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Source/Further reading:

Three part Discovery Channel documentary:    • Video  
Singapore before Raffles: http://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblioasia/2019...
National Geo documentary on Singapore as the city of the future:    • City of the Future: Singapore – Full ...  
Britannica’s history: https://www.britannica.com/place/Sing...
Guardian Story of Cities, Singapore: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/20...
Some early history: https://thecommonwealth.org/our-membe...
http://countrystudies.us/singapore/3.htm
Lee Kuan Yew biographies: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/wo...
Stamford Raffles: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
Singapore in WWII: https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-i...
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...
https://www.roots.sg/learn/stories/wo...
Japanese occupation: http://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblioasia/2019...
Sook Ching: https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyl...
Singapore ejected from Malaysia: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history/...
Thatcher parising Singapore: https://www.margaretthatcher.org/docu...