And Mudland belongs to Orang Asli, Singapore belongs to lions.
> > How did Singapore get its name...? Lion is an obvious answer in the
> history
> > books.
> > This is the original version.
> >
> > When Raffles sailed up the Singapore River for the first time...Some
> native
> > girls were swimming/bathing in the river, having left their sarongs on the
> > tree at the river bank ! A deaf Punjabi Singh cycling by the side of the
> > river.....saw the sarongs hanging on the tree.
> > He looked around and saw no one near by. He bungkus (packed) everything
> and
> > took away all the unattended clothes. ...The girls saw the Singh from a
> > distance removing their clothes. They started shouting and yelling at the
> > top of their vocies......................................
> >
> > "SINGH KAPOH (steal) ...singh kapoh singh kapoh."???..
> >
> > Raffles heard a roar of SINGH KAPOH and so we had the name....Singapore
>