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Explain how the choice of Singapore as the location of an East India Company trading outpost was more of circumstance than of design. Would you say that also about the subsequent growth of the outpost as one of the Straits Settlements?
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EC2202 Global Economic Dimensions of Singapore Essay Topic 1 Semester 2, 2003/2004 Ng Sui Lin Marie U010602J Art10602@nus.edu.sg DW9, Mon 12-1pm Explain how the choice of Singapore as the location of an East India Company trading outpost was more of circumstance than of design. Would you say that also about the subsequent growth of the outpost as one of the Straits Settlements? Introduction In the 21st century, Singapore is an economically stable and vibrant country, and it is one of a global player today. There is certainty a good number of factors behind the rapid growth of Singapore as it has emerged from a sleepy small fishing port to a global center in less than two centuries after founded as a trading outpost of the East India Company (EIC) in 1819. However, to understand the present, we must look at our past. We have to explore the reason of why Singapore was chosen by the East India Company...
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