the first Headmaster of the school, whose 4th great-grandson is
Justin Trudeau
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,
Prime Minister of Canada
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.
: Reverend Robert Morrison was the co-founder of Raffles Institution.
Year 1 students are sorted into houses by class. In the early years of RI's history, there were ten houses, including a sixth Philips house (purple), later disbanded. House allocations used to be student-based, instead of class-based. Each House is led by a House Captain, a Year 4 student, who carries out his role along with the respective House Committee. The Houses participate in inter-house tournaments and activities, notably including the annual Inter-House Sports Carnival, Dramafeste and the Inter-House Debate tournament, with points earned from each activity contributing to the House Championship which is awarded at the end of the school year.
Students of the college section were divided into five Houses, the name of which is an amalgamation of its counterparts in RI and RGS:
: Bayley-Waddle
: Buckle-Buckley
: Hadley-Hullett
: Moor-Tarbet
: Morrison-Richardson
Uniform
The school uniform from Years 1 to 4 is all-white, including a white short-sleeved shirt with the school badge at the top-right corner of the shirt pocket. Lower secondary students (Years 1 and 2) wear white short trousers and white socks. From Year 3 onwards, students may continue in short pants or opt for white long trousers. Shoes are white-based for all students, with the exception of laces, which must be fully white. Year 3 and 4 prefects must wear formal black shoes, except for Physical Education lessons, where they are required to change into appropriate shoes. School ties are worn only for formal occasions. Teachers wear a formal gown for special occasions. The uniform for male students in Years 5 and 6 male are identical to the uniforms worn by students in Years 3 and 4. The uniform for female students in Years 5 and 6 consist of a white blouse and a dark green pleated skirt.
Discipline
In his memoir ''The Singapore Story'',
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean lawyer and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1990, and Secretary-General o ...
mentioned that he was caned by the headmaster D. W. McLeod for chronic tardiness when he attended RI in the 1930s."The Singapore Story" ''Time Asia''. Hong Kong. 21 September 1998. In 1956, a former RI prefect also wrote that during his time there, "boys were caned on their bottoms for even winking at the girls. We did have very good discipline in our time and the boys became good citizens, lawyers, doctors, etc."
Curriculum and student activities
Since 2007, the school has offered the six-year
Integrated Programme
The Integrated Programme (IP) is a scheme that allows high-performing students in secondary schools in Singapore to skip the GCE Ordinary Level (O-Level) examination (typically taken by students at the end of their fourth or fifth year in secon ...
, which allows students to bypass the
Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level
The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (or Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level) is a GCE Ordinary Level examination held annually in Singapore and is jointly conducted by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore Exam ...
examinations and take the
Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (or Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level) is a GCE Advanced Level examination held annually in Singapore and is jointly conducted by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore Examin ...
examinations at the end of Year 6. Known within the Raffles schools as the Raffles Programme, it is offered jointly with
Raffles Girls' School
Raffles Girls' School (RGS) is an independent girls' secondary school located in Braddell, Singapore. Established in 1879, it is one of the oldest schools in Singapore. RGS, together with its affiliated school Raffles Institution, offers a six- ...
.
Orientation programmes
Year 1 Orientation Camp
The new intake of Year 1 students go through a 3-day orientation camp, involving understanding the school's culture and knowing the campus grounds, and various activities to facilitate class bonding, leadership development, etc. Year 4 Peer Support Leaders and the Head and Deputy head prefects guide them through this camp and the rest of the orientation period. At the end of the camp, the first-year students receive their school badges in the Junior Rafflesian Investiture Ceremony (JRIC), which occurs on the Friday of the Orientation Week.
Raffles Leadership Programme
The Raffles Leadership Programme is an initiative of the Leadership Development Department, aimed at preparing students to take on positions of leadership in school and in life. All Year 3 pupils go through the programme which includes going through the Leadership Challenge Workshop and taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Instrument. It also features a one-term residential component at RI Boarding. The boarding programme started as a trial in 2008 and has now become a full-cohort programme.
Under the Raffles Leadership Programme, Year 3 pupils also get to take part in a ten-week residential programme in RI Boarding to learn about independent living skills. The boarding programme was shortened to a seven-week programme in 2019.
Students' Council (Year 5-6)
The Students' Council of the Years 5-6 section is divided into a total of eight departments, namely the Welfare Department, the Communications Department, the CCA Department and five House Directorates, which form the EXCO for each of the five houses. Each councillor also takes up one or two of the six functions, which are college events organised by the council: National Day, Teachers' Day, Grad Night, Open House, Orientation and Council Camp.
Members of the Students' Council are selected through a college-wide election process. Each batch undergoes a rigorous selection process, which culminates in the Council Investiture. The Students' Council is headed by a President, who is assisted by his/her executive committee consisting of two Vice-Presidents, two Secretaries, the three Heads of Departments and the five House Captains. As of May 2022, the school is served by the 42nd batch of Student Councillors.
Co-curricular activities
Year 1-4 (Secondary School section)
RI offers about 40 co-curricular activities (CCAs), including sports, uniformed groups, performing arts, and clubs and societies.
CCAs are categorised as either core or merit CCAs. Core CCAs comprise all sports, uniformed groups and performing arts, as well as Raffles Debaters while merit CCAs consist of all other clubs and societies. Every student of the school takes up at least one core CCA. Merit CCAs are optional, but students are encouraged to take up at least one merit CCA to supplement their core CCA. Certain merit CCAs, such as the Infocomm Club, however, may substitute for a core CCA instead.
The school's sports teams and uniformed groups have earned top places in many national inter-school competitions, doing well in
Red Cross Youth
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, rugby,
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The National ...
, sailing, floorball,
Boys' Brigade
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, and cross-country running, among others.
The performing arts groups have also done well in the
Singapore Youth Festival
SYF has seen the involvement of more than 30,000 students in the activities and performances each year.
History
The SYF was first launched on 18 July 1967 by then President of Singapore Yusof Ishak, and was initially a two-week affair involving ...
, held once every two years, while the clubs and societies have also won awards.
Year 5-6 (Junior College Section)
The Year 5-6 section offers over 70 CCAs, including sports, performing arts, and clubs and societies. Unlike in the first four years of the Raffles Programme, no distinction is made between core and merit CCAs. Students may offer up to two CCAs, no more than one of which may be a sports or performing arts group.
Teams from RI performed well nationally in 2011, with the performing arts groups clinching 15 Golds (including nine with honours) and five Silvers at the biennial Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging and the sports teams winning 32 championship titles as well as 24 Silvers and 11 Bronzes at the National Interschools Sports Championships. The school's clubs and societies have also performed excellently in their various national competitions, with Raffles Debaters clinching championship titles and the History and Strategic Affairs Society clinching best school delegation awards at international
Model United Nations
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conferences.
Publications
The college community is served by the Raffles Press, the school's journalism society, which publishes its flagship online student newspaper Word of Mouth '. The newspaper includes features, op-ed columns, sports reports and concert reviews. In addition, all staff and most students also receive a copy of the ''Rafflesian Times'', the school's official magazine, from the Communications Department.
The journalism society regularly publishes articles dealing with daily school life, recent assemblies and events as well as wider national issues including Singapore's golden jubilee (SG50) and the
2015 Southeast Asian haze
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.
In 2015, students from the school also started an unofficial satirical publication, The Waffle Press ', which pokes fun at school events and examinations.
Boarding
Raffles Institution Boarding is housed in a boarding complex consisting of five blocks. These are named after the five Houses; Bayley, Buckley, Hullett, Moor and Morrison. Each block, apart from the new Hullett block, can accommodate 90 pupils. All blocks have their own staff, and the boarding complex is overseen by several Boarding Mentors.
History
The foundation stone of the Boarding Complex was laid by
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean lawyer and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1990, and Secretary-General o ...
on 25 March 1994. The first batch of boarders moved into the Complex in 1996. During the upgrading works in 2006, the former Moor block was demolished to make way for a 13-storey twin tower hostel, the Hullett block, completed in July 2007, and the former Hullett block in turn renamed Moor. The three blocks of Buckley, Moor and Bayley houses boys enrolling in Raffles Leadership Programme, whereas Morrison block catered to girls previously.
Campus
The Raffles Institution Year 1 - 4 campus consists of six main blocks on 18.65 hectares of land.
Yusof Ishak Block (Former Admin Block)
The main building is the Yusof Ishak Block, comprising offices, staff rooms, lecture theatres, study areas and computer labs, as well the Main Atrium. It houses the Year 1-4 General Office and the Raffles Archives & Museum. Major upgrading works were completed in early 2007."Hot News" Raffles Institution, 26 November 2005.
Science Hub
The Science Hub, opened in 2008, includes facilities for specialised research such as Xploratory-Labs; as well as Chemistry, Physics and Biology labs. It also houses the Discovery Labs, a Laser Animation/Technology Studio, the Materials Science Lab and the Raffles Academy Home Room. It is connected to the Yusof Ishak Block.
Hullett Memorial Library / Shaw Foundation Dining Hall
The Hullett Memorial Library (HML) stands between the Sheares Block and ArtSpace. Co-founded by
Lim Boon Keng
Lim Boon Keng (; 18 October 1869 – 1 January 1957) was a Peranakan physician who advocated social and educational reforms in Singapore in the early 20th-century. He also served as the president of Xiamen University in China between 1921 and ...
and
Song Ong Siang
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, it was named after RI's longest-serving Headmaster, Richmond William Hullett, in 1923. The library's official founding (even though a library and museum, from which the
National Museum
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originated, had existed for decades prior to 1923) also marked the centenary of the founding of the institution. The library traces its roots to the founding of RI, making it the oldest library in Singapore. The origins of Singapore's
National Library
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lie in the HML.
Sports facilities
The school's gymnasium underwent renovation in 2010, and was used as a training venue for gymnasts during the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
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, together with that in the Year 5-6 campus. The school also has two tennis courts, two basketball courts, two squash courts, and two cricket nets.
Following the re-integration with Raffles Junior College from 2009, more sports facilities are available. Floorball, table tennis, judo and gymnastics are RI sports now able to use the Year 5-6 Campus facilities.
Notable alumni
Academia
*
Tan Eng Chye
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, President of the
National University of Singapore
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Arts
*
Alfian Sa'at
Alfian bin Sa'at (born 18 July 1977), best known as Alfian Sa'at, is a prolific Singaporean playwright, poet, and writer. He is known for penning a body of plays, poems, and prose that often tackle issues considered taboo in the island-state, ...
Robert Kuok
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, Malaysian billionaire
*
Lim Boon Keng
Lim Boon Keng (; 18 October 1869 – 1 January 1957) was a Peranakan physician who advocated social and educational reforms in Singapore in the early 20th-century. He also served as the president of Xiamen University in China between 1921 and ...
, philanthropist and co-founder of
OCBC Bank
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and
Singapore Chinese Girls' School
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*
Peter Lim
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, billionaire and owner of
Valencia CF
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Andrew Ng
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, Chinese American computer scientist, former chief scientist at
Baidu
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Andy Ong
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, entrepreneur, writer and property investor
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Min-Liang Tan
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, founder of tech company
Razer Inc.
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Yusof Ishak
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, first President of Singapore
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Benjamin Henry Sheares
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, second President of Singapore
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Wee Kim Wee
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, fourth President of Singapore
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Prime Ministers
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Lee Kuan Yew
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, first Prime Minister of Singapore
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Goh Chok Tong
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, second Prime Minister of Singapore
* David Marshall, first Chief Minister of Singapore
*
Lim Yew Hock
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Edmund W. Barker
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, second Speaker of Parliament
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Abdullah Tarmugi
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Born to a Javanese father and a Chines ...
, seventh Speaker of Parliament
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Tan Chuan Jin
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, tenth Speaker of Parliament
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ministers
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Heng Swee Keat
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Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
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K. Shanmugam
Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam ( ta, காசிவிஸ்வநாதன் சண்முகம்; born 26 March 1959), better known as K. Shanmugam, is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Minister for Law since 2008 ...
Minister for Home Affairs
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*
Chan Chun Sing
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Ong Ye Kung
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Some governments have separate ministers for mental health.
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Desmond Lee
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People's Action Party
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members of parliament (MPs)
*
Saktiandi Supaat
Saktiandi bin Supaat ( Jawi: سقتيند سوڤات; born 1973) is a Singaporean politician and economist. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Toa Payoh East division ...
Seah Kian Peng
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, MP for
Marine Parade GRC
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*
Zaqy Mohamad
Zaqy bin Mohamad ( Jawi: زاقي محمد; born 1974) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Deputy Leader of the House, Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Senior Minister of State for Defence concurrently since 2020. A ...
He Ting Ru
He Ting Ru ( zh, c=何廷儒, p=Hé Tíngrú; born 16 June 1983) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Buangkok division of Sengkang G ...
, MP for
Sengkang GRC
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*
Jamus Lim
Jamus Jerome Lim Chee Wui (; born 1976) is a Singaporean politician, economist and associate professor. A member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Anchorvale division of Sengkang ...
, MP for
Sengkang GRC
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*
Dennis Tan
Dennis Tan Lip Fong ( zh, s=陈立峰, p=Chén Lìfēng; born 31 August 1970) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Hougang SMC since 2020.
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, MP for
Hougang SMC
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History
The constituency was fir ...
;
Progress Singapore Party
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politicians
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Tan Cheng Bock
Adrian Tan Cheng Bock ( zh, s=陈清木, p=Chén Qīngmù; born 26 April 1940) is a Singaporean politician and medical practitioner. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayer Rajah SMC between 1980 and 2001. He served as Secretary-General o ...
, founder and leader of the Progress Singapore Party
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Leong Mun Wai
Leong Mun Wai (; born 1959) is a Singaporean politician and business executive. A member of the opposition Progress Singapore Party (PSP), he has been a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament of the 14th Parliament of Singapore since 2020.
Educ ...
, non-constituency MP
;Former politicians
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Ahmad Mattar
Ahmad bin Mohamed Mattar (born 13 August 1940) is a former Singaporean politician and member of the Cabinet.
Education
An alumnus of Raffles Institution, Ahmad graduated from the University of Singapore with a degree in physics in 1963. He co ...
, former Cabinet minister
*
Howe Yoon Chong
Howe Yoon Chong ( zh, s=侯永昌, p=Hóu Yǒngchāng; 12 August 1923 – 21 August 2007) was a Singaporean politician and civil servant who served as Minister for Defence between 1979 and 1982, and Minister for Health between 1982 and 1985. A ...
, former Cabinet minister
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S. Jayakumar Jayakumar or Jeyakumar is a Sinhalese and Indian surname. It consists of two parts: ''jaya'', which means ''victory'' in Sinhalese and is also the name of a Hindu demigod, and ''kumar'', meaning ''child'', ''son'' or ''prince''. The name may refer t ...
, former Cabinet minister
*
Lee Yock Suan
Lee Yock Suan ( zh, s=李玉全, p=Lǐ Yùquán; born 30 September 1946) is a former Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he served in the Cabinet between 1987 and 2004, and was a Member of Parliament (MP ...
, former Cabinet minister
*
Lim Hng Kiang
Lim Hng Kiang ( zh, s=林勋强, p=Lín Xūnqiáng; born 9 April 1954) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister for Trade and Industry between 2004 and 2018, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office between 2003 and 2004, Minist ...
, former Cabinet minister
*
Raymond Lim
Raymond Lim Siang Keat ( zh, s=林双吉, p=Lín Shuāngjí, born 24 June 1959) is a former Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), Lim has been a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the East Coast Group ...
, former Cabinet minister
*
Othman Wok
Othman bin Wok ( Jawi: عثمان بن ووك; b. 8 October 1924 – d. 17 April 2017), often known as Othman Wok, was a Singaporean politician who served as Minister of Social Affairs between 1963 and 1977. After retiring from politics, he wa ...
, former Cabinet minister
*
S. Rajaratnam
Sinnathamby Rajaratnam ( ta, சின்னத்தம்பி ராஜரத்னம்; 25 February 1915 – 22 February 2006), better known as S. Rajaratnam, was a Singaporean politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapo ...
, former Cabinet minister
*
Balaji Sadasivan
Balaji Sadasivan ( or ; 11 July 1955 – 27 September 2010) was a Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon. He attended Raffles Institution, Siglap Secondary School and National Junior College, and studied medicine at the University of Singapo ...
, former People's Action Party MP for
Ang Mo Kio GRC
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Png Eng Huat
Png Eng Huat (; born 9 December 1961) is a Singaporean politician and businessman and a member of the opposition Worker's Party (Singapore), Worker's Party (WP).
Png became an elected opposition MP of Hougang SMC in the 12th and 13th Parliamen ...
, former Workers' Party MP for
Hougang SMC
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History
The constituency was fir ...
*
Viswa Sadasivan
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Biography
Viswa had his secondary school education at Raffles Institution, before going on ...
, former Nominated MP
;Non-Singaporean politicians
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Abdul Razak Hussein
Tun Haji Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein ( ms, عبد الرزاق بن حسين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 11 March 1922 – 14 January 1976) was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia f ...
, second
Prime Minister of Malaysia
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*
Aziz Ishak
Abdul Aziz bin Ishak (1914–1999) was a Malaysian freedom fighter, politician and journalist.
Aziz was, in fact, the only member of the pre-war Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM) to have served in the 1955 and post-Merdeka Cabinets under Tunku Abdu ...
, Malaysian politician
* Michael Chan, British politician
*
Sardon Haji Jubir
Tun Sardon bin Jubir ( ms, سعدون بن زبير, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 19 March 1917 – 14 December 1985) was a Malaysian politician. He served as Minister of Health, Minister of Works and Communications and was the Yan ...
, Malaysian politician
*
Tan Cheng Lock
Tan Cheng Lock KBE JP () (5 April 1883 – 13 December 1960) was a Malaysian Peranakan businessman and a key public figure who devoted his life to fighting for the rights and the social welfare of the Chinese community in Malaya. Tan wa ...
, Malaysian politician
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Tony Pua
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, Malaysian politician
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Ong Kian Ming
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Ng Jui Ping
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Education
Ng held a Master of Arts in history from Duke University. He attended the six-week Ad ...
, second
Chief of Defence
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Perry Lim
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Education
Lim studied at Raffles Institution and won the President's Scholarship and the Singapore Armed Forces Over ...
, ninth Chief of Defence
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Kirpa Ram Vij
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Vij was born in Hazara District in British India (now Pakistan) in 1935 and moved to Singapore after 1947. He grad ...
, former head of the
Singapore Armed Forces
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;Education
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Ong Teck Chin
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, former principal of
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
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* Wong Siew Hoong, Director-General of the
Ministry of Education
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and former headmaster of RI
;Law
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T. S. Sinnathuray
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,
Supreme Court
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judge
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Choor Singh
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,
Supreme Court
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Attorney-General of Singapore
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Attorney-General of Singapore
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* Charles Gregory Pestana, usher of the Second Magistrate's Court.
;Foreign affairs
* Albert Chua, former Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations
*
Tommy Koh
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Early life and education
Koh was born in Si ...
, former Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations
;Others
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, managing director of the
Monetary Authority of Singapore
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*
Tee Tua Ba
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Background
Tee Tua Ba was born in Singapore on 17 June 1942 and studi ...
* Au Yeong Pak Kuan, former national footballer
* Daphne Chia, former national rhythmic gymnastics athlete, competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
*
Choo Seng Quee
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, famed national football coach in the 1970s
*
Quah Kim Song
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Quah's swift agility earned him the nicknames "Mercurial", "Quicksilver" and "Speed Demon" by fans and media.Jacintha Stephens, & ...
, former national footballer
*
Soh Rui Yong
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, two-time SEA Games Marathon Champion and Singapore national record holder at 5,000m, 10,000m, Half Marathon and Marathon
* Cherie Tan, Bowling World Champion, six-time SEA Games Gold Medalist, two-time Asian Games Gold medalist
Religion
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Kong Hee
Kong Hee (; born 23 August 1964) is the founder and senior pastor of City Harvest Church.
He was convicted in 2015 of being involved in the City Harvest Church Criminal Breach of Trust Case, Singapore's biggest case in misuse of charitable fu ...
, founder and pastor of
City Harvest Church
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Founded in 1989 by Kong Hee, the church officially bases its values on Charismatic and Pentecostal teachings, ...
*
Shi Ming Yi
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Overview
Venerable Shi Ming Yi has been the abbot of Foo Hai Ch'an Monastery in Singapore. In September 1994, Foo Hai Ch'an Monastery, ...
, Buddhist monk and former chief executive officer of
Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre
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Others
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Subhas Anandan
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, Singaporean criminal lawyer
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Prince Azim
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, Bruneian prince
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Lim Bo Seng
Lim Bo Seng (; 27 April 1909 – 29 June 1944) was a Chinese-born resistance fighter based in Singapore and Malaya during World War II. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, he was a prominent businessman among the Chinese community in Singap ...
, Singapore-based Chinese resistance fighter during World War II
* T. A. Sinnathuray, Malaysian professor of obstetrics and gynaecology
* Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the
Methodist Church in Singapore
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*
Leaena Tambyah
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, Singaporean social worker and founder of the first school for children with multiple disabilities in Singapore
See also
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Education in Singapore
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Notes
References
Bibliography
* Wijeysingha, Eugene et al., (1992), ''One Man's Vision - Raffles Institution in Focus''.
* Wijeysingha, Eugene (1985), ''The Eagle Breeds a Gryphon''.
* Raffles Programme "Raffles Programme - Nurturing the Thinker, Leader and Pioneer" , ''Raffles Family of Schools'', 2006, retrieved 7 December 2006.
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* Wijeysingha, E. (1963). ''A history of Raffles Institution, 1823-1963''. Singapore: University Education Press.
* Makepeace, Walter; Brooke, Gilbert E.; Braddell, Roland St. J. (Eds.). (1991)
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* March – Battle of Pegae: Bulgarian forces under ''kavhan'' (first ...
''One hundred years of Singapore''. Singapore: Oxford University Press.
* Ng Sow Chan (1991). ''She is from the East'' (她来自东 /Ta lai zi dong). Singapore: Raffles Institution.