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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 2025. Singaporean businessman and philanthropist Not to be confused with Peter Lin (disambiguation). Peter Lim 林荣福 Lim in 2016 Born (1953-05-21) 21 May 1953 (age 71) Colony of Singapore Education University of Western Australia Occupations Businessman investor Known for Stockbroking Owner ...
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 cricketer, a marvellous spin bowler who is often invited to social events that would be out of his reach otherwise. "I was asked about for my cricket", he comments after this period ...
Stevens MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the Downtown (DTL) and Thomson–East Coast (TEL) lines. Situated at the junction of Stevens Road and Bukit Timah Road, it serves the nearby Singapore Chinese Girls' School and St. Joseph's Institution, as well as the Raffles Town Club and the surrounding private estates.
Old Bohemian Club – "Bunny" and Raffles' club in E. W. Hornung's Raffles stories. Pickwick Club – A club founded by Mr. Samuel Pickwick to study human nature in Charles Dickens's first novel. Pelican Club – Sir Galahad's (Gally's) club in P.G. Wodehouse's A Pelican at Blandings; Progress Club – a club that "...intended to do great ...
Raffles using his rope-ladder, by Cyrus Cuneo (1905) One of the things that Raffles has in common with Sherlock Holmes is a mastery of disguise – during his days as an ostensible man-about-town, Raffles keeps the components of various disguises in a studio apartment in Chelsea, which he maintains under a false name. [33]
Raffles Hotels & Resorts is a Singaporean chain of luxury hotels which traces its roots to 1887 with the opening of the original Raffles Hotel in Singapore. [2] The company started to develop internationally in the late 1990s.
The Amateur Cracksman is an 1899 short story collection by E. W. Hornung.It was published in the UK by Methuen & Co., London, and in the US by Scribner's, New York. [1] Many later editions (T. Nelson & Sons, 1914; University of Nebraska Press, 1976; et al.) expand the title to Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman.
There are three shopping centres in Holland Village: Raffles Holland V, Holland Road Shopping Centre and Holland V Shopping Mall. Retail establishments are located along four streets and two shopping buildings. These streets are Jalan Merah Saga and Holland Avenue on the same side, and Lorong Liput and Lorong Mambong on the opposite side.