Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Matsayin wani sansanin Birtaniya a Singapore da farko ya kasance a cikin shakka kamar yadda gwamnatin Holland ta yi zanga-zangar zuwa Birtaniya don cin zarafin tasirin Netherlands. Amma yayin da Singapore ta zama muhimmiyar cibiyar kasuwanci, Britaniya ta daɗa da'awarta a tsibirin. Yarjejeniyar Anglo-Dutch ta 1824 ta tabbatar da matsayin Singapore a matsayin mallakar Burtaniya, ta rarraba tsibirin Malay tsakanin masu mulkin mallaka guda biyu tare da yankin arewacin Tekun Malacca, gami da Singapore, da ke ƙarƙashin tasirin Burtaniya. A cikin 1826, Kamfanin Gabashin Indiya na Burtaniya ya haɗu da Singapore tare da Penang da Malacca don samar da Settlements na Straits, wanda Kamfanin Gabashin Indiya na Burtaniya ke gudanarwa. A cikin 1830, Gidajen Straits ya zama mazaunin, ko yanki, na Shugabancin Bengal a Indiya ta Biritaniya. A cikin shekarun da suka gabata, Singapore ta zama babbar tashar jiragen ruwa a yankin. Nasarar ta ta kasance saboda dalilai da dama da suka hada da bude kasuwar kasar Sin, zuwan jiragen ruwa na teku, da raguwa mai yawa a cikin lokaci da farashin jigilar kayayyaki zuwa Turai bayan bude Canal Suez a 1869, da kuma samar da roba da tin a Malaya. Matsayinta a matsayin tashar jiragen ruwa kyauta ta ba da babbar fa'ida a kan sauran biranen tashar jiragen ruwa na mulkin mallaka a Batavia (yanzu Jakarta) da Manila inda aka ɗora haraji, kuma ya jawo yawancin 'yan kasuwa na China, Malay, Indiya, da Larabawa da ke aiki a kudu maso gabashin Asiya zuwa Singapore. Daga baya bude Suez Canal a 1869 zai kara bunkasa kasuwanci a Singapore. Zuwa 1880, sama da tan miliyan 1.5 na kaya suna wucewa ta hanyar Singapore kowace shekara, tare da kusan kashi 80% na kayan da jiragen ruwa ke jigilar su. Babban kasuwancin kasuwanci shine cinikin entrepôt wanda ya bunƙasa a ƙarƙashin babu haraji da ƙuntatawa kaɗan. Yawancin gidajen 'yan kasuwa sun kafa a Singapore galibi ta kamfanonin kasuwancin Turai, amma kuma ta yahudawa, Sinawa, Larabawa, Armeniya, Amurkawa da' yan kasuwa Indiya. Akwai kuma 'yan China da yawa da suka yi musayar kayayyaki tsakanin Turai...  Tambaya: wane aikin jama'a ne 'yan kasuwa marasa kwarewa suka yi
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