新加坡并非以它的天然资源,而是以它的地理位置、港口以及殖民地开拓者和移民工人的智慧和能力而于1900年成为世界第七大港的。当时,新加坡的繁荣建立在转口贸易之上,这种状况一直继续到第二次世界大战结束,在此之后问题就接踵而来了:新加坡的贸易和商业受到(印尼)对抗的影响,也受到从马来西亚分离出来的影响;转口贸易对于各贸易伙伴国家的政治经济变化特别敏感,而新加坡本身又没有原料可依仗;英 Singapore was not the world’s seventh largest port by 1900, not by its natural resources, but by the wisdom and ability of its colonies, pioneer and migrant workers, in its geographical location, its ports of origin. At the time, Singapore’s prosperity was based on entrepot trade, a situation that continued until the end of World War II, after which the problems ensued: Singapore’s trade and commerce were affected by the (Indonesian) confrontation, The impact of the separation from Malaysia; the re-export trade is particularly sensitive to the political and economic changes in various trading partner countries, while Singapore itself has no raw materials to rely on;