April 26, 2005

The Armenians in Singapore

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ZUCO remembers Singapore's Armenians on the 90th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.

Even though the historical community was small in Singapore, some of them became rather famous. For example, Catchick Moses who co-founded the Straits Times, the Sarkies Brothers who established Raffles Hotel and of course Agnes Joaquim who discovered the Vanda Miss Joaquim that subsequently became our national flower.

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Good find. I was just talking about this last night to a friend!

Posted by Mr Miyagi on 26 April, 2005 - 5:52pm

Random historical fact about the Armenian church: it was the first building in Singapore to have electricity, apparently.

And how do you pronounce "Joaquim"? I presume the Spanish/Portuguese way, as in the actor Joaquim Phoenix's name.

Posted by ssf on 27 April, 2005 - 12:07am

I'd say Joe Kim.
And I like Zuco's opening "How can someone forget something that one never knew about?"
So, is the Armenian Church one of the Orthodox Churches? Is there a Coptic Church here too?

Posted by Mr Miyagi on 27 April, 2005 - 1:40am