- A visit to Singapore, an essential port city in Britain's empire, established in 1813 when Raffles negotiated its separation from the independent Malay state of Jahor. The camera observes Singapore's traditional neighborhoods, trade, and small craft, which are dominated by people of Chinese ancestry. Then, we drive the modern causeway to Jahor's small capital, Johor Bahru, for a look at imposing buildings and a visit to the grounds of the sultan. The sultan's son invites the crew in, and we meet the sultan, "H.H." himself. The narrator relates the sultan's commitment to commerce, economic well-being, and tolerance, stemming in part from his European education.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
- Singapore, one of the busiest and most colorful ports in the world, is one of the great links in the British Empire trade routes due to its strategic location at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, and being halfway between India and China. Beyond all the modern activity in the port and elsewhere in the city state, Singapore still maintains many of its long held Asian cultural traditions. Before being ceded to Great Britain in 1819 under the direction of Sir Stamford Raffles, whose name is still seen throughout the city state, Singapore belonged to Jahore, a sultanate, to which it is still physically connected by a modern causeway. The capital of Jahore is the small city of Jahore Bahru, which to the unobserved is just a continuation of Singapore, albeit more Oriental in flavor. Much of the economic wealth of of Jahore can be attributed to its current Sultan, who likes to be known solely as H.H.—Huggo
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