SINGAPORE, Jan 4 — Sir Stamford Raffles will not be standing alone along the north bank of the Singapore River, not for the next few days at least.

The statues of four other historical figures — Sang Nila Utama, Tan Tock Seng, Munshi Abdullah and Naraina Pillai — were unveiled along the Singapore River today, as part of activities to commemorate Singapore’s bicentennial.

They will be there until January 8, before being moved to different locations along the Singapore River promenade for the rest of this year.

The four new statues were commissioned by the Singapore Bicentennial Office (SBO), who said that they represent the wider cast of historical figures that arrived in Singapore in 1819 and earlier.