Chia Ann Siang and Family : The Tides of Fortune Armour Publishing are more serious undercurrents--of slavery

are more serious undercurrents--of slavery

"1421" rewrites our understanding of history

revives Chanakya two and a half millennia later

the storm-beaches of Norfolk

The cops are ready to throw the book at the pretty blond coed whose prints are all over the murder weapon

Chia Ann Siang and Family : The Tides of Fortune Armour Publishing are more serious undercurrents--of slaveryChia Ann Siang was once one of Singapores wealthiest men a landowner, merchant and philanthropist. Born in Malacca in 1834, he came to Singapore and joined Boustead, an English trading company, as a storekeeper. At the tender age of 22, he was made Chief Storekeeper, and was able to buy himself a house on Telok Ayer Street and another one on Amoy Street for good measure. An astute property investor, Chia continued to acquire much real estate in the