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Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. The countr
Letter from William Farquhar to Sultan Muhammad Kanzul Alam, the 21st Sultan of Brunei, dated 28 November 1819. In the first line, Farquhar mentions that Sultan Hussein Shah and Temenggong Abdul Rahman allowed the British East India Company to establish a factory in Singapore on 6 February 1819.
A lithograph by Vincent Brooks of Singapore City in 1865 from the former Mount Wallich
Battlecruiser HMS Repulse, one of the few capital ships sent by Churchill to Singapore to defend it
British prisoners of war evacuating in 1945 following the Japanese surrender at Kallang Airport. The airport's control tower, located near the city, has been conserved.
Lawrence Wong
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Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai is a Singaporean politician and civil servant who has served as the fourth prime minister of Singapore since 2024. A member of the People's Action Party, he has also served as
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…WP) took 10 of the 93 seats, including its leader Pritam Singh becoming the first de jure leader of the opposition since independence. On 15 May 2024, Lawrence Wong became Singapore's fourth prime minister and the first born after independence. Wong's first electoral test came at the 2025 election, which saw the…
Wong in 2025
Wong with Indian minister of state for culture Mahesh Sharma, June 2015
Wong with acting United States Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, October 2023
Wong performing with Filipino president Bongbong Marcos during a state banquet in Manila, June 2025