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SINGAPORE - Wanted: history enthusiasts to caption old photographs and transcribe handwritten manuscripts that contain a piece of Singapore's history. They are invited to contribute to an upcoming portal that will carry some 3,000 unidentified photographs dating back to the late 1800s, and 3,000 pages of Straits Settlement records including letters written during Sir Stamford Raffles' administration of Singapore. These are collections from the Government and individuals waiting to be "tagged" on the new portal - The Citizen Archivist Project at www.nas.gov.sg/citizenarchivist. http://bit.ly/19azayz http://bit.ly/19azayz+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org "The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of laissez-faire, unbridled competition. They have occurred under the guidance of federal agencies, and under the umbrella of federal regulations." Senator Ted Kennedy, in defending trucking deregulation in 1978. Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra