Raffles's Landing Site

During this period, with the help of Major William Farquhar, he concluded the first treaty with the local rulers Temenggong Abdul Rahman and Sultan Hussein Shah.

[1] The site is denoted by a statue of Sir Stamford Raffles and is located on the north bank of the Singapore River.

The present polymarble statue was unveiled in 1972 which was made from plaster casts from the original 1887 figure that currently stands opposite Victoria Concert Halls.

The Plaque at the landing site reads "On this historic site, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles first landed in Singapore on 28th January 1819, and with genius and perception changed the destiny of Singapore from an obscure fishing village to a great seaport and modern metropolis."

Based on the Cho Clan Archives, Raffles ordered his ship's carpenter, Chow Ah Chi, to lead the way in posting the British East India Company flag on mainland Singapore and he supposedly landed at the mouth of the Rochor River in Kallang.

The office towers at Raffles Place on the south bank of the Singapore River serve as a backdrop against Sir Stamford Raffles 's statue located at Raffles' Landing Site on the river's opposite bank.
Additional statues were added as part of the commemorating the bicentennial of the Founding of modern Singapore .