Raffles’s founding of Singapore?

For chapter 2: who was the founder of singapore, create an article in the london times, a british newspaper to report on raffles’ founding of singapore – include details on:
i) who were his travelling companions?
ii) why did he want singapore to be a british colony?
iii) what were the challenges he faced in setting up singapore as a trading settlement?
iv) what did this mean for the british empire?

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