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  1. Singapore Chronology
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  3. In 1819, Sir Stamford Raffles set up a trading post in the village of Singapore; by 1826 it was Britain's colonial center in Southeast Asia.
  4. *  1869 Suez Canal opens; start of Singapore's sustained trade boom.
  5. *  1942û1945 Japanese occupation.
  6. *  1959 Lee Kuan Yew and PAP elected. PAP in power ever since.
  7. *  1965 Independence.
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