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Singapore - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Singapore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | The island of Singapore was a swampy jungle when, in 1819, Stamford Raffles of the British East India Company concluded a treaty with the nominal rulers of Singapore, Sultan Hussein and the Temenggong Abdul Rahman of Johore, allowing the company to establish a trading base near the River Rochor. |
 | | It was from their political and commercial base in Singapore that the British intervened in the Malay Straits during the 1870s (see Malayan history to 1963). |
 | | This force was officially disbanded on 1 January 1975, although there remained a token British contribution to the area's integrated air-defence system and a commitment to consult with other members of the five-power defence agreement. |
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