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The Port of Singapore run by the port operators PSA International (formerly the Port of Singapore Authority) and Jurong Port is the world's busiest in terms of shipping tonnage handled 1.04 billion gross tons were handled in 2004 crossing the one billion mark for the first time in Singapore's maritime history Singapore also emerged as the top port in terms of cargo tonnage handled with 393 million tonnes of cargo in the same year beating the Port of Rotterdam for the first time in the process In 2006 it handled a total of 448 million tonnes of cargo, Ethnicity and culture Singapore business directory On 5 September 1979 Mountbatten received a ceremonial funeral at Westminster Abbey which was attended by the Queen the Royal Family and members of the European royal houses Watched by thousands of people the funeral procession which started at Wellington Barracks included representatives of all three British Armed Services and military contingents from Burma India the United States France and Canada His coffin was drawn on a gun carriage by 118 Royal Navy ratings During the televised service the Prince of Wales read the lesson from Psalm 107 in an address the Archbishop of Canterbury Donald Coggan highlighted his various achievements and his "lifelong devotion to the Royal Navy". After the public ceremonies which he had planned himself Mountbatten was buried in Romsey Abbey as part of the funeral arrangements his body had been embalmed by Desmond Henley. .

In the early 17th century Singapore's main settlement and its port were destroyed by a punitive force from Aceh After this incident there was no significant settlement or port at Singapore until 1819 when Sir Stamford Raffles excited by the deep and sheltered waters in Keppel Harbour established for Britain a new settlement and international port on the island or an trading port, Lakshmana Rama and Shinta in Ramayana ballet at Prambanan Java Clashes between Chinese and Japanese forces at Pungdo and Seongwhan caused irreversible changes to Sino-Japanese relations and meant that a state of war now existed between the two countries the two governments officially declared war on August 1 Initially the general staff's objective was to secure the Korean peninsula before the arrival of winter and then land forces near Shanhaiguan. However as the navy was unable to bring the Beiyang fleet into battle in mid-August temporarily withdrew from the Yellow Sea to refit and replenish its ships. As a consequence in late August the general staff ordered an advance overland to the Zhili plain via Korea in order to the capture bases on the Liaodong Peninsula to prevent Chinese forces from interfering with the drive on Beijing the First Army with two divisions was activated on September 1 In mid-September 17 the Chinese forces defeated at Pyongyang and occupied the city as the remaining Chinese troops retreated northward The navy's stunning victory in the Yalu on September 17 was crucial to the Japanese as it allowed the Second Army with three divisions and one brigade to land unopposed on the Liaodong Peninsula about 100 miles north of Port Arthur which controlled the entry to the Bohai Gulf in mid-October. While the First Army pursued the remaining Chinese forces from Korea across the Yalu River Second Army occupied the city of Dairen on November 8 and then seized the fortress and harbor at Port Arthur on November 25 Farther north the First army's offensive stalled and was beset by supply problems and winter weather. . 6 Maritime transport 6.2 Malay Main article: History of Singapore Reclaimed water Mountbatten brought forward the date of the partition from June 1948 to 15 August 1947 the uncertainty of the borders caused Muslims and Hindus to move into the direction where they felt they would get the majority Hindus and Muslims were thoroughly terrified and the Muslim movement from the East was balanced by the similar movement of Hindus from the West a boundary committee chaired by Sir Cyril Radcliffe was charged with drawing boundaries for the new nations With a mandate to leave as many Hindus and Sikhs in India and as many Muslims in Pakistan as possible Radcliffe came up with a map that split the two countries along the Punjab and Bengal borders This left 14 million people on the "wrong" side of the border and very many of them fled to "safety" on the other side when the new lines were announced.