Did the Industrial Revolution affect the way people lived and worked in the 19th century for the better or the worse? Explain your answer

In my opinion, the Industrial Revolution affected the way people lived and worked in the 19th century for the better.During the 18th century,people could only produce enough cloth for oneself but however, during 19th century, the invention of the spinning machine greatly changed the ways goods were produce and it shortened the production time.Secondly, the invention of the steam-engine causes railway trains and steamship to be invented soon after the discovery of the steam-engine.This help people travel a longer distances and to reach a place in a shorter time. However,the building of this machines needs raw material and they began to look East for raw materials and one place they turned to was Asia.Singapore was the most visited port during that time as it was because the Europeans obtained the raw material and needed markets to sell them and therefore,Singapore had a growth in its trade.Singapore also became a port-of-call as ships stopped to refuel and obtain food supplies.So, i concluded that it affected the people for the better.

The national museum has decided to erect a statue in front of its entrance. They have to choose between Stamford Raffles and Tan Tock Seng. If you were working for the museum, who would you choose ? and why?

I would choose to erect a statue of Tan Tock Seng because there are already two statues of Raffles. Tan Tock Seng had contributed by giving medical help for poor people for little or no cost at all. He also uses his own money to pay for the funeral expenses of unclaimed bodies that die in the streets and verandahs. By doing so, he supplied 1,032 coffins.Tan Tock Seng helps in settling problems and disputes in the Chinese community as he was appointed the leader of Chinese community with the title of Kapitan of the Hokkien clan. Even after his death, his descendants like Tan Kim Ching, Tan Teck Guan and Tan Chay Yan continued his legacy in helping the poor Chinese and each of them became leaders if the Chinese community.So I would choose to erect a statue of Tan Tock Seng in front of the National Mueseum entrance instead of Sir Stamford Raffles's .