Does Colonial Singapores displacement of Dutch Batavia as Chief Regional Hub mark a new beginning or a continuation in Singapores history?

Team 2: Act as advocates for external trends as the dominating set of factors (Kai Ren)

External trend 1:British during that time has dominating military strength (huge main naval fleet) in the world even though not in the region. As a result, the Dutch did not dare to disrupt the establishment of regional hub in Singapore by Raffles despite the size of his small troops.

External trend 2:Slow communication of more than 5 years (Paper-war) between the British superiors, Raffles and Dutch.

External trend 3:World war 1. Singapore prospered from supplying the war with resources.

External trend 4:German commerce raiding The Emden attacked shipping in the Indian Ocean, badly disrupting the trade on which Singapore dependedEmden attacked Penang but bypassed Singapore

External trend 5:World War 2. Singapore was also used as a hub by Japanese during World War 2.

External trend 6:Another significant factor was the fact that the Dutch already had well established and successful Bugis, Arabs, Armenians, Jews, Parsi, Europeans businesses in Dutch Batavia. So when Singapore opened up free trade. These business moved to Singapore, their entire network in the Middle East, Europe, India, China moved together with them.