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Singapore was chosen as...
1)it has a strategic location in the Malay archipalego,and was dubbed as the heart of it.
2)it has an excellent harbor,and had the facilities to allow damaged British ships to be repaired
3)Singapore has a good supply of fresh water,eg.springs at fort canning.
4)there is no dutch present on the island,so that means no conflicts with the dutch.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoSingapore was in the south of Dutch Melaka and Penang could also be used to protect the British shipping so as to trade along the straits of Melaka
Singapore has timbers to repair the ships that are involved in the British trading. Singapore also had a few natural advantages. It has deep waters and there was seasonal wind to transport the trading ships.
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∙ 11y agoSingapore occupied a better position as compared to Penang and Bencoolen. It has natural advantages as an excellent harbour and a good supply of drinking water. It is also a good commanding position to protect ships against pirate attacks.
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∙ 12y agoThere are reasons why Stamford Raffles chose Singapore to be a British trading port. Firstly, it was due to European rivalry and Dutch Monopoly in the region (the Dutch controlled a large area of the Malay Archipelago at that time and were therefore Britain's biggest rival in South East Asia), secondly, it was due to the unsuitability of penang and Bencoolen as trading ports (the positions in which they were situated at were not in a position to protect Britain's trading ships using the Straits); Melaka was in a much better position but it was owned by the Dutch. Raffles found many advantages in Singapore; he realised that it was in a commanding position to protect the trading ships between China and India as Britain's trade with China and India had become very lucrative.
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∙ 13y agoRaffles chose Singapore for a trading settlement
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∙ 14y agoPANGSAI
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