1906 - Singapore’s Rubber Industry

Henry Ridley, the first Director of the Botanic Gardens, was obsessed with the potential of rubber as a material. In the end, his determination paid off. When rubber grew in demand around the world, Singapore was well-positioned to capitalise on this.

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in fact this man was never english native,based in his [phenotype,he was a jews,yeas a jews from europe!! and original to central asia as well

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the rubber was there in belem amazons/brazil,,making a lot of money ,before it ever came to asiaaaaaaaaaa...in the 1800,in fact..it was asia the cause of the fall of the rubber empire in brazil..my goshhhhhhhhhh these gringos ahhhh

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