Reflection Topic 2

The national museum has decided to erect a statue in front of its entrance. They have to choose between Stamford Raffles and Tan Tock Seng. If you were working for the museum, who would you choose ? and why?

I would choose Sir Stamford Raffles because he was the original founder of Singapore, which makes it sort of perfect to fit the statue outside of the national museum. This may help the people in the museum to know more about Sir Stamford Raffles when they enter the museum and they may also ask the museum people why they have put up that person and why did they put it up. I would not choose Tan Tock Seng, even though he had helped Singapore alot by setting up a hospital to treat and cure the sick for free, burying unclaimed bodies or paid funeral expenses of those who could not afford one, being a leader of the Chinese community and was accorded the title of 'Kapitan' of the Hokkien clan and being the first Asian to be appointed Justice of the Peave and helped settling problems/disputes in the Chinese community, may not be suitable to be erected outside the national museum because he was mainly helping the people in the country as he was caring and helpful. It may be better for him to be put inside the museum instead of infront of the national museum so that people may also recognise him as a very big helper to mould Singapore into what it is today. He may also be recognised as a very kind and compassionate man when people ask more about him and finds out more about him.