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A - However, in 1965 the newly independent island state was cut off from its hinterland, and so it set about pursuing a survival strategy.   

B - The good international communications it already enjoyed provided a useful base, but it was decided that if Singapore was to secure its economic future, it must develop its industry.   

C - To this end, new institutional structures were needed to facilitate, develop, and control foreign investment.   

D - British merchants established a trading post in Singapore in the early nineteenth century, and for more than a century trading interests dominated.   

E - One of the most important of these was the Economic Development Board (EDB), an arm of government that developed strategies for attracting investment.