The present statue located at Raffles' Landing Site is Singapore's second of Sir Stamford Raffles.The first,cast in bronze by a british sculptor-poet Thomas Woolner in 1887.the statue is now located at the right bank of the singapore river.the office towers opposite the statue serve as a backdrop.The statue marks what is thought to be the site where Sir Stamford Raffles landed on 29 January 1819.Raffles was the founder of Singapore.
by: History Project 2010 @ 6:31 PM