<prompt> Bheka isigaba esingezansi bese uphendula umbuzo emva kwalokho ngolimi olufanayo nesigaba: Ukudlula: Isimo sesikhungo saseBrithani eSingapore ekuqaleni sasibonakala singathembekile njengoba uhulumeni waseNetherlands ngokushesha wamangalela iBrithani ngokuphula indawo yaseNetherlands yethonya. Kodwa njengoba iSingapore yasheshe yaba yindawo ebalulekile yokuhweba, iBrithani yaqinisekisa ukuthi iyona enegunya kulesi siqhingi. Isivumelwano samaNgisi namaDashi sika-1824 saqinisa isimo seSingapore njengendawo yaseBrithani, sahlukanisa iziqhingi zaseMalay phakathi kwamandla amabili amakoloni nendawo esenyakatho yeStraits of Malacca, kufaka phakathi iSingapore, ewela ngaphansi kwethonya laseBrithani. Ngo-1826, iSingapore yahlanganiswa yiBritish East India Company kanye nePenang neMalacca ukuze kwakhiwe i-Straits Settlements, eyayiphethwe yiBritish East India Company. Ngo-1830, i-Straits Settlements yaba yindawo yokuhlala, noma ukwahlukaniswa, kwe-Presidency of Bengal eBritish India. Emashumini eminyaka alandela, iSingapore yakhula yaba itheku elibalulekile esifundeni. Ukuphumelela kwayo kwakungenxa yezizathu eziningana ezihlanganisa ukuvulwa kwemakethe yaseChina, ukuvela kwemikhumbi ehamba olwandle, ukuncishiswa okukhulu kwesikhathi nezindleko zokuthumela izimpahla eYurophu ngemuva kokuvulwa kweSuez Canal ngo-1869, nokukhiqizwa kwe-rubber ne-tin eMalaya. Ukuba kwalo itheku elikhululekile kwakunikeza inzuzo ebalulekile kunamanye amadolobha asethekwini lamakoloni eBatavia manje eyiJakarta naseManila lapho kwakukhokhiswa khona intela, futhi kwadonsa abathengisi abaningi baseChina, baseMalay, baseNdiya nabama-Arabhu ababesebenza eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia baya eSingapore. Ukuvulwa kweSuez Canal kamuva ngo - 1869 kwakuyokhulisa ukuhweba eSingapore. Ngo - 1880, amathani angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu - 1,5 ezimpahla ayedlula eSingapore unyaka ngamunye, cishe u - 80 wezimpahla ezazithuthwa ngemikhumbi. Umsebenzi oyinhloko wezohwebo kwakuwukuhweba nge-entrepôt okwakuchuma ngaphansi kokungakhokhiswa intela nemingcele emincane. Izindlu eziningi zabathengisi zasungulwa eSingapore ikakhulukazi ngamafemu okuhweba aseYurophu, kodwa futhi nabathengisi abangamaJuda, amaShayina, ama-Arabhu, ama-Armenia, amaMelika namaNdiya. Kwakukhona nabathengisi abaningi baseChina ababephatha ingxenye enkulu yezohwebo phakathi kwamaYurophu... Umbuzo: Yayiyini into embi ngokukhula kweSingapore?  <response>: abaphathi ababephethe lesi siqhingi babenezisebenzi ezincane, bengenamandla futhi bengenandaba nenhlalakahle yabantu 