Suggestion for his monument

I feel that his monument should be placed somewhere he helped built like the mosque at Bencoolen Street as this would let people know that without Syed Omar bin Ali Aljunied, that place would not be of existence.

As for what shape it should take, I feel that the monument should show him building something as this would symbolize and show that he has helped build many places during Singapore's hard times and would therefore show hi generosity and kindness.

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Syed Omar's contributions impact on Singapore

Syed Omar was a philanthropist and donated many things, which included a huge plot of land in Victoria Street for the building of a Muslim cemetery and a mosque in Bencoolen Street. Others included St Andrews Church’s land and a large sum of money for the building of Tan Tock Seng Hospital. These all had a positive economic impact on Singapore. Thus, his contributions helped Singapore greatly in building some of the very popular buildings in Singapore and helped Singapore greatly as Singapore was not financially strong or stable at that time.

Syed Omar's brief biography

Syed Omar was a rich Arab businessman. His hometown is in Tarim, Hadramaut (Yemen) and he came to Singapore before the founding of Singapore in 1819. He was highly respected to the extent to he was looked up upon by Malaysians as a prince. He came to Singapore from Palembang following his uncle, Syed Mohammed bin Harun Al Junied.