Across
- 3. a.k.a. Raja Melaka, he came to Singapore to help establish the EIC trade settlement
- 6. as a child, this Peranakan leader was called Harry, reverting to his Chinese name when he considered a career in politics
- 7. "The Henry Ford of Malaya" the "Pineapple King", the "Rubber King" - the man with many nicknames focused his philanthropy on education for the Chinese community
- 9. the Protector of the Chinese who spoke dialects and helped the newcomers; he survived an attack by an axe
- 11. son of Temenggong Daing Ibrahim, he was friendly with Queen Victoria and became the Sultan of Johore
- 12. the Pernanakan doctor who was very concerned for the city's poor, and very vocal about the "four evils"
- 13. lauded as the "colonial founder" of Singapore, he was the EIC man who arrived in January of 1819
- 14. one of the earliest Arab trading families to come to Singapore, whose contributions include land for mosques, churches and hospitals
- 15. the Peranakan towkay who arrived in 1819, started off as a humble vegetable hawker and became a prominent philanthropist
- 17. the first Chief Minister when the British began decolonization after WW2
Down
- 1. the Gambier King, who established Singapore's first large-scale pepper and gambier plantations
- 2. he was the Japanese man who tried to help the Chinese community during Sook Ching by giving out Good Citizen passes
- 4. the Ceylonese jeweller to kings, sultans and maharajahs
- 5. also known as Sri Tri Buana, he renamed Temasek Singapura
- 8. a vocal editor of 2 newspapers, he was one of the first Malays to speak about the idea of bangsa (race or nation)
- 10. she helped get supplies to POWs and later survived a kempeitai imprisonment
- 16. the second Resident of Singapore, this man secured the island as an EIC possession and effectively ended the sovereignty of the sultans