Barbey (FF 1088) - Naval Cruise Book

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To all sailors wherever ye may be and to all mer- maids, whales, sea serpents, porpoises, sharks, dolphins, eels, skates, suckers, crabs, lobsters and all other living things of the sea: Know ye that on 24 July 1990 in the latitude 000.00 and longitude 180 E this crew appeared within the Royal Domain ofNeptunus Rex and having been found worthy to be numbered as a trusty shellback was initiated into the Solemn Mysteries of the Ancient Order of the Deep 39

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- v The Royal Barber. SH I Salcedo. gi es the roi.i irealmcnl The Royal Court of eplunus Rex 38

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SINGAPORE SiiiL iiporc has been a commercial center since ISI ' -) u hen a young merchant named Stamford Raffles founded a Trading Post of the East India Company. He then began to develop Singapore into the thoroughfare to the East . The island grew into the staging point for the world ' s ship- ping and its new found prosperity attracted immigrants from India. China and Malaysia forming the basis of Singapore ' s multiracial culture. Singapura - Lion City as the Malays called it - today is a center for entrepot trading, especially from the tin and rubber taken from the .Malay jungles. Singapore ' s rich culture draws from all the Southeast .Asian regions. The official language of Singapore is English, with .Mandarin. Malay or Tamil also being taught in schools. Singapore has the highest standard of living on mainland .Asia and its economic growth is second to Japan ■ pretty good for a country with no natural resources except for its geographical location. i Chin toHn district i U ,— «- ■1! y jl Jl H . .. JU ■