How did Singapore get its name?
Lion is an obvious answer in the history books.
This is an alternative version, to show that in Singapore the Malays are not oppressed, because sometimes they make big news!
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When Stamford Raffles sailed up the Singapore river for the first time, some Malay ladies were swimming-bathing in the river.
They left their clothes on the tree at the river bank.
A half-blind Punjabi Singh was cycling by the side of the river.
He saw some sarungs hung on the tree.
He looked around and saw no one nearby.
So he took everything including the sarungs.
The Malay ladies saw the man from a distance removing their clothes.
They started shouting at the top of their vocies: "SINGH KAPOH.... singh kapoh, singh kapoh...."
Stamford Raffles heard the roar of the beautiful giggly ladies, got enchanted, and so - based on his British ears - decided to name the place, SINGAPORE.
(And you can safely assume that's where ang mors got the term 'sarung party girls' from also).
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