Raffles may refer to People Sir Stamford Raffles 1781 1826 , a British statesman, Lieutenant Governor of Java and founder of Singapore. Schools Raffles College of Design and Commerce , a private education provider in Sydney, Australia Raffles Design Institute Singapore , a private education provider in Singapore Raffles Girls Primary School , an all girls primary school in Singapore Raffles Girls School Secondary , an all girls secondary school in Singapore Raffles Institution Secondary , the all boys secondary section of the oldest school in Singapore Raffles Institution Junior College , the junior ... to be called Raffles College Raffles International Christian School , a school in Indonesia http raffles iao.vn vi Raffles IAO , a school in Vietnamese Business Raffles City , a shopping mall in Singapore The Raffles Hotel in Singapore, named after Stamford Raffles Fairmont Raffles Hotels International Raffles International , a chain of hotels, owner of the Raffles Hotel Raffles cigarette , a cigarette brand made by Philip Morris International Philip Morris Fiction A. J. Raffles , a fictional gentleman thief in a series of books by E. W. Hornung Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman play Raffles, the Amateur ... Broadway 1903 to 1904, revival 1910 Raffles The Amateur Cracksman 1917 film , silent film of original stage play starring John Barrymore . Raffles 1925 film Raffles 1925 film , a silent adaptation starring House Peters, Sr. House Peters Raffles 1930 film Raffles 1930 film , a sound adaption starring Ronald Colman The Return of Raffles , a 1933 film starring George Barraud Raffles 1939 film Raffles 1939 film , another adaptation, starring David Niven Raffles TV series Raffles TV series a 1977 television adaptation starring Anthony Valentine Raffles, Gentleman Thug , a comic strip and its main character, a parody of A. J. RafflesRaffles Lord Lister , a fictional German pulp hero originally with similarities to A. J. Raffles The Doings of Raffles Haw Raffles Haw , a fictional character in a moralistic ... more details
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The Raffles Programme is a six year Integrated Programme in Singapore that starts in Raffles Institution or Raffles Girls School and culminates in Raffles Institution Junior College and the Advanced Level UK GCE A Level Examinations . The curriculum serves to seek to nurture the best and brightest into men and women of scholarship who will be leaders of distinction, committed to excellence and service in the interest of the community and nation. ref name values cite web url http www.raffles.sg values.html accessdate 2009 03 30 title Mission and Goals author Raffles Institution coauthors Raffles Girls School ref References reflist External links http www.raffles.sg Raffles Programme website Category Education in Singapore singapore stub edu stub ... more details
The Raffles Relics is a short story by Ernest William Hornung featuring A.J. Raffles a gentleman thief in late Victorian era Victorian Britain. It was featured in the 1905 collection A Thief in the Night short story collection A Thief in the Night . After being exposed as a thief, Raffles and his friend Bunny Manders are living in seclusion in Ham, London Ham , Surrey . When Raffles hears of a display of his tools, and other artefacts related to him, at Scotland Yard s Black Room , he decides he has to take a look. Once there, having convinced the security that he is just an innocent member of the public, he is unable to resist stealing back many of his possessions as a memento. The book ends with Raffles volunteering to fight in the Second Boer War which has just broken out. DEFAULTSORT Raffles Relics Category 1905 short stories ... more details
Arthur J. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by Ernest William Hornung E. W. Hornung , a brother in law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , the creator of Sherlock Holmes . Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate ... has Dr. Watson to chronicle his adventures, Raffles has Bunny Manders Harry Bunny Manders a former schoolmate saved from disgrace and suicide by Raffles, whom Raffles persuaded to accompany him on a burglary . While Raffles often takes advantage of Manders relative innocence, and sometimes ... on utterly. In several stories, Manders saves the day for the two of them after Raffles gets into situations he cannot get out of on his own. One of the things that Raffles has in common with Holmes .... ref The last Laugh ref Plot details The Raffles stories have two distinct phases. In the first phase, Raffles and Bunny are men about town who also commit burglaries. Raffles is a famous gentleman ... when they are caught and exposed on an ocean voyage while attempting another theft Raffles dives overboard ... set in this period, written after Raffles had been killed off, were collected in A Thief in the Night ... to the house of a rich invalid. This turns out to be Raffles himself, back in England in disguise ... thieves trying to earn a living while keeping Raffles s identity a secret. They finally volunteer for the Second Boer War Boer War , where Bunny is wounded and Raffles dies in battle after exposing ... into the Reichenbach Falls , Raffles was never quite the same after his reappearance. The classic Raffles elements are all found in the first stories cricket, high society, West End clubs, Bond Street ... Raffles is cynical about society, but would settle down permanently if he could just make a big ... . The model for Raffles was George Cecil Ives George Ives , a Cambridge educated criminologist and talented ... understood this sexual side of Ives character , Raffles enjoys a remarkably intimate relationship with his sidekick Bunny Manders. Relationships Raffles has his Mr. Manders, and it was apparent that there were ... more details
Raffles Holdings Sgx R03 was the parent company of Raffles International . It is owned by Temasek Holdings which is the investment arm of the Singapore government. In 2005 , Raffles Holdings hotel business ranked 17th or 18th in the world in terms of market capitalization and number of rooms, all marketed under the Raffles and Swiss tel brand names. History The company was incorporated on August 26, 1995. On July 18, 2005 Raffles Holdings announced its sale to Colony Capital, LLC for about US 1 billion, including outstanding debt. The deal, worth 1.72 billion Singapore dollars, includes all 41 hotels and resorts. Its most prominent establishment is the luxurious 103 suite Raffles Hotel Raffles Hotel in Singapore , built in 1887. CapitaLand CapitaLand Ltd. , Southeast Asia s largest property developer that owned 59.7 percent of Raffles Holdings, would gain the equivalent of US 362 million from the sale and plans to pay shareholders a special dividend of 23 U.S. cents a share. The cash price for the hotels is 1.45 billion Singapore dollars, or US 859 million. The transaction is subject to approval by shareholders. CapitaLand has said it will vote in favor of the sale. Explaining the reason for the sale, Raffles Chief Executive Jennie Chua said To grow, the hotel business would need significant investments and potential cash calls and that s something we would not like to do, at a press conference. Category Hospitality companies Category Companies of Singapore Category Companies established in 1995 ... more details
Infobox film name The Return of Raffles image caption director Mansfield Markham producer Mansfield Markham writer E.W. Hornung stories br W.J. Balef starring George Barraud br Camilla Horn br Claud Allister music cinematography Geoffrey Faithfull br Emil Sch nemann editing Reginald Beck studio Markham distributor released February 1937 runtime 71 mins country FilmUK awards language English budget preceded by followed by The Return of Raffles is a 1933 British crime film directed by Mansfield Markham and starring George Barraud , Camilla Horn and Claud Allister . ref http www.imdb.com title tt0023389 ref It is based on the A.J. Raffles stories by EW Hornung and inspired by the success of the 1930 American film Raffles 1930 film Raffles , to which it serves as a loose sequel . Cast George Barraud A.J. Raffles Camilla Horn Elga Claud Allister Bunny A. Bromley Davenport Sir John Truwode Sydney Fairbrother Lady Truwode H. Saxon Snell Von Spechen References references DEFAULTSORT Return Of Raffles Category 1933 films Category British films Category 1930s crime films Category 1930s drama films Category English language films 1930s UK film stub ... more details
peacock date April 2012 coord 1 17 40.8 N 103 51 16.6 E display title Infobox hotel hotel name Raffles Hotel logo logo width image Singapore Raffles Hotel.jpg image width 250px caption location 1 Beach ... date developer Sarkies Brothers architect Regent Alfred John Bidwell operator Fairmont Raffles Hotels International Raffles International owner number of restaurants number of rooms 103 number of suites 103 floor area floors 3 parking website http www.raffles.com footnotes Raffles Hotel Simplified .... Opened in 1887, it was named after Singapore s founder Stamford Raffles Sir Stamford Raffles . Managed by Fairmont Raffles Hotels International , it is known for its luxurious accommodation ... Victorian style theatre. History File COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Entree van het Raffles Hotel Medan TMnr 60018239.jpg thumb left Raffles Hotel in 1932 showing the added verandah. The hotel was founded ... name famous cite web url http www.famoushotels.org hotels 255 title Famous Hotels Raffles accessdate ... by architect Regent Alfred John Bidwell of Swan and Maclaren , the current main building of Raffles ... spelled trouble for Raffles Hotel and, in 1931, the hotel went into receivership . In 1933, however, the financial troubles were resolved and a public company called Raffles Hotel Ltd was established ... said that the Japanese soldiers encountered the guests of the Raffles Hotel dancing one final waltz ... & Sons location United Kingdom isbn 0 460 04754 X pages 172 ref During World War II , the Raffles was renamed ... for a traditional Japanese inn. ref name Raffles Hotel 1992 cite book last Liu first Gretchen title Raffles Hotel year 1992 publisher Landmark Books location Singapore isbn 981 3002 63 8 ref Image Rafflesnorthbridge.JPG thumb Raffles North Bridge The hotel survived World War II despite the hardships ... for an extensive renovation, at a cost of Singapore dollar S 160 million. ref name Raffles Hotel 1992 ... company Raffles Holdings , Colony Capital LLC chief executive Thomas J. Barrack said in part as the purchaser ... more details
Sky.JPG englishname Raffles Place chinesename poj pengim pinyin L if Sh f ng malayname Pesara Raffles tamilname File Raffles Place.jpg thumb right 250px Centre square of Raffles Place Raffles Place is a geographical location in Singapore , south of the River mouth of the Singapore ... founder of modern Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles , intended Singapore to become a great commerce commercial Marketplace emporium . At the heart of this dream was Raffles Place. Charted by Garrison Engineer Lieutenant R.N. Philip Jackson surveyor Philip Jackson s map of Raffles 1822 Jackson Plan Town Plan , Raffles Place was located on the south bank of the Singapore River. Where a hill originally stood at Raffles Place, the soil of which was then used to reclaim the southern bank of the Singapore River to form Boat Quay . Known as Commercial Square then, Raffles Place was no more than a quiet ... finance trading companies. In 1858, Commercial Square was renamed Raffles Place. The sea came ... area designated for commerce, more businesses flocked to Raffles Quay, most notably retail ... . Some of the first banks to operate in Raffles Place were HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank . File Raffles Place Sculpture 2, Dec 05.JPG thumb left 150px Modern day Raffles Place, the financial heart ... of America establishing itself here in 1955 at 31 Raffles Place, and Bank of China at the adjacent ... buildings in Singapore . Raffles Place was the subject of carpet bombing during World War II when ... of Singapore Japanese Occupation years, the commercial development of Raffles Place took place ..., Singapore High Street , North Bridge Road and Orchard Road , leaving Raffles Place the primary domain ... buildings. File Raffles Place Skyscrapers 4, Jan 06.JPG thumb 150px right The three List of tallest buildings in Singapore tallest buildings in Singapore , located at Raffles Place, are, from left to right ... buildings are 280 metres in height. Notable buildings Several key buildings are located in Raffles ... more details
COI date July 2010 Raffles Dubai is a 19 storey hotel that is built in the shape of a pyramid . The design was an inspiration taken from traditional Egyptian architecture . It is located at the Wafi food and entertainment complex, 15 minutes away from the Dubai International Airport . ref http dubai.raffles.com Raffles Dubai Official Site Retrieved 06.03.2008 ref History Raffles Dubai was built by the Wafi Group , a Dubai based diversified business conglomerate that invested more than 140 million US dollars on its first hotel project. The Wafi group entered into an agreement where the hotel would be managed and operated by the Singapore based hospitality chain Raffles Hotels and Resorts . The agreement also marked Raffles entry into the Middle East and expanded its presence to 41 hotels in 35 destinations. ref name ame http www.ameinfo.com 58409.html Wafi Group signs with Raffles International 2005, Retrieved March 6, 2008 ref The hotel s signature pyramid shape was conceived by architect Bryn Lummus and developed locally by lead architects Arif & Bin Toak. The interior of the hotel was designed by the Dubai based LW Design group. Construction began in April 2005 and the hotel began its operations in 2007. The Raffles Dubai is noteworthy as it is the first Raffles hotel to be newly built, as most hotels operated by the company are mostly buildings with historical importance which were bought over by Raffles Hotels and Resorts. Special features The Egyptian themed pyramid shape ... raffles dubai new hotel at wafi city.html Raffles Dubai, The New Hotel at Wafi City Will You Like it? 2006 ... March 6, 2008 ref Among one of the 11 restaurants and bars within Raffles Dubai, elements of fire ... deck. Each Presidential Suite at Raffles Dubai has a theme, Earth natural hues of creams and browns ... and Water elaborate fountains See also http www.raffles.com dubai Raffles Dubai Official Website Raffles Hotels and Resorts Raffles Hotel Fairmont Raffles Hotels International Footnotes Reflist ... more details
Raffles Surgicentre is a private hospital in Singapore . It is located on 182 Clemenceau Avenue. References references Singapore hospital stub Hospitals in Singapore coord missing Singapore Category Hospitals in Singapore Category Hospitals with year of establishment missing ... more details
Image RafflesHospital.JPG thumb right 300px Raffles Hospital in Singapore. Raffles Hospital Simplified Chinese Chinese is a tertiary care private hospital and the flagship of the Raffles Medical Group http www.rafflesmedicalgroup.com , a leading private healthcare provider in Singapore and South East Asia. It is located at the junction of North Bridge Road and Ophir Road, 20 minutes away from Changi Airport . On 12 September 1997, two companies, Raffles Medical Group and Pidemco Land formed a joint venture company to convert Blanco Court into the present Raffles Hospital RH . Raffles Hospital is officially opened on 16 March 2002 by DPM Lee Hsien Loong. The hospital is a L shaped building covering convert 540,000 sqft m2 abbr on of floor space over 13 floors. It is a retrofitted building that has retained the main superstructure of its predecessor, Blanco Court. Four floors from the third to the sixth, are used as car parks. The lobby features huge granite columns and a cascading water feature. The central courtyard, on the eighth floor, has a pond and a bamboo and palm grove. The whole building is designed around this central courtyard. The corridors are all 2.2 m wide and look into the courtyard. This allows light to flood into the rooms. The hospital also houses a meditation room and is adorned with many art pieces. The bedrooms walls, designed to provide soothing comfort, are lined with laminates in honey tones of maple. The headrests in the rooms double as a place to store drips and tubes when not in use, making these hospital bedrooms more hotel like. The toilets ... bedroom and six bedroom facility. ref cite web title Raffles Hospital url http infopedia.nl.sg articles ... is equipped with a 24 Hour Emergency and Raffles Medical at Raffles Hospital. The 16 specialist ... by the Japanese expatriate community in Singapore. Specialists of Raffles subscribes to the Group ... skills for their treatment and care. On 13 December 2008, Raffles Hospital joined 220 healthcare ... more details
Taxobox image Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus.jpg status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Cuculiformes familia Cuculidae subfamilia Phaenicophaeinae small disputed small genus Rhinortha genus authority Nicholas Aylward Vigors Vigors , 1830 species R. chlorophaea binomial Rhinortha chlorophaea binomial authority Thomas Stamford Raffles Raffles , 1822 synonyms Cuculus chlorophaeus small Raffles, 1822 small br Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus small Raffles, 1822 small Raffles s Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea is a species of cuckoo family biology family Cuculidae . It was formerly often placed in Phaenicophaeus with the other malkohas, but it is a rather distinct species, with several autapomorph ies and sexual dimorphism which its presumed relatives all lack . It might not even be very closely related to the true malkohas, but form a very basal evolution basal lineage of cuckoos in any case, its placement in a monotypic genus Rhinortha is well warranted. It is found in Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , Myanmar , Singapore , and Thailand . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest s. References BirdLife International 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 47839 all Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. Category Cuculidae cuculiformes stub es Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus fr Malcoha de Raffles it Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus ms Burung Cenuk Kerak nl Rhinortha pt Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus sv Raffles malkoha ta ... more details
Infobox person name Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles image StamfordRaffles.jpeg birth date birth date ... Hull m. 1817, d. 1858 religion Anglican Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles , Royal Society FRS 6 July ... History of Java 1817 . Early life Raffles was born on the ship Ann off the coast of Port Morant, Jamaica , to Captain Benjamin Raffles d. June 1797 and Anne Raffles n e Lyde . His father was a Yorkshire ... Revolution , sending the family into debt. The little money the family had went into schooling Raffles. He attended a boarding school. In 1795, at the age of 14, Raffles started working as a clerk ... and annexation of the Kingdom of Holland by France during Napoleon s war, Raffles had no choice but to leave ... of forty five days, during which Raffles was appointed the Lieutenant Governor by Lord Minto before ... Coalition in Europe. File COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gedenksteen van T.S. Raffles de oprichter van s Lands Plantentuin voor zijn vrouw O.M. Raffles langs de Kanarielaan in s Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg West Java TMnr 10016615.jpg thumb The memorial to Olivia Mariamne, Raffles first wife, erected ... founded in Buitenzorg now Bogor , West Java During his governorship, Raffles introduced partial ... conditions of the island, Olivia died on 26 November 1814, an event that devastated Raffles ... at St. Helena , but found him unpleasant and unimpressive. Interlude in England In 1817, Raffles wrote and published a book entitled History of Java ref Sir Thomas Stammford Raffles A History ... Francis Joseph Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles.jpg thumb upright right Raffles in 1817 Raffles ... Resident, Thomas Parr, gained it any attention back home in Britain. Raffles found the place wrecked ... to the Dutch in Java. The competition in the area, between Raffles and the aggressive Dutch de jure Governor, Elout, certainly led at least in part to the later Anglo Dutch Treaty of 1824 . Raffles looked ... . In his correspondences with Calcutta, Raffles also emphasized the need to establish a certain amount ... more details
Hugh Raffles is an anthropologist whose work explores relationships among people, animals, and things. His writing has appeared in academic and popular venues, including Granta , Public Culture , Natural History magazine Natural History , Orion , American Ethnologist , the New York Times , and The Best American Essays . Infobox writer name Hugh Raffles File HR KUSP.jpg thumb 320px Hugh Raffles at KUSP, Santa Cruz, CA, April 2010 Life Raffles grew up in London, England, and moved to New York in the early 1990s. He lives in New York City and teaches at The New School . Awards and criticism Raffles was the recipient of the 2003 Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology and of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award for In Amazonia A Natural History . In 2009, Raffles was awarded a Whiting Writers Award . In 2010, Insectopedia was the winner of the 2011 Orion Book Award and received a Special Award from the Society for Humanistic Anthropology. The book was selected by the New York Times as a Notable Book of 2010. Writing in the New York Times Book Review , Philip Hoare described Insectopedia as impossible to categorize, wildly allusive and always stimulating. ref http www.nytimes.com 2010 05 02 books review Hoare t.html?pagewanted 1 Philip ... publisher Pantheon year 2010 first Hugh last Raffles isbn 1400096960 cite book url http books.google.com ... Press year 2002 first Hugh last Raffles isbn 9780691048857 References reflist External links http www.cabinetmagazine.org issues 25 raffles.php The Language of the Bees An Interview with Hugh Raffles, Cabinet , Issue 25, Spring 2007. http bigthink.com ideas 19409 Big Think interview with Hugh Raffles ... interview with Hugh Raffles http www.fundacioforum.org 141 eng pregunta det.asp?Id 64&id seccio 2 ... . NAME Raffles, Hugh ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Raffles, Hugh Category Living people Category British anthropologists ... more details
Raffles952 side.jpg for rationale Horse infobox horsename Raffles image Raffles952 side.jpg alt Gray horse with heavy white hair coat, probably taken late fall or winter caption Raffles as an older stallion ... January 13, 2008 Raffles was an Arabian horse Arabian stallion horse stallion foaled in 1926 and imported to the United States by Roger Selby in 1932. Raffles was bred by Lady Wentworth of the Crabbet Arabian Stud . Background Raffles was a son of the Crabbet foundation sire Skowronek , out of a Skowronek ... War Horse to Show Horse 3rd Rev. Ed. p. 82 ref She partially succeeded, as Raffles only matured ... Rev. Ed. p. 81 ref However, Raffles never produced any offspring in England, and it is generally thought ... ref Selby had previously purhased Raffles dam, Rifala in 1928. ref name Conn178 ref name Archer16 Archer The Arabian Horse p. 16 ref There is an alternative theory to why Raffles was given to Selby ... throwaway, a gift of a perfectly fertile Raffles was a replacement. ref name Legends ref name ... later in 1932. ref name CrabbetSelby Life in the United States Upon his arrival in America, Raffles ..., Jimmie Dean, after Raffles tested sterile at Ohio State University, Dean wondered if anxiety and tension was the source of the trouble. According to Dean, Raffles had endured poor handling, was distrustful ... in her own right, they spent many months gentling Raffles and gaining his trust. Thelma in particular ... Yet another version claimed that Raffles was such an outstanding riding horse that he could not be spared ..., he did well in the show ring. Awards and honors Raffles earned included the 1933 three gaited championship ... stall. ref http www.arabs iowa.com AFH Raffles.htm Arabian Foundation Horse Raffles ref He recovered ... Influence , September October 1984 accessed online October 17, 2007 ref Raffles died on May ... padding top 0 padding bottom 0 1 Raffles ref http www.allbreedpedigree.com Raffles3 All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Raffles accessed on October 16, 2007 ref br 1926 gray stallion 2 Skowronek ... more details
Infobox lighthouse image name Raffles Lighthouse.jpg caption location Pulau Satumu, Singapore coordinates coord 1 09.606 N 103 44.405 E type landmark yearbuilt 1855 yearlit automated yeardeactivated foundation construction shape White round tower marking height 29 m elevation 32 m lens currentlens intensity range Visible for 20 nautical miles characteristic Three white flashes every 20 seconds admiralty F1693 NGA 21500 ARLHS SIN 004 Image Raffles Lighthouse locator map.png thumb left Lighthouse is located on Pulau Satumu , indicated by the arrow, south of Singapore. Raffles Lighthouse Simplified Chinese Chinese lang ms Rumah Api Raffles is a lighthouse located in the Straits of Singapore , about 14 kilometres south of the main island of Singapore . The Raffles Lighthouse was first mooted in 1833, but the foundation stone was only laid in 1854 when William John Butterworth governor William John Butterworth was the Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843 to 1855. The stones on which Raffles Lighthouse stands come from the granite quarries on Pulau Ubin . The lighthouse was named after Sir Stamford Raffles , the founder of modern Singapore in 1819. The lighthouse was erected on a 1.3 hectare rocky island called Pulau Satumu , the southernmost off shore island of Singapore. Pulau Satumu means one tree island &mdash sa refers to satu one and tumu is the Malay language Malay name for the large mangrove tree, Rhizophoraceae Bruguiera confugata . The light source was a wick ... islands, including Pulau Satumu on which Raffles Lighthouse is located ref http www.nparks.gov.sg ... view of Pulau Satumu Raffles Lighthouse , Pulau Biola , Pulau Senang , Pulau Pawai and Pulau ... articles SIP 147 2005 01 18.html Singapore Infopedia Raffles Lighthouse http www.lhdepot.com database uniquelighthouse.cfm?value 3698 Lighthouse Depot Raffles Lighthouse with photo http ... of Raffles Lighthouse and Pulau Satumu cite rowlett sgp http wlol.arlhs.com index.php?mode zones&zone ... more details
About the building in Singapore the building in Shanghai Raffles City Shanghai Infobox building name Raffles City image Raffles City.jpg alternate names Raffles International Centre initial name native name location North Bridge Road , Downtown Core , Singapore architectural style High rise building type Office br Hotel br Shopping mall roof convert 158 m ft abbr on tower floor count 42 tower , 4 floors and 3 basements mall floor area 35,000 tower br 27,600 mall status Occupied start date 1980 completion date 1985 elevator count 79 lifts, 26 escalators architect I. M. Pei with br Architects 61 developer Tincel Properties management CapitaLand owner CapitaCommercial Trust br CapitaMall Trust main contractor SsangYong Group website http www.rafflescity.com rafflescity.com latd 1 latm 17 lats 37 latNS N longd 103 longm 51 longs 11 longEW E iso region SG coordinates display title Raffles City Simplified Chinese Chinese , before 2007 is a large complex located in the Civic District ... state. Built on the former site of Raffles Institution , the first school in Singapore , and located beside the historic Raffles Hotel , its aluminium finish and simple geometric designs gave a stark ... are complemented by the rectangular 42 storey Raffles City Tower , an office block. Renovations In the 1990s ... The Stamford and Raffles The Plaza now Fairmont Singapore when Raffles International took over the hotels ... s, CapitaCommercial Trust and CapitaMall Trust jointly acquired the development from Raffles Holdings ... CMT, CCT profit to be lifted by up to 7 from Raffles City asset enhancement url http www.channelnewsasia.com ..., was held from 2 to 9 July 2005 at the Raffles City Convention Centre on the fourth floor ... Interior view File raffles city zz.JPG The refurbished end File Raffles City development 2.JPG ... www.rafflescity.com.sg Official site of Raffles City Shopping Centre Category Shopping malls in Singapore ... Raffles City ... more details
File Road Junction geograph.org.uk 118122.jpg thumb right The minor road from the Raffles Estate and new housing areas meet the A595. Looking north east towards Carlisle centre. Raffles or the Raffles Estate is a suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria Carlisle , Cumbria , United Kingdom . The estate consists mainly of council housing council built and Housing association properties, and in 1994 had a population of 5,800. Nearby areas include Belle Vue, Cumbria Belle Vue , Newtown, Sandsfield Park and Morton West. History Raffles was built during the 1920s and 1930s and was highly sought after as a place to live by council tenants of the time. ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk local cumbria hi people and places history newsid 8357000 8357384.stm title The Raffles Estate Then and Now work BBC Cumbria publisher BBC date 13 November 2009 accessdate 21 May 2010 ref However, by 1994 things had changed. A report from April 1994 which appeared in The Independent on Sunday condemned the estate as a no go area with a high level of crime. One resident was reported to have said If you ve got a problem in Raffles, get a shotgun . ref cite news url http www.independent.co.uk news uk nogo britain where what why 1370749.html title No Go Britain Where, what, why publisher Independent Newspapers Ltd work The Independent on Sunday date 17 April 1994 accessdate 21 May 2010 ref By the first decade of the 21st Century the once notorious housing estate had undergone significant redevelopment and modernisation. ref cite news url http www.newsandstar.co.uk news business new homes for rent on carlisle s raffles estate 1 514285?referrerPath news business title New homes for rent on Carlisle s Raffles estate ... phase being finished in 2009. Raffles is still not without its problems, however. In 2010 Carlisle ... name HumbleHelen References reflist External links http www.raffleschurch.com raffles community church Welcome.html Raffles Community Church coord 54.89137 N 2.96708 W type city 2000 region GB display ... more details
Turf race infobox class Group 1 horse race Raffles Cup image caption location Kranji Racecourse br Singapore flagicon Singapore inaugurated 1991 race type Thoroughbred Flat racing website http www.turfclub.com.sg Singapore Turf Club distance 1800 meters 1.12 miles 9 furlongs track Grass, left handed qualification Three years old & up weight Weight for age br Fillies & Mares 1.5 kg allowance purse Singapore dollar S 500,000 bonuses The Raffles Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually in the first week of November at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore . Contested on Grass turf over a left handed course, the domestic Group One race is run over a distance 1800 meters 1.12 miles 9 furlong s and is open to horses age three and older. The Raffles Cup was inaugurated in 1991 at the Bukit Timah Race Course and raced there through 1999 when the track was closed to be replaced by the new Kranji Racecourse. It was raced at 1600 meters from 1991 through 2000 then in 2001 it was changed to its present distance of 1800 meters. Named for Stamford Raffles Sir Stamford Raffles , founder of Singapore, the Raffles Cup is the second leg of the Singapore Triple Crown . It comes after the Kranji Mile and is followed by the Singapore Gold Cup . Records Speed record 1 48.0 Chevron 2008 Most wins by an owner 3 Auric Stable 1993, 1994, 1995 Most wins by a jockey 3 Kim Clapperton 1993, 1994, 1995 Most wins by a Horse trainer trainer 4 Teh Choon Beng 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 Winners class sortable border 1 cellpadding 0 style border collapse collapse font size 90 bgcolor 77dd77 align center width 38px Year br width 135px Winner br width 140px Jockey br width 140px Trainer br width 170px Owner br Time 2010 Better Than Ever Saimee Jumaat L Laxon 1 47.38 2009 Cheyenne Dancer D Beasley M Freedman 1 47.07 2008 Chevron Saimee Jumaat Charles Leck Redcap Stable 1 48.0 2007 Lim s Objective K. B. Soo John F ... FeatureRaces tabid 154 Default.aspx The Raffles Cup at the Singapore Turf Club Category Graded ... more details
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Infobox Singapore neighbourhood image Common Driveway by RI and RJC at Bishan Campus.jpg caption Raffles Institution Lane englishname Raffles Institution Lane chinesename poj pengim pinyin malayname Raffles Institution Lane tamilname Raffles Institution Lane is a lane leading from Bishan Street 21 to the shared entrance of Raffles Institution Secondary and Raffles Institution Junior College . The nearest Mass Rapid Transit Singapore Mass Rapid Transit station is Marymount . It was formerly known as Bishan Lane, but was later changed to its current name, Raffles Institution Lane, after school authorities asked the Government to give them a more special name. ref cite book last E. first Wijeysingha title The Eagle breeds a Gryphon publisher Raffles Institution isbn 981 00 2054 6 ref References reflist Places in Singapore Coord missing Singapore Singapore road stub Category Places in Singapore Category Bishan ... more details
Raffles Hotels & Resorts is a collection of luxury properties located in major cities around the globe. Each hotel is known to have its own distinct personality. Raffles Hotels & Resorts is owned by Fairmont Raffles Hotels International , a Canadian based hotel company with over 88 hotels in 27 countries worldwide under the Fairmont , Raffles and Swiss tel brands. The company also owns Fairmont and Raffles branded Residences, Estates and luxury private residence club properties. History Raffles Hotels & Resorts was formed in 1989 to restore, redevelop and manage the world renowned Raffles Hotel . The corporation also undertakes the restructuring and management of the I.M Pei designed Raffles City Development, thus laying the foundation for Raffles Hotels and Resorts to become a first rate international hotel management company. The Raffles Hotel reopened after a complete restoration on 16 ... Raffles Retrieved 13.02.2008 ref In 1997, the company opened the restored Grand Hotel d Angkor in Siem Reap , Cambodia , marking the launch of its luxury resort brand. Thereafter, Raffles Hotels and Resorts ... s Hotel in London and Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg . The Raffles lifestyle concepts were also ... Cheng s in Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten. In the year 2000, Raffles opened a new concept of health spas, named Amrita Spa, in Raffles City , Singapore , Raffles Hotel Singapore, Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Grand ... Sanskrit word meaning the elixir of youth . October 2000 marked the arrival of the Raffles International ... Way. On 1 January 2002, the re branded Raffles The Plaza in Singapore joined the Raffles Hotels & Resorts family of hotels. By March 2002, four hotels in the Raffles Hotels & Resorts portfolio shared the Raffles name Raffles Brown s Hotel, Raffles Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Raffles Grand Hotel d Angkor and Raffles Hotel Le Royal. On May 16, 2002, Raffles Hotels & Resorts Limited and Hotel Okura ... international destinations. In August 2003, Raffles Hotels & Resorts signed its fourth management agreement ... more details
Incoming links date February 2012 Gerry Carr may refer to Gerry Carr, candidate for Belfast South UK Parliament constituency Gerry Carr, Assistant Manager for Sligo Rovers F.C. Sligo Rovers Gerry Carr discus Gerry Carr of Warrenpoint GAA See also Gerald Carr disambiguation hndis Carr, Gerry ... more details
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