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Naraina Pillai, who came here from Penang with Raffles on his second visit in May 1819. He started a brick-kiln, and was the first building contractor.
Tan Che Sang, with businesses in Riau, Penang, and Malacca, came to Singapore in 1819, where he built the first warehouse and was agent for the early Chinese junks.
The first Arab traders arrived in 1819, from Palembang in Sumatra, were Syed Mohammed bin Harun Al-Junied and his nephew Syed Omar bin Ali Al-Junied. They settled in Kampong Glam, and built a thriving community around Arab Street.
Most of the earliest Europeans were former merchant navy men or agents of Calcutta firms. The doyen of the mercantile community was a Scotsman, Alexander Laurie Johnston, a former ship's owner/captain who settled in Jul 1820, founded the firm of AL Johnston & Co, and remained the leader of the European merchants until his retirement from the East in 1841.
The Armenians led by Aristarchus Moses arrived in 1820. Abraham Solomon, the earliest Jewish trader had arrived by 1830. He came from Baghdad and lived in Boat Quay. |
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