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Ho Ching warns against anti-colonial fervour; views on pre-1819 history spark backlash

Summary by The Online Citizen
In a Facebook post on 26 June 2025, Ho Ching, former chief executive of Temasek Holdings and spouse of former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, asserted that modern Singapore’s origins began in 1819 with Sir Stamford Raffles. She was referring to suggestions that Singapore’s founding dates back to the 1300s, with the arrival of Sang Nila Utama. Ho cautioned against what she described as a fervour of anti-colonialism or anti-British sentiment, warn…
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The Online Citizen broke the news in on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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