Singapore V2
Across
- 2. In Singapore and Melaya, they were expected to manage the household and servants.
- 5. He permitted gambling and slavery, and was popular with the people of Melaka.
- 6. He spent nine months in Singapore, and was lieutenant-governor of Java and Bengkulu.
- 7. He was a scribe in 1811, and studied Malay, Arabic, Tamil and Hindi as a child, which earned him this title.
- 9. This two-wheeled vehicle was a popular mode of public transport from 1880, and originated from this country.
- 11. He was one of the few Malay students at Raffles Institution in the 1920s.
- 12. In 1603, these ships faced off in the waters off Changi.
Down
- 1. They were important to the economy as they obtained credit from the British and offered loans to small businesses.
- 3. He was the first European official in Singapore who could speak and write Chinese.
- 4. He was a weak figurehead who led an indulgent life, and died in 1835.
- 5. The other name of this hill which is the burial place of the first ruler of Singapura
- 8. The Singapore ______ was hurled by a strongman from Fort Canning Hill.
- 10. The oldest rock formations on Singapore date from this era.