Question: The national museum has decided to erect a statue in front of its entrance. they have to choose between Stamford Raffles and Tan Tock Seng. If you were working for the museum, who would you choose. Why?
In my opinion, i think that the museum shouold keep Tan Tock Seng's statue and not Raffles. Museum in the dictionary means a buiding where important cultural , historic or scientific objects are kept and shown to the public.
To me, i think that it should be Tan Tock Seng because he contributed more than Raffles.Yes, i would agree that it was not for Raffles that Singapore would not even advanced as a trading settlement. It would still be a quiet fishing village.
I think that Tan Tock Seng's contribution should be shared with the public for he had done many things for Singapore.
He was born in Melaka and came to Singapore at the age of 21. After working for a few years, he became rich but did not ignore the poor. He founded a pauper hospital in Pearl's Hill where the immigrants could seek medical help at little or no cost.
Altough he was one of the richest at that time, he often donated sums to the charity. Being a ardent Taoist, he believed that a decent funeral should be conducted for the dead. So, he paid for funerals for families who could not afford it and to those whose bodies were unclaimed. he had a passion for the poor and sick and as everyone knows, he founded Tan Tock Seng hospital.
Not only did he contributed in the medical area, he was also a leader of the chinese community and was the first to to be appointed as the Justice of the Peace. he helped in settling problems and disputes in the chinese community.
All in all, i think that it should be Tan Tock Seng whose statue should be there instead of Raffles.
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5 comments:
Raffles has also contributed a lot, why didn't you choose him?
Lena, i know that Raffles also contributeda lot,but in my opinion, i think Tan Tock Seng contributed more for Singapore
Crystal, although i agree that Tan Tock Seng contribute alot .... but please tell me examples of what Raffles did on this post too.....
ok, i will do it in the next post. thank you
crystal:
i do agree with you that Tan Tock Seng contributed alot to Singapore but i think you can add in some reasons that you choose to erect the statue of Tan Tock Seng instead of Raffles though Raffles also contributed much to the foundation of Singapore...:)
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