Lee Kuan Yew was a longtime authoritarian leader of this microstate.
Early 1300s visitors to this city referred to it as Long Ya Men, Dan Ma Xi, and Temasek. Several hundred patients and staff were massacred in this city at the Alexandra Hospital during a battle that ended with Arthur Percival's surrender. Colonial era leaders of this city negotiated with the Sultan of (*) Johor for British control of this city, which was later the site of the largest military capitulation in British military history. Lee Kuan Yew was a longtime authoritarian leader of this microstate. For 10 points, name this independent Southeast-Asian "Lion City," a wealthy major port and financial center at the southern end of the Malay Peninsula.
Early 1300s visitors to this city referred to it as Long Ya Men, Dan Ma Xi, and Temasek.
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