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Culture Despite rapid industrialization, the majority of Singapore’s population celebrate major religious holidays. The diversity of religions that exists in Singapore reflects the vast diversity of nations and peoples living here. The Chinese are traditional adherents of Buddhism and Taoism (worship of several deities), although there are also Christians among them. The Malays are almost overwhelmingly Muslim, the majority of Indians living in Singapore are Hindus, although there is a very significant proportion of Muslims and Sikhs among the Hindu…

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The First World War practically did not affect Singapore, although the interned Germans were kept in the Teutonic Club (now the Goodwood Park Hotel). The only serious incident – a mutiny in the sepoy troops guarding captured Germans – occurred in 1915. In the post-war years, despite the regular crises in the production of rubber, oil and tin, such large entrepreneurs continued to work successfully: Tian Ka Ki and Li Kun Chan, who got rich on the rubber trade, and…

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