* Yantai Raffles Shipyard, in Yantai, China, is that country's largest offshore builder.

The other airport, that will replace Laishan in 2014, is Yantai Chaoshui.

Like many other cities in China, Yantai has improved and upgraded many tourist sites targeted at both national and international tourists.

The major ports, including river ports accessible by ocean-going ships, are Beihai, Dalian, Dandong, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hankou, Huangpu, Jiujiang, Lianyungang, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Rizhao, Sanya, Shanghai, Shantou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Weihai, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xingang, Yangzhou, Yantai, and Zhanjiang.

A major naval accident occurred on 24 November 1999 at Yantai, Shandong, China when the 9, 000-ton Chinese ferry Dashun caught fire and capsized in rough seas.

He attended the English China Inland Mission Chefoo School at Yantai but returned with his mother and siblings to California in 1912 because of the unstable political conditions in China at the time.

Boxers destroyed railways and cut lines for telegraphs and burned the Yantai mines.

With Jinan serving as the province's economic and cultural centre, the province's economic prowess has led to the development of modern coastal cities located at Qingdao, Weihai, and Yantai.

It is 3 kilometers away from the city center, 4 kilometers away from Weihai Port, 10 kilometers away from Weihai Railway Station, 30 kilometers away from Weihai Airport and 80 kilometers away from Yantai Airport.

Yantai Economic and Technological Development Area is one of the earliest approved state level economic development zones in China.

It adjoins to downtown Yantai, merely 6 kilometers away from Yantai Port, 6 kilometers away from Yantai Railway Station, and a 30-minute drive to Yantai International Airport.

Yantai Export Processing Zone ( YTEPZ ) is one of the first 15 export processing zones approved by the State Council.

In the summer of 1860, a larger Anglo-French force ( 11, 000 British under General James Hope Grant, 6, 700 French under General Cousin-Montauban ) with 173 ships sailed from Hong Kong and captured the port cities of Yantai and Dalian to seal the Bohai Gulf.

Born in Yantai ( 燕台 Yàntái ), Zhongli Quan was once a general serving in the army of the Han Dynasty.

It borders Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest.

He was born in the city of Yantai, Shandong Province, China, in 1905, to a Southern Baptist family.

Eventually, he left the Chinese Independent Congregational Church and began meeting with the Benjamin Newton branch of the Brethren Assembly in Yantai.

In the face of Japanese invasion during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Lee returned to Yantai.

At the start of 1943, the church in Yantai is said to have experienced a revival lasting for a hundred days, during which some believers decided to become missionaries.

Yantai () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China.

Located on the southern coast of the Bohai Sea and the eastern coast of the Laizhou Bay, Yantai borders the cities of Qingdao and Weihai to the southwest and east respectively.

The largest fishing seaport in Shandong and a robust economic center today, Yantai used to be known to the West as Chefoo, a misnomer which refers, in Chinese, solely to Zhifu Island, which is historically governed by Yantai.

Mr. Blum currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors of CB Richard Ellis and is a director on the boards of directors of three other portfolio companies: Fairmont Raffles Holdings International Ltd., Current Media, L. L. C.

At the end of Year 4, students may apply for the Year 5-6 Raffles Academy by submitting a personal statement and portfolio, and sitting for a selection test.

In its commercial portfolio, in Singapore, following One Raffles Link, the company developed One Raffles Quay, another commercial complex, in the Marina Bay area.

The area includes educational institutions such as Anglo-Chinese School ( Barker Road ), Singapore Chinese Girls ' School, Methodist Girls ' School, Hwa Chong Institution, National Junior College, Raffles Girls ' Primary School, Nanyang Primary School, Nanyang Girls ' High School, Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School, Saint Joseph's Institution and Ngee Ann Polytechnic amongst others.

Mock explosive devices, such as thunderflashes were detonated near-simultaneously in subway trains and station platforms at four MRT stations ( Dhoby Ghaut, Toa Payoh, Raffles Place and Marina Bay ) and in a double decker bus at Toa Payoh Bus Interchange.

During his governorship, Raffles introduced partial self-government, stopped the slave trade, became an early opponent of the Opium trade by placing strict limitations upon its importation ( much to the dismay of Calcutta ), led an expedition to rediscover and restore Borobudur and other ancient monuments, and replaced the Dutch forced agriculture system with a land tenure system of land management, probably influenced by the earlier writings of Dirk van Hogendorp ( 1761 – 1822 ).

In his 1891 novel The Doings of Raffles Haw, Arthur Conan Doyle talks about turning elements into other elements of decreasing atomic number, until a gray matter is reached.

It was founded in London in April 1826 by Sir Stamford Raffles, the Marquess of Lansdowne, Lord Auckland, Sir Humphry Davy, Robert Peel, Joseph Sabine, Nicholas Aylward Vigors along with various other nobility, clergy, and naturalists.

Stamford Raffles, an official of the British East India Company who had been forced to leave the Dutch settlement at Malacca when the Netherlands were annexed, suggested to Lord Minto, the Governor-General of India, that Java and the other Dutch possessions should be captured.

Core CCAs comprise all sports, uniformed groups and performing arts, as well as Raffles Debaters while merit CCAs consist of all other clubs and societies.

Boarders consist of local Raffles Institution pupils and scholars from other countries ( mostly China and ASEAN countries ), as well as pupils from other secondary schools and junior colleges.

To date, Hwa Chong Junior College had produced the second highest number of President's Scholars ( second only to Raffles Junior College, now known as Raffles Institution ) as compared to other junior colleges in Singapore.

Raffles is always accompanied by his loyal friend Bunny and has other acquaintances such as ' Dave, 6th Earl of Bermondsey ' ( a notorious section of South East London ) and Clarence, 3rd Earl of Burberry ( a reference to Burberry, stereotypically the fashion brand of choice for Britain's ' chavs ').

The Raffles Long Bar in Singapore listed Gin Pahit on the cocktail board as late as 1985 but other references to Pink Gins are correct-a traditional Royal Navy drink (".. one had no ice, d ' you see?

In 2010, the opening of Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort provided more entertainment options to the area, along with the other existing entertainment and shopping districts like Esplanade, Suntec City, Marina Square, Raffles City Shopping Centre.

It opened its first restaurant in the upscale Paragon shopping mall, and has opened three other outlets in the island, including one in Bishan and another in the basement annex of Raffles City.

In 1823, Singapore was reorganised according to the Raffles Plan of Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles, which specified elements like the Commercial Square ( now Raffles Place ) and the European Town as well as various other commercial and administrative entities located between them.

The eight other injured workers who were working on top of the structure, were sent to the nearby Raffles Hospital before rescuers arrived.

Aaron began writing poetry during his days at Raffles Institution, a secondary school in Singapore where he befriended other students who would also eventually go on to become published Singaporean writers.

There are 2 exit and entry points to the station, one of which serves Shunfu Estate while the other is located near the western end of Raffles Institution.

A black and white artwork by the late Lim Mu Hue which features shadow puppetry and other performances enjoyed by the early settlers of Singapore was recreated on a large wall and is located within the walkway within the station between Raffles City and Marina Square.

Some of the more important buildings included the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, the Fullerton Building, old Supreme Court Building, City Hall, Singapore, National Museum of Singapore, old Parliament House old Hill Street Police Station, Central Fire Station, old Raffles Institution buildings, Changi Prison, old NCO club and numerous other schools, post offices, military camps and police stations around the island.

Major commercial buildings, often erected by European businesses as well as mission schools and other civic groups, also adopted these styles, such as the Raffles Hotel, Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus ( now CHIJMES ), old St Joseph's Institution and old Tao Nan School.