Challenges faced by Singapore after independence

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Across
  1. 4. 70000 people unemployed due to decline in trade.
Down
  1. 1. Malaysia reducing exports of raw material to Singapore and is directly processing and exporting then through their own ports.
  2. 2. Since WW2, there had been a decline in entrepot trade Singapore. This is because other countries have stepped up their efforts to process products on their own and export them from their own ports.
  3. 3. a tax from Malaysia for imports from Singapore, hence lesser demand for Singapore goods.